E-Commerce Working Group headed by Dr. Irfan Hyder was established by Dr Ata Ur Rahman, Minister of Science and Technology to finalize the recommendations for the E-Commerce Action Plan to be included in the National IT Policy. This was a group of professionals and functionaries belonging to stakeholder organizations. Representation from government organizations like SBP, CBR (now FBR), EPB (now TDB) etc was obtained through official correspondence by MoST. [page is under construction and is being updated]
Frequency of participation of group members varied over time from 2000-2002. ECWG was divided into five subgroups for focussed study in different areas:
WG1: Awareness, Training - ·Create awareness in business, industry and Govt.
- ·Training, education of stakeholders
- ·Conference, research
WG2: EC-Pak Infrastructure - ·Plan, implement and monitor infrastructure
- ·Coordinate with international agencies for investment
WG5: Financial Working Group - EFT enablement of banks
- Bank to Bank
- Inter-bank
- Bank-stakeholder
WG3: Trade Facilitation - ·Standardize message structure for Internet /EDI/XML
- ·Set procedures
- ·Low cost, proven and effective solution to the end users
- ·Co-ordinate with UN/EDICAFT and AFACT
WG4: Legal Working Group - ·Promotional legislation
- ·Liaison with international bodies for cyber laws implications
- ·Protection from cyber crimes
[The following list is not complete. It is in fact the list of participants of the first meeting held at IBA]
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Name
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Name of Group
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Designation
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Company
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Mirza Anwar Hussain
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Awareness
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Head of IT Department
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CDC
|
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Mr. Ayaz Ghaznavi
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Chief Executive
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Computer World
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Mr. Zainul Abedin
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Consultant
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Ex. CDC
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Mr. Humayun Qureshi
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Consultant
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Ex. IBM
|
|
Mr. Inayat A. Ibrahim
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Consultant
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CSP and Ex. IBM
|
|
Mr. M. M. Khan
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Chief Executive
|
National Institutional Facilitation Technologies (Pvt) Ltd.
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|
Faisal Khan
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MD
|
Net Access
|
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Dr. Irfan Ahmed
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PACE
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Mr. Rehan Wahid
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FEO
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SBP
|
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Salma Mirza
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IBA
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Mr. Omar Asghar
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EFT
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Head of Non-stop Banking
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ABN-Amro Bank
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Mr. Amjad Farooq
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SVP
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MCB
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|
Mr. Mahmood Siddiq
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Information Systems
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SBP
|
|
Arif Siddiqui
|
|
Standard Chartered Bank
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|
Mr. Samee Askari
|
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CSP
|
|
Mr. Furqan Qureshi
|
|
APIIT
|
|
Dr. M. Usman
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Facilitation
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Deputy Director
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EPB, MoC
|
|
Mr. Atiqur Rahman
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Director
|
Jamal Yellow Pages
|
|
Mr. Zafar Iqbal
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Collector Customs
|
Pakistan Customs, CBR
|
|
Mr. Shahid Mirza
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Chief Executive
|
Saztel
|
|
Mr. Sohail Jawwad
|
FEO
|
SBP
|
|
Zainab Hameed
|
|
IBA
|
|
Mr. Javed Agha
|
|
PRAL, a subsidiary of CBR
|
|
Mr. Atiqur Rahman
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|
ECGateway and Jamal Yellow Pages
|
|
Mr. Usmani
|
|
|
|
Mr. Amir Usmani
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Facilitation, Infrastructure, Regulations
|
Foreign Exchange Officer
|
SBP
|
|
Mr. Faisal Javed
|
Infrastructure
|
Manager
|
APL
|
|
Dr. Asim
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VP
|
Cressoft
|
|
Mr. Muhammad Mohsin
|
Director
|
EDF
|
|
Mr. Mohsin
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Director
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EPB
|
|
Mr. Aftab Alam
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Secretary
|
IT Task Force, Government of Sind
|
|
Mr. Fida Hussain Samoo
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Manager
|
Pakistan Insurance Corporation
|
|
Mr. Masood Bhatti
|
Director PDN
|
PTCL
|
|
Mr. Zia Khan
|
Chief Executive
|
Xenosys
|
|
Mr. Ashir
|
|
CresSoft
|
|
Dr. Irfan Hyder
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Deputy Director
|
IBA
|
|
Mr. Javed Naushahi
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|
CSP
|
|
Mr. Usmani
|
|
SBP
|
|
Mr. Sikandar Gulzar
|
Regulation
|
Sr. Partner
|
Anjum Asim Shahid & Co.
|
|
Mr. Shabbar Zaidi
|
FCA Partner
|
Fergusons
|
|
Mr. Waqas Muslim
|
Principal Consultant
|
FPCCI
|
|
Mr. Ahsan Rizvi
|
Executive
|
Rizvi Isa & Company
|
|
Mr. Abdul Sattar
|
Chief Executive
|
Sattar & Sattar & Co.
|
|
Shazia Yaqub
|
|
IBA
|
|
Mr. Amjad Jamshed
|
Regulation & Tax
|
I.A.C
|
Income Tax
|
|
Zaheer Asif
|
Regulation/EFT
|
|
IBA
|
|
Mr. Tauqir Ghani
|
|
Chief Executive
|
Softnet Systems
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|
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