AJK Government Steps Toward IT Revolution

AJK government has forever welcomed the promotion and integration of data Technology to its structure. AJK’s IT board has been established and also the board aims to be a model IT board on international fronts.

Established in 2001, the board has the authority to observe, initiate, develop, evaluate and propose all IT connected project everywhere the state.


The IT board is an element of a master set up that targets to unfold IT literacy on all levels, remodel the prevailing structure to e-governance and encourage the promotion of software development on state-level.

The recent agreement between Telenor, Pakistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Government concerning advancing the attention of data Technology (IT) across the state marks commencement of a brand new chapter in furthering IT within the state.

According to the IT board, a number of its major exemplary milestones achieved to this point include:

Computerization of land record, arms license, domicile and state subject certificates
Launching of video conferencing facility for state’s government and high officers
Installation of electronic communication setup across completely different government departments
Introduction of well equipped and furnished pc labs in the least major high colleges and inter-colleges throughout the state
Opening of web cafes and IT kiosks for public at union council level
Acquisition of correct IT and pc skills at grass-root level has been deemed a significant step for achieving AJK’s vision to be a self-confident state highly-skilled, honored and prosperous enough to be in par with latest demands of rapidly digitizing global-village.

In addition to welcoming Telenor to figure for development of IT, AJK’s government has welcomed different private-sector corporations and foreign investors within the past further.

Besides having achieved targets, the govt foresees, in at most 5 years, the successful implementation of its under-development IT programs. a number of them include:

Deployment of an electronic instructional network among all intra-state universities and faculties
Exemption of IT school from income tax
Establishing info centers having access to reputed international info repositories at major cities of AJK
Promoting distance education by institution of virtual learning setting by putting in video and on-line facilities across all instructional institutes
Making basic IT coaching compulsory for state workers further as in the least degree-level courses
Facilitating and inspiring foreign universities to ascertain distance learning centers in AJK
Even though, comparatively speaking, the state lacks highly skilled IT professionals; the government’s steps of encouragement might facilitate AJK obtaining attracted by ex-state IT talent.

Having said this, there still desires plenty to be done. significantly, the adaptability rates of data technology, broadband and different technologies desires attention.