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Briefing
Support to Ministries/Departments
During 2010-16
By
Sayyad Ali Mughal,
System Analyst/Project Director
National Information Technology Board-NITB
Sequence of Presentation
A) Consultancy/Support to Ministries/Departments
2
C) ADMIN/FINANCIAL ASSIGNMENTS
B) PSDP PROJECTS MANAGEMENT as PROJECT DIRECTOR
SERVICES PROVIDED BY NITB
A) Consultancy/Support to Ministries/Departments
S# YEAR MINISTRY/DEP
ARTMENT
DETAILS OF JOB STATUS
33 Aug-16
…
DRUG
REGULATORY
AUTHORITY
(DRAP)
http://dra.gov.pk
The Job: PROCUREMENT OF IT equipment for DRAP.
The Role: As a MEMBER TECHNICAL EVALUATION COMMITTEE
In Progress
(Nominatio
n received)
32 July-16
..
UTILITY STORES
CORPORATION
(USC)
http://usc.org.pk
The Job: PROCUREMENT OF SaaS model CLOUD BASED ENTERPRIZE RESOURCE PLANNING-ERP Software
and POS Software along with Infrastructure for USC, to be implemented in Head Quarters, 6x Regional HQs
and 4,500+ Point of sales. A 600+ Million project.
The Role: As a MEMBER TECHNICAL EVALUATION COMMITTEE bids opening, long presentations were
attended with Board of Directors and Technical Evaluation was finalized and signed along with Technical
Evaluation Committee members.
The Competitors: i) Oracle Financials/ Oracle Retail, ii) Oracle Financials/Candela POS (local) and iii) Microsoft
Dynamics AX are the competitors thoroughly backed and presented by Oracle Pakistan/UAE and Microsoft
Pakistan.
In Progress
(Case is in
Islamabad
High Court)
31 Feb-16
To
Mar-16
…
PAKISTAN
MANPOWER
INSTITUTE
(PMI)
httP://pmi.gov.pk
The Job: Study of Existing System, Preparation of Concept Paper and preparation of PC-I for Capacity
building. The Scope of work included i) Automation of business processes ii) Capacity Building of Training
Institute including (Essential Upgradation, Advance Training Facilities, Specialized Training Institute and ii)
Provision of IT Human Resource and Capacity Building of existing employees
The Role: As a Lead consultant I prepared concept paper consisting of i) Objectives ii) Justifications and iii)
Layout of Proposed solution(s)
In Progress
(Concept
paper is
submitted)
30 Oct-15
To
Feb-16
Staff Welfare
Organization
(SWO)
http://swo.gov.pk/
The Job: Hands on training was provided to 5x SWO users, so that they can run the system by themselves.
The Role: As a Functional Consultant of the Software System developed by myself, I lead a team of DPAs and
Data Entry Operators to train users on System and for the first time in last 25+ years, SWO users maintained
Stipend data and disbursement to 57,000+ Students of 1200+ organizations was made by NITB.
Done
(SWO has
now their
own setup)
29 Aug-15
To
Aug-16
…
NATIONAL
ACCOUNTABILIT
Y BUREAU
(NAB)
http://nab.gov.pk
The Job: Embezzlement case: In 2008 when a Rs. 175 M PSDP project of EGD was under implementation in
CDA, an additional Rs. 649.18 M Project for IT Infrastructure was approved by CDA board, out of which Rs. 55
M for software Services and Rs. 36.20 M for Hardware, was for an ERP named IRMIS was awarded to a
Canadian firm named M/s FreeBalance with a teaming agreement of M/s EGS Islamabad. This ERP was not
implemented except a small part of HRMIS (only pay roll) and 80% payments were made to the vendors
without any achievement. The case was referred by CDA to NAB and on request of NAB, Secretary IT kindly
nominated undersigned.
Thousands of pages of documentation were studied, analyzed and a 5x Pages reports was presented to NAB.
