E-office system to be activated in all ministries.

ISLAMABAD -- In a bid to digitize the governance process, the incumbent government has introduced E-Office in 31 ministries where the activation of the online application was pending in the remaining 11 ministries due to non-availability of required infrastructure.

The official of the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication said, 'E-office systems had so far been implemented in 31 ministries, including 48 departments, out of a total of 42 ministries.'

He said, 'Only 11 ministries and divisions of the federal government have yet to adopt the e-office system, but they are committed to its implementation by the end of next year.'

He said, delay in implementation of e-office systems in the left over ministries was due to unavailability of required infrastructure in several ministries and departments, as many of their offices were working in rented and temporary...