USAID Director Punjab Visits PITB
Fakhir Rizvi Published October 14, 2016 | 07:30 PM
LAHORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 14th Oct, 2016 ) : Newly appointed director of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for Punjab Ms Allison McFarland visited the Punjab IT board (PITB) on Friday.
Vice Chancellor of IT University (ITU) Dr Umar Saif who is also Chairman of PITB briefed her on the major projects initiated to improve transparency, accountability and efficiency in Punjab.
Ms McFarland said:"Our focus is to invest money in the initiatives aiming at ensuring peace, prosperity & democracy in Pakistan.
The skilful use of smart technology in government businesses of Punjab is very inspiring. The PITB's innovative work is bringing about positive changes in the education and health sector." Earlier, Dr Saif shared an idea to introduce a new subject named Technology for Development at the ITU so that upcoming generations may have an opportunity to be well versed with the latest technologies emerging across the globe.
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