Continuous follow up /assistance is being provided to NAB.
The Role(s): IT Expert, Analyst, Investigator, Interviewer and Technical documenter.
Ongoing
(Final
Technical
Report is
submitted,
Follow-up
continues)
SERVICES PROVIDED BY NITB
A) Consultancy/Support to Ministries/Departments
S# YEAR MINISTRY/DEPAR
TMENT
DETAILS OF JOB STATUS
28 Oct-15 SUPREME COURT OF
PAKISTAN
http://supremecourt.
gov.pk
The Job: Under the kind directions of Prime Minister of Pakistan, a committee was constituted under the
chairmanship of Attorney General with Renowned Advocates of Supreme Court and Pakistan Bar Council.
as members The Committee requested MoIT to send an IT expert to appraise the committee on how
Information Technology can be best used for “Improvements of Criminal Justice System In Pakistan-FIR
System”. The research was done and meetings was apprised on International, KPK and Islamabad Police
FIR system (Implemented by EGD).
The Role: Consultant, Researcher and Analyst.
Completed
27 Sep-15 NATIONAL
INTERNSHIP
PROGRAM
(NIP)
http://nip.gov.pk
The Job: NITB has been managing NIP students registration and allocation program for last many years.
This year Prime Ministers special initiative for Internship program was required to be processed through a
software system developed by NITB. The system was being developed by Mr. Tahmeed of PM Sectt PSDP
project and M/s NTC raised some vulnerability issues and possible hacking of information from the hosted
sited using Acunetix Website Audit tool . The task was given to undersigned and Vulnerability
assessment and solution Configurations recommended solutions were given for all the 13x objections.
The Role: Webhosting Expert, Technical Consultant
Completed
26 Aug-15 M/o
INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
http://moitt.gov.pk
The Job: As a member of Committee for Bio-Metric based Voting implementation in Election Commission,
Honorable Minister of State Madem Anusha Rehman wanted to present a Comparative Analysis of
TELCOS Bio-Metric Verification System for E-Voting. Research was conducted and a 5x pages summary
with relevant data statistics was submitted:
The Role: IT Consultant and Researcher.
Completed
25 Jun-15
to
Nov-15
SENATE
SECRETARIAT
http://senate.gov.p
k
The Job: Senate of Pakistan desired to strengthen the Legislative support for Improved working
,Transparency ,Improved Participation in Law Making, Enhance the Oversight function of the
Senate, Timely availability of robust/easily searchable information electronically, at Reduce
Printing Cost. A 12+ pages PC-I template was sent to NITB for Technically vetting of MoIT. Upon
many sessions and visits, the PC-I was improved a lot and a 24+ pages PC-I was submitted.
The Role: PSDP Lead Consultant, Analyst
Completed
24 May-15
to
Jul-15
FEDERAL
DIRECTORATE OF
EDUCATINO(FDE):
http://FDE.gov.pk/
The Job: CCTV based Security Surveillance system for 400+ schools and 30+ colleges under FDE. The
budget was allocated and handed over to institution heads and they were asked to contact NITB
for technical assistance. Guidelines were provided Face to face and telephonically. A General
Guideline was developed and sent to MoIT to forward it to FDE.
The Role: Lead Technical Consultant
Input
Provided
SERVICES PROVIDED BY NITB
A) Consultancy/Support to Ministries/Departments
S# YEAR MINISTRY/DEPAR
TMENT
DETAILS OF JOB STATUS
23 Jan-15
To
apr-15
PAKISTAN POST
http://pakpost.gov.
pk
The Job: In 2010, Pakistan Post, through10 members committee headed by Addl DG (FS) and
represented by Post Master Generals, Chief(IT), FPSC and members from PCB and EGD, purchased and
implemented an off-the-shelf software “Escher Group’s Riposte Essential ” for Centralized and Integrated
automation of its core business processes on 83 main GPOs.In procurement meetings it was decided that
the Solution should be able to communicate and be able to integrate with existing and other software
applications.
