[governance] Pakistan ICT Policy Network - 3 Years of BytesforAll Networking

[Fouad Bajwa]

Pakistan ICT Policy Network - 3 Years of BytesforAll Networking

(Fouad Bajwa, BytesforAll Pakistan) "National ICT Policy should be
developed through an open and inclusive process comprising of public
consensus and a model that facilitates inclusion of the rural
citizenry of Pakistan with a special focus on 67% rural members of the
national population otherwise we will not be part of a process that is
not people inclusive"...."PTA blocks websites again, we will find out
shortly the real story"...... "Young entrepreneur in Islamabad
arrested for false VOIP license violations has been released with the
efforts of the Pakistan ICT Policy Monitor community members....". "A
computer for everyone, a laptop for every child, a productivity
machine and Internet for everyone in Pakistan"..."Pakistan needs to
step back to into its claim of the Internet control at IGF...."..."Who
is attending the Internet Governance Forum from Pakistan?"..."Invite:
Islamabad Bloggers Meetup, 5pm, Dec 29th @ Bahria University".....
"[pakistanictpolicy] PTA orders blockade of political webpage"...The
above captions and news beats are from the Pakistan ICT Policy Monitor
discussion list.

The Pakistan ICT Policy Monitor was created over 2 years ago on 20th
August 2006 and has reached a membership of 255 active members
belonging to sectors ranging from Civil Society, Decision Makers,
Pubic and Private Sectors, Academia and international ICT research
think tanks. This initiative was established by the BytesForAll Team,
members of the BytesForll.net South Asia Network, a mailing list where
readers and supporters who want to take part and want to be updated
about ICT and development-related issues in South Asia.

Since its inception, the Pakistan ICT Policy group has been dedicated
to bring into light, discuss, highlight and monitor ICT policy issues
in Pakistan. While highlighting and capturing ICT and development
related campaign issues in Pakistan, the group has registered civil
society perspectives to these issues. The group's members are actively
involved in bridging communication between ICT and development
professionals, technologists, policy makers, academia, media and
larger civil society leading to the launch of policy advocacy
campaigns around various ICT policy issues in the country. Today, the
Pakistan ICT Policy Monitor has evolved an information and knowlege
gateway for ICT and development communities in Pakistan.

Pakistan ICT Policy Monitor Network website is accessible at
http://pakistanictpolicy.bytesforall.net
Pakistan ICT Policy Monitor Network Group Discuss List is accessible
at http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/pakistanictpolicy
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