LAHORE: Provincial Minister for Finance Dr Aisha Ghous Pashsa has said that almost 97 percent of taxes in the province of Punjab are being received through e-payment.
She said this while addressing the inaugural ceremony of the Punjab Information Technology Board’s developed online Business Registration Portal at Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industries.
The minister said that the Punjab government was determined to make Pakistan a developed country by enhancing the growth rate by improving the security and energy conditions for creating conducive environment for the private sector through providing them ease of doing business by integrating more departments in the portal.
Dr Ayesha said that the portal is developed for the Punjab Planning and Development Department in collaboration with Industries department to provide online solution to execute all business processes in a user-friendly environment and to improve productivity to conduct business registration activities efficiently and in a timely manner.
Sheikh Aladdin, provincial minister for industries, said that the new industrial policy is in the final stage and would be announced soon.
PITB Chairman Dr Umar Saif said that all large functions of the Punjab have been digitalized during the last five years, which include police, health, education, stamping, e-ticketing, subsidies on various services, transfer of property, providing various services through e-Khidmat Centers under one roof within stipulated time frame, vehicle registration, providing Fard, support in case of loss of crops, floods as the Punjab government has renewed focus on improving business environment enabling energy deficit to disappear by automating all departments.