In 2013, Although Contract clause 6.8 was allowing Pakistan Post to “First offer the Contractor the
opportunity to provide such (additional services or Product related management…) service.
Yet, Pakistan Post requested MoIT for an advice for the expansion of Centralized Software Solution
Services for Pakistan Post from the same vendor or invites fresh bids for the same. This
request was confusing in itself, however, MoIT advised to go to Technical Committee that
procured it.
In 2015, Undersigned attended meetings, a PC-I for Computerization of 3163 remaining
Post offices was studied, 8x pages of views/Comments were submitted with main focus on
possible risks associated with procurement of some new solution instead of the earlier one
already implemented in 83 GPOs as this will vanish the earlier investment and experience got so
far and will create a new battle field of compatibility and integration issues. However, matter
remain unresolved at Pakistan Post end.
The Role: Lead PSDP Consultant, Advisor
Input
Provided
Is still under
process
22 Dec-14
To
Feb-15
FINANCE DIVISION:
http://www.financ
e.gov.pk/
The Job: Finance Division has multiple conference rooms at various floors of building mostly being used
for local and International conferences. They required to procure state of the art Video conferencing
equipment and services . NITB was requested to finalize specifications of equipment and services
required and also technically evaluate the bids received thereafter. Specifications were prepared, bids
opening were attended and technical evaluations were finalized.
The Role: Lead Procurement Specialist
Completed
21 Nov-14
To
Jun-15
ELECTION
COMMISSION OF
PAKISTAN:
http://ecp.gov.pk
The Job: ECP prepared a RFP for procurement of BIOMETRICS IDENTIFICATION & AUTHENTICATION
SYSTEM (BIAS) and requested MoIT/NITB to be part of procurement process. As a member I
requested the RFP copy and prepared and submitted a detailed views/comments on each
section of it (64 Pages). Most concerns was about integrity of the RFP document itself, required
election laws and rules amendments, selection criteria , security of equipment and
Implementation issues.
The Role: Lead Procurement Specialist. and Business process analyst.
Input
Provided
Is still under
process
SERVICES PROVIDED BY NITB
A) Consultancy/Support to Ministries/Departments
S# YEAR MINISTRY/DEPA
RTMENT
DETAILS OF JOB STATUS
20 Nov-14
To
Nov-15
DRUG
REGULATORY
AUTHORITY OF
PAKISTAN-DRAP
http://dra.gov.pk
The Job: Under kind directions of Minister of state for IT, the existing systems of DRAP were
studied, System Requirement Specification-SRS and Storey Board (66x pages) of the proposed
systems were prepared and submitted to DRAP. Many meetings were attended, briefs were
made and DRAP was requested to do software development by the choice best suiting to them.
The Role: Lead Business Analyst, Software Architect
Input
Provided
19 Jun-14
To
Nov-14
STATE LIFE
INSURANCE
CORPORATION OF
PAKISTAN (SLIC),
KARACHI.
http://statelife.co
m.pk
The Job: State Life through M/o Commerce requested MoIT about sending an expert for resolving IT
and Information Systems related issue. As per visit report State life IT and Information Systems have
been evolved in last 35 years and heterogeneous infrastructure and legacy software systems are in use
that does not provides day to day business picture to Management and the marketing force, due to
which it is loosing its market share.
For improvement , a consultant M/s bearing point was engaged and on its recommendations a project
was approved in 2007 of worth Rs. 690 M. Off the shelf software of SMHA was procured, data center
was established and other infrastructure was also procured. Procurement was done in 2012-13 and
40% payment of software licenses and Oracle Exadata X3-2 was made to the vendor but
remaining payment has not been paid to the vendor due to various managerial and technical
issues. Due to this, implementation of ERP procured could not be started.
Server meetings with top management and technical teams were conducted, record was
scrutinized and a detailed report was prepared and physical verification of quantity and
quality was done as per TOR of the assignment. Based on this report SLIC resumed its
project after 3+ years.
