The Intellectual Property Organization (IPO) and Punjab Information Technology Board joined hands and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the digitization and automation of IPO- Pakistan.
The MoU was signed by Director General, IPO Ms. Shazia Adnan and Director General, PITB Saima R. Shaikh for automation and digitalization IPO to facilitate the common masses and business in the country.
On this occasion, Chairman IPO, Ambassador Farukh Amil said that the visibility on indifferent platforms and public awareness are the major priority of IPO at this time, which will make it accessible to the business classes and especially the youth.
Chairman IPO said that a large part of the population of Pakistan consisted of youth and the youth were currently mostly connected to IT and social media and after this facility, they would be able to make online complaints or other facilities in IPO.
Farukh said that IPO was currently making the youth aware of IPO in universities and educational institutions, which would increase the trend of financial education among them.
On this occasion, Director General, IPO, Shazia Adnan said that after this agreement with PITB, online payments and another documentation process would be made easy in the next two months and this would also promote Ease of Doing Business (EODB) in IPO.
She said with this agreement, you can do documentation or payment processes through 27 different channels including online banking which will provide convenience to people.
Shazia said that now “we are strengthening the digitization regime in the IPO so that the trend of Ease of Doing Business increases in the organization and facilities become available.
DG PITB Saima R Sheikh said that PITB was currently providing institutional support for digitization of IPO, which would simplify the process of IPO and make it easier for the people.
She said that the ease of doing business in an IPO would be improved by the online process and the efficiency of the organization will increase.
