LAHORE: A strategic partnership agreement was signed between the Punjab government and a computer software company, Microsoft, at the Chief Minister’s Secretariat here on Friday. Under the agreement signed by additional chief secretary Javed Aslam and Microsoft head in Pakistan Kamal Ahmad, the company will extend all-out cooperation for training and development of the local IT industry in Punjab. It will also set up an innovation centre at the Software Technology Park. Speaking on the occasion, Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said the three-year agreement would prove to be a milestone in the promotion of information technology in the province. He said the Punjab government had adopted a comprehensive strategy for promoting IT and foundation of a revolution in the education sector had been laid by setting up of IT labs in schools. He said information technology would also be used for evolving a system of accountability for eradication of corruption which was the most serious problem bein...
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