ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government has decided to develop itsown messaging app for communication between state institutions. Theapplication will be a replacement for current available third partyservices including WhatsApp.
According to the report released after the cabinet meeting chaired by PrimeMinister Imran Khan, the application will be called “Govt App”. The reportfurther says *“An indigenous application [called] Govt-APP may bedeveloped. All communication related to the government if required may beundertaken using the said APP instead of other OTT services such asWhatsApp, Viber and Facebook messenger. The data will be stored inPakistan.”*
This will be a great initiative for Pakistan and a big step towards itsindependence from those foreign messaging applications. The communicationdata between the government officials or institutions is mostlyconfidential, therefore a state cannot afford the leak of such sensitiveinformation to its enemy.
Just like any other country government leader in Pakistan uses Blackberryencryption services for sensitive data sharing. Whole data will belocalized with the new system that the government is planning to launch.Only the government of Pakistan will have full power over the control andsafety of data.
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