PM pushes unified national data center

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday directed authorities to take immediate and effective measures to make the facilities of the newly established federal government-operated national central data center, Sky 47, available to all federal institutions. He also directed that a meeting of the National Digital Commission should be convened at the earliest to take all stakeholders, including the provinces, into confidence regarding the policy. Established under the Digital Nation Pakistan Act 2025, the commission is headed by the prime minister, while all provincial chief ministers serve as its members.

The prime minister said that a single, integrated national data center for the public sector would provide a centralised platform for the data of all government institutions, helping eliminate the need for separate data centers and resulting in significant savings of national resources. Daanish schools Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday directed the Daanish Authority Board that all under-construction Daanish Schools should be completed within the stipulated time frame, with no delays tolerated in the process. The prime minister chaired the first meeting of the Daanish Authority Board here, during which he issued a series of directives aimed at expanding quality education opportunities for underprivileged children across the country, a Prime Minister's Office news release said.

Welcoming the board members and participants, the prime minister thanked them for accepting the important responsibility, saying providing equal opportunities of education and development to economically disadvantaged children remained a top priority of the government. FBR reforms Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday directed the relevant authorities to identify and initiate strict legal actions against the individuals and businesses involved in the informal economy and tax evasion. Chairing a weekly review meeting on reforms in the FBR, the prime minister instructed to develop a comprehensive and scientific methodology to estimate the tax potential across different sectors.

The prime minister was briefed on the installation of the FBR's production tracking system, reforms implemented in human resource management, and measures to improve operational efficiency. He was informed that the tracking system was fully operational in the sugar, cement, tobacco, tiles, a…