 | "Lessee here, carry the 2, multiply by the hypotenuse...by the Profit's beard this is making me edgy. " | Federal Minister for Information Technology (IT), Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari, said that the ministry was planning to computerise Pakistan Railways (PR) ticketing and information sectors and provide online services to corporate customers and passengers.
Awais said in a meeting with Minister Shaikh Rashid Ahmed that the IT ministry had agreed to bear the cost of automation of various processes within Pakistan Railways and introduce a paperless environment in Pakistan's biggest public sector organisation. He said that they were in the process of finalising a project that would allow people to buy tickets on the Internet and keep track of their cargo consignments. The minister said that the project would come into effect by January 2007. There would be an electronic office online that would entirely replace the traditional mode of ticketing. |