ISLAMABAD: Intellectual Property Organisation (IPO) and Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) signed an agreement for digitalisation and automation of IPO Pakistan.

Agreement was signed by Director General IPO Shazia Adnan and Director General PITB Saima R. Shaikh for automation and digitalisation IPO to facilitate masses and business in country.

Chairman IPO, Ambassador Farukh Amil said that visibility on indifferent platforms and public awareness are major priority of IPO at this time, which will make it accessible to business classes and especially youth.

Chairman IPO said that at present, we were working on digitalisation of IPO with support of PITB, which was an important tool for modernising institutions in the modern world, which provided facilities to public and business classes.

He said that large part of population of Pakistan consisted of youth and 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 youth aware of IPO in universities and educational institutions, which would increase trend of financial education among them.

He said that after automation in IPO, there would be transparency and simplification of processes in institution.

Shazia Adnan said that after this agreement with PITB, online payments and another documentation process would be made easy in next two months and this would also promote Ease of Doing Business 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 digitalisation regime in IPO so that trend of Ease of Doing Business increases in organisation and facilities become available.

Meanwhile, DG PITB Saima R Sheikh said that PITB was currently providing institutional support for digitisation of IPO, which would simplify process of IPO and make it easier for people.

She said that ease of doing business in an IPO would be improved by online process and efficiency of organisation will increase. She said that facilities will be made available to people through online systems such as baking and APPs.

Published in The Daily National Courier, December, 27 2023

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