PTA launches first National Rabta Information Portal.....(News Volume#49)

PTA launches first National Rabta Information Portal STAFF REPORT ISLAMABAD: The ‘National Rabta Information Portal (www.pakistan.pk) has been launched in Pakistan, that would for the provision of information and content repository to information seekers from within and outside the country at one place. The portal has been developed by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA).

The portal has a theme of ‘connecting the un-connected’ Internet links so any user who visits the portal can be able to access information from a single source. “During the last decade the Internet has emerged as the most important source for information dissemination, in addition to TV and radio. The outreach of internet has recently touched 2 billion users mark globally,” PTA Chairman Dr. Muhammad Yaseen said this in his remarks while addressing the portal inauguration ceremony here last week.

About the objectives behind developing the portal, he said that the primary purpose of this initiative was to create a single source facilitation web portal that allows users to access any and all information regarding Pakistan.

The web portal has currently more than 1000 web links. Similarly it has 84 downloadable forms of various categories placed on it. It also contains links on educational institutions of the country, hospitals of Pakistan, print and electronic media, federal and provincial institutions and private sector.

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