Country’s first e-Rozgar Centre inaugurated

Caretaker Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications (MoITT), Dr Umar Saif on Tuesday inaugurated the country’s first e-Rozgar Centre in collaboration of Excel Consulting Services. The centre boasts around 100 workstations fully equipped with state-of-the-art facilities tailored for freelancers, with plans to expand to 300 workstations in the future. Additional Secretary MoITT Ayesha Moriani, Member IT Syed Junaid Imam, Project Director Amir Ahmed, Chairman EC Services Nazir Qureshi, ministry officials and a large number of freelancers were present on the occasion. Speaking on the occasion, Saif said that with the establishment of the centre, the project of setting up 10,000 e-Rozgar centres across the country has now begun officially. “We have also fulfilled another promise made to the people, where a significant number from the existing 1.5 million and upcoming new freelancers can work independently at very low rates,” the minister said. Highlighting the features, he said the best facilities including high-speed internet, UPS, training centres, individual cabins, meeting rooms and separate office rooms for start-ups had been provided to freelancers.