P&D Board Launches New Website

The Planning and Development Board has launched its new website in order to keep the citizens updated with the latest news and information on planning and development activities in Punjab

LAHORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 19th Sep, 2019 ) :The Planning and Development board has launched its new website in order to keep the citizens updated with the latest news and information on planning and development activities in Punjab.

While inaugurating the new website, Chairman P&D Habib-ur-Rehman Gilani remarked that the website offers an entire detailed virtual tour of the work that the Planning and Development Board does for development in the province, including details of key foreign-funded projects, Annual Development Program as well as complete Project Documents of development projects.

It also takes into account all the needs of the different audiences that may use the website including the general public, students, researches, development partners and the media, he added.

Chairman P&D said that the new website was a part of E-Governance where all the information were easily available on the web portal. Punjab Annual Development Program and PC-I of the development projects have also been kept online for general public, he added.

He told that districts and union councils wise relevant development projects would also be placed on this portal. Every citizen has a right to get the requisite information.

Chairman P&D reiterated that old P&D website was not sufficient for provision of information as the new P&D web portal is ready for full of information for researchers, donor partners, stakeholders, media as well as general public.

The new website has a dedicated portal for Right to Information (RTI) with proactive public disclosure information as well as a knowledge center with key publications of the Planning and Development Board which can be accessed by anyone.

The website which can be accessed at http://pnd.punjab.gov.pk/ and it has been revamped from its older version to a more user-friendly and mobile responsive version.