It has been learned that the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) would provide a data exchange layer enabling government organisations to securely communicate information as well as give citizens access to a digital “wallet” to store credentials.
According to official records, it is a $200 million “Digital Economy Enhancement Project (DEEP)” funded by the World Bank that is a part of the Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP).
According to the documents, the DEEP would fund initiatives that broaden access to and encourage the use of digital services throughout Pakistan, with an emphasis on broadband connectivity and closing the wide digital gap that is now present in many regions of the nation.
The project will also promote cross-cutting changes to the enabling environment, including strengthening the policy and legal framework for the digital economy and supporting measures to increase broadband connection.
By providing technical support to the implementation agencies, such as the MoITT, Nadra, Punjab IT Board, Board of Investment (BoI), and other provincial organisations, DEEP will also enable institutional, policy, and regulatory global best practises. As part of the initiative, Nadra will create a secure data exchange layer for government organizations and give users access to a digital “wallet” to store credentials.
There are three parts to the project:
Component 1: Increasing the capacities of the digital economy, governance, and services. The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunications (MoITT) will get technical support from this component for policy and regulatory reforms to address market and regulatory deficiencies in the nation’s connectivity infrastructure.
Pakistan Business Portal is part two. This component will assist Pakistan’s federal, provincial, and municipal levels of government in modernising their regulatory frameworks. The first stage involves going over, cataloguing, and creating a list of all registrations, certificates, licences, and other (RLCO) documents from the three tiers of government, which might include up to 800 organisations that deal with foreign investment and business operations in Pakistan. Task management is the third component. This part will deal with creating Project Management Units (PMU).
