what progress has Pakistan made in the field of e-commerce
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Pakistan is the fifteen members of Asia Pacific Council for Facilitation of Procedures and Practices for Administration, Commerce and Transport targeting to give support to United Nations Centre.
Non-governmental organization promoting trade facilitation, electronic business policies and activities in Asia-Pacific region (Ecommerce Journal 2009).
Global Technology Forum traces developments made in this area by government.
4,000 bank branches are computerised where maximum offer online funds transfers abroad.
E-merchant accounts were allowed by SBP in February 2001 but due to inadequate infrastructure and security only Citibank offered these accounts to limited number of business areas.
December 2005 Central Board of Revenue (CBR) tax authority told online tax facilities including online tax returns.
Information Technology and Telecommunications Division was constructed in July 2000 whose purpose was providing various e-commerce incentives to industry and provision of resources for educational and infrastructure.
National Information Technology Policy was launched by Ministry of Science and Technology in August 2000.
As latest information total spending on information, communications and technology in Pakistan was US$10bn during 2006.
Different e-commerce projects and programs started in both sectors in August 2006.
Government had planned new IT and e-commerce projects worth over PKR 4.5bn till 2007.
Government further targets producing 1,00,000 graduates every year in IT studies from seven new IT universities it has already set up.