The Role: The Role: Lead Procurement Specialist. and Business process analyst.
Completed
18 Jun-14 F.E BENEVOLENT
FUND
http://febgif.gov.pk
The Job: Establishment of Server Room: High level meetings were attended and NITB view point was
discussed in detail regarding IT implementation policy, hosting policy and guidelines to do the job.
The Role: Lead Consultant
Completed
17 May-14
to
Jan-15
BOARD OF
INSVESTM&ENT
(BOI:
http://boi.gov.pk/
The Job: This was a procurement job in which Computers, Printers, Scanners, Multi-Media, Sound
System, Photocopiers, Generators, Split AC, LCDs and Stabilizers were procured. Undersigned attended
bid opening meetings, evaluated bids for each item and prepared technical Comparison sheets using
“Quality measured without quantification is just a guess work” very own slogan for technical
procurements.
The Role: Lead Procurement Specialist.
Completed
SERVICES PROVIDED BY NITB (defunct PCB)
A) Consultancy/Support to Ministries/Departments-Continue
S# YEAR MINISTRY/DEPARTME
NT
DETAILS OF SERVICES/JOB STATUS
16 Apr-14
To
Nov-14
ESTABLISHMENT
DIVISION
OMG-SECTION
http://establishment.go
v.pk
The Job: The APUG PMIS developed and maintained by NITB provides facility to PD Section for
updating of 10 different heads information of officers. Mostly this information is provided by the
concerned sections to PD section and OMG is one of them dealing with Office Management Group-
OMG.. Estab required a software system to handle the business of OMG section. Based on detailed
analysis a SRS and Story board document was submitted.
The Role: Business Analyst.
Input
Provided
…
Rest
pending
15 Mar-14
To
Jun-14
NATIONAL DEFENSE
UNIVERSITY (NDU)
ISLAMABAD
http://ndu.edu.pk
The job: Campus management system was under development in NITB by a team
and I was assigned the Coordinator duties for Conflict resolution in requirement
understanding and delivery level. The prototype development was being done but
later NDU went for procuring some other solution due to unknown reasons.
The Role: Coordinator
Pending
14 Mar-14 CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY
http://cda.gov.pk
The Job: CDA launched an extension in D-12 sector and a balloting system was conducted through
some in-house developed software module. QA of the software and procedure was done, execution
was monitored however validity by PCB was resisted due to possible misuse of that.
The Role: Software Engineering Expert
Completed
(CDA was
asked to go
for third
party audit)
13 Feb-14
To
Apr-14
NATIONAL COMMISSION
FOR HUMAN
DEVELOPMENT
(NCHD)
http://nchd.org.pk
The Job: NCHD was established with Head office in Islamabad along with regional and field offices
through out the country for Human Development programs. The requirement was to implement an
Integrated software solution instead of heterogeneous in-house systems in place and to integrate the
field force through PDA devices.. A detailed working paper was prepared after thorough study and
communication was carried out to complete the tasks with reference to improvement of
infrastructure & software systems.
The Role: Lead Consultant, Business process Analyst
Input
Provided
12 Nov-13
To
July-14
FINANCE DIVISION
http://www.finance.gov
.pk/
The Job: A CCTV based Security Surveillance System was required to be installed in all the
Ground+6 floors Q-Block. Advertised Specifications were reviewed, Corrigendum was advertised,
bids were open and Quantified Technical Statements and Financial Comparison statements were
made. Later a thorough inspection was made of the implemented solution.
The Role: Procurement Specialist, Technical Expert
Completed
11 Jun-13 MINISTRY OF
COMMERCE
http://commerce.gov.pk
/
The job: To Review and suggest improvements in audit monitoring info system an in-
house software module developed for the purpose. The AS is model was studied and
AS To be model was presented.
