Pak Army gains excellence in IT

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Army while gaining excellence in information technology has introduced E-Governnance system in all headquarters including General headquarters.

On the directives of Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, not only his office has been interlinked with all headquarters but also E-Governance system has been operationalized in GHQ under foolproof and security proof software, defense sources informed Online on Saturday.

Head and officers working in IT department of Pakistan army played an important role in these endeavors. The newly introduced electronic system in GHQ is akin to international standard and Pentagon, sources said.

Efforts are underway to introduce videoconference facility in GHQ so that Chief of the Army Staff Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani could contact and talks with all corps commanders right from his GHQ office, sources added.

Sources informed that the system has been prepared by Pak Army IT experts, in which security point of view has been given priority so that all the data could remain safe and files could be send through E-Governance system instead of manual system.

On special directives of COAS, IT expert were given special training so that they should not face any problems in conducting the system.