LAHORE, June 23: Federal Information Technology and Telecommunications Minister Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari said on Wednesday that a broadband policy would be announced in a couple of weeks.

"We are presently in the process of finalizing the policy which will aim at more incentives for the end-users of the information technology in Pakistan," he said while talking to newsmen at the concluding ceremony of the IT Made in Pakistan-2004 Exhibition at a local hotel.

On the withdrawal of five per cent import duty on the components of the computer by the finance ministry, Mr Leghari said that this step would go a long way in strengthening Pakistan's hardware industry. He said that the Information technology ministry was also establishing more linkages with the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) to help increase export of software. -APP