ISLAMABAD: South Korea has provided an amount of $21 million to Pakistan for modernising working and improving services of the postal department.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for this purpose was signed in South Korea for which a senior official of Pakistan Post Akhtar Mansoor had gone to fulfill the official formalities.

Talking to this reporter, Mr Mansoor said South Korean Exim Bank has transferred the amount to Pakistani government. The amount will be spent on automation of post offices and training of postal officers in order to further improve mailing services of the postal department and create more transparency in the system.

Talking about further details, the official said the project would be completed in 20 months. This will enable post offices to provide world standard state-of-the-art mailing services and restore people trust in the postal department, he said.

The project scope covers provision of all types of IT hardware and software besides complete training of the staff of Pakistan Post. The project is scheduled to start by May 31.

Published in Dawn, March 1st, 2024