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Google to map Lahore
LAHORE - A memorandum of understanding was signed between the Punjab government and Google on Monday to cement cooperation in the information technology sector. Under the agreement Google will provide technical assistance to the Arfa Software Technology Park. The internet giant will provide online access to the historical and tourist attractions of the province to promote awareness about the rich heritage of the province. Tourism Secretary Dr Allah Bakhsh Malik and William Fitzgerald of Google Asia signed the document.
Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, Provincial Finance Minister Kamran Michael, Planning and Development Chairman, Irrigation Secretary, Information Technology Board Chairman and representatives from Google were also present.
Speaking on the occasion, the CM welcomed the agreement with Google and said access to Punjab’s tourist sites will promote awareness about modern and ancient Lahore as well as its historical and cultural heritage.
Thanking Google he said the Punjab government was implementing a comprehensive information technology programme and measures were also being taken for the speedy execution of the land record computerisation project. He also asked Google for its assistance for the project. He stated that Google could inform the world about the projects undertaken by the Punjab government, including information about the Daanish schools that educated under-privileged children as well as the establishment of IT labs in more than four thousand schools in Punjab.
William Fitzgerald said the interaction between the Punjab government and Google was a welcome beginning adding that Google was also involved in providing relief to the people affected by the floods.
He said access to Punjab’s historical and tourist sites will promote awareness about the cultural traditions and the Punjabi civilisation.
He stated that the agreement was the beginning of mutual interaction between the Punjab government and Google and that cooperation would be enhanced further in this regard.
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finally. awesome
Shahbaz gets more work done than his counterparts- has to be acknowledged
Pakistan Today posting +ve news abt Punjab govt… well this couldnt be ignore aswell
first in PAK’s history
^^^Pakistan Today is still better than ExpressTribune in that regard at least
When will it start and when it is expected to complete?
Shehbaz is the provincial chief minister who works the most and gets criticized the most amongst his counterparts – funny and ironical.
it should be done long time ago
Hold on for a second. In all this hype over Google coming into the provincial headquarters, I for one would like to ask the Honourable CM how come most of the departments and agencies under his control have been paying millions of rupees to companies like Quickbird and others to provide satelite imagery of urban areas? I believe Google is coming in for something that has already been done. Just go around the offices of the Excise Department, Walled City Authority, Urban Unit, the Planning and Development Department or the Land Records Management Information system and the reams and reams of very expensive imagery will be seen. Expensive but useless–just like the Punjab Government. Can anyone stop this madness or can we expect Google to come around and provide images and then two years later some conniving bureaucrat will be making payment vouchers for billions worth of redundant imagery from Quickbird et al. Wont the real imagery please stand up!