Electronic Government Directorate (Pakistan)

{{Short description|Defunct Electronic Government department of Pakistan}}

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Electronic Government Directorate of Pakistan was established in October 2002 by the Ministry of Information Technology.[https://web.archive.org/web/20040331032631/http://www.e-government.gov.pk/ Electronic Government Directorate] In 2014, the Directorate was merged with Pakistan Computer Bureau to form National Information Technology Board.{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1120174|title=National IT Board constituted|first=The Newspaper's|last=Reporter|date=19 July 2014|publisher=}}

Some of the projects completed by the directorate include:

• Online Processing of Hajj Applications and Status online Tracking for arrangements for the Hujjaj (pilgrims)
• Automation of Prime Minister Secretariat, Islamabad
• Online NADRA Card Application{{cite web |title=Online CNIC Application |url=https://id.nadra.gov.pk/ |website=nadra.gov.pk |accessdate=1 January 2020}}
• E-Enablement of the Senate & National Assembly of Pakistan
• E-service for submission of documents at Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan
• Automation of Estate Office
• Development of Urdu Lexicon, Machine Translation & Text to Speech Software for Urdu language
• Online Access to Statutory Case Laws at District Bar Associations
• Automation of Patent Office, Karachi
• E-Enablement of Press Clubs
• Salary Disbursement through ATMs
• IT Skills Training Programme for Probationary Government Officers
• Process mapping for improving efficiency of Ministry of Science & Technology
• Installation of LAN and implementation of Mail Tracking and Internal E-mail System at seven Federal Government Divisions
• IT Technical Support to the Provinces and Azad Jammu and Kashmir
• Development of PPHI Website