KARACHI: CDGK, Microsoft sign MoU

Published March 10, 2006

KARACHI, March 9: The City District Government Karachi (CDGK) on Thursday singed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Microsoft to help develop cutting edge e-governance services and solutions to improve the existing civic services.

The MoU was signed by Charbel Fakhoury, General Manager Microsoft, Gulf, and Syed Mustafa Kamal, the City District Nazim of Karachi.

Jawwad Rehman, Chief of Microsoft in Pakistan, was also present.

It was stated that with the signing of this MoU, Microsoft and the city District Government Karachi have entered into a collaborative partnership which exists in few cities around the world.

As a major component of the MOU, Microsoft also announced an investment towards developing a state of the art innovation centre.—APP

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