MoU signed on promotion of IT industry

LAHORE: Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) and Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) have signed an MoU for the facilitation and promotion of local IT industry, startups and freelancers here on Thursday.

The MoU signing ceremony was held at Arfa Software Technology Park where Minister for IT and Higher Education Punjab Raja Yassir Humayun Sarfraz was the chief guest. The MoU was signed by Chairman PITB Azfar Manzoor and MD PSEB Osman Nasir. PITB DG e-Governance Sajid Latif, Director PSEB Sulman Hasan and other senior officials were also present at the occasion. According to the MoU, PSEB and PITB will collaborate on promotion of local IT industry, entrepreneurship and incubation centre development programmes. The two organisations will also collaborate on soft skills, language, and technology training programmes for ICT companies across the province. The two organisations aimed to work on transfer of knowledge in the field of IT. They would also work on increasing the academia and industry linkages so that both academia and industry can better understand each other’s needs. Speaking at the occasion, Minister for IT and Higher Education Punjab Raja Yassir stated that such collaborations lead to lucrative opportunities and greater ICT interventions. “Strengthening the freelance industry through ICT initiatives would help pave the path to national economic stability,” he commented. “PITB will work closely with PSEB to market and extend all possible support to the freelancing talent and start-ups in Punjab through PITB’s initiatives while initiating new projects as well.