Foundation stone laid for Arfa Karim IT Project

KARACHI: Sindh Governor Dr. Ishrat-ul-Ebad Khan Saturday laid the foundation stone for Arfa Karim IT Project being executed under the Sindh Information Technology Department here and also inaugurated the e-Policing project for the province of Sindh.The ceremony was held here at Governor House where provincial Information Technology Minister, Raza Haroon, Additional IG Falak Khursheed and Dr. Naushad Shaikh, Secretary IT Department Saleh Farooqi were present besides police officials.
Addressing the gathering, Dr. Ebad said by launching the facility of e-Policing, the province of Sindh has outperformed other federating units.
"The project of e-Policing will not only facilitate people towards lodging of First Information Report (FIR) online but it will also help maintain a computerized record of the accused and detainees besides that of e-Driving License," he said.
The Governor continued that CCTV cameras would also be installed in various markets and industrial areas under the project which will help put a curb on terrorist activities.
On the occasion, Dr. Ishrat-ul-Ebad also laid the foundation stone for Arfa Karim IT Project in Education City.
He ordered the concerned authorities to carry out work on the IT Project on a priority basis.
Born in 1995, Arfa Karim got the honor of being World’s Youngest Microsoft Certified Professional when she was only 9 years old in 2004. Bill Gates, the Chairman of Microsoft, invited Arfa to visit the Microsoft Headquarters in the USA in the age of 10 only.
Later, in August 2005, Arfa was also honored by the Pakistan Government for the Fatima Jinnah Gold Medal in the field of Science and Technology which she received from then Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz.
She was also honored with Salaam Pakistan Youth Award in 2005 which has been set up by Pakistan’s only Nobel laureate Dr Abdul Salam. Moreover, Arfa has won the Presidential Award for Pride of Performance.
Arfa Karim, Pakistan's one of the brightest brains, lost her life at a young age of 16 after suffering an epileptic seizure and cardiac arrest.