Punjab government, Microsoft sign accord: A strategic partnership agreement was signed between the Punjab government and a leading computer software company Microsoft here on Friday, under which Microsoft would extend all-out co-operation for the development of local IT industry. The company will also set up an innovation centre at Software Technology Park, disclosed an official. Additional Chief Secretary Punjab Javed Aslam and the head of Microsoft Company in Pakistan Kamal Ahmad signed the document.
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Senior Advisor Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khan Khosa, Provincial Minister for Information Technology Farooq Yousaf Ghurki, Chief Secretary, Secretary Information Techn-ology, Secretary Information and President Microsoft for Middle East and Africa Ali Faramawy were also present on the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister Muhammad Shahaz Sharif said that signing of the document is an important event in the history of the province as the three-year agreement between the Punjab government and Microsoft company would prove to be a milestone in the promotion of IT in the province. He also said the information technology is essential capacity-building of various departments.

Google and PASHA arranged a workshop on Online Marketing: Yesterday, a work shop on online marketing and its future was held in Lahore which was backed by Google and PASHA. Badar Khushnood, Pakistan Country Consultant, Google Inc briefed on various aspects including scope and benefits of Online Marketing. The workshop was attended by marketer and representative from different companies.
Badar highlighted that how fast Print and TV mediums are losing their readers and viewers respectively and online medium is getting popular at the same time with tremendous pace. To a question by Badar, all the hundred participants told that they spent more time on facebook and other similar online communities in their daily lives and very few of them revealed that they are spending more than 30 minutes on a daily newspaper.