The Role: Business Analyst
Done
SERVICES PROVIDED BY NITB (defunct PCB)
A) Consultancy/Support to Ministries/Departments-Continue
S# YEAR MINISTRY/DEPA
RTMENT
DETAILS OF SERVICES/JOB STATUS
10 Jan-13
To
Aug-2015
ESTABLISHMENT
DIVISION,
STAFF WELFARE
ORGANIZATION-SWO
http://swo.gov.pk/
The Job: NITB (defunct PCB) have been disbursing Stipend to 40 to 80 thousand students annually
through a legacy application. The task of upgradation on new PHP/MySQL technology was given in Jan-
13. The system was re-desinged, developed, and implemented as a single technical resource.
Disbursement of 2014 and 2015 were made on the new system with data punching through a team of
1x DPA and 5x KPOs . On average a disbursement of 56,000+ Stipends to children of Federal
Government Employees through 1200+ Departments/Agencies through out the Pakistan.
The software contains 6+ Configuration, data entry forms and , 40+ MIS reports based on varying
business logic and patterns. The source code is with NITB.
The Role: Business Analyst, Software Engineer, Functional Consultant
Completed
SWO was
asked to take
it over but
they
arranged
some new
one.
09 Dec-12 CABINET
SECRETARIAT
http://cabinet.gov.pk
The Job: AWARDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM , a software system was earlier developed by PCB
and implemented in Cabinet. A REVIEW FOR OPPORTUNITIES was done as an assignment and
short term and long term strategies were proposed.
The Role: Business Analyst
Input
Provided
08 Sep-12
To
Mar-14
ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
DIVISION-EAD
http://ead.gov.pk
The Job: Procurement, installation and inspection of computer labs and teacher resource
centers (TLCS) in Islamabad, AJK & GB. The Canadian Government through Canadian
International Development Agency (CIDA) offered a C$ 449.553 Million debt-swap program
to GoP. This program was implemented for the establishment of Training Resource Centers
(TRCs) in all above areas. The whole job was executed as single technical expert.
Completed
07 Feb-12 PLANNING
COMMISSION
http://pc.gov.pk
The job: IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR FRAMEWORK FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH
(INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY) was studied and input was provided.
The Role: Business Analyst
Input
Provided
06 Jul-11
To
Jun-12
FEDERAL PUBLIC
SERVICE COMMISSION
(FPSC)
http://fpsc.gov.pk
The job: STUDY OF IT SYSTEMS IN FPSC FOR IMPROVEMENTS. On request from FPSC, SA
was nominated. Information Collection layouts were prepared, information collected was
analyzed, End users of IT Wing and all other wings were Interviewed, existing policies were
studied, Systems were analyzed and a 43x Pages report was prepared based on SWOT
analysis and recommendations were given regarding areas of i) Infrastructure ii) IT Policies,
iii) Software Systems and iv) IT Human Resources
Role: Business Process Analyst
Completed
BPR
increased
ROI and CPI
introduced
SERVICES PROVIDED BY NITB (defunct PCB)
A) Consultancy/Support to Ministries/Departments-Continue
S# YEAR MINISTRY/DEPARTMENT DETAILS OF SERVICES/JOB STATUS
05 Jun-11 PRESIDENT’s
SECRETARIAT
http://president.gov.p
k
The Job: The task was to design an online DIRECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION/
MONITORING SYSTEM with open search facility. The Demo was developed and
presented
The Role: Business Analyst, Software Engineer
Demo not
given
04 Jan-11
To
July-11
TRAINING MANAGEME
NT SYSTEM FO ANF
ACADEMY
http://anfa.anf.gov.pk
The job: Anti-Norcotics Force Training academy requested for a training management
system. System was studied, SRS and Storey board was developed. A semi-functional
prototype was developed and presented. ANFA could not establish their IT infrastructure to
use it. Lastly in 2015 they again contacted NITB and again did not persued.
The Role: Business Analsyt, Software Engineer
Pending at
the client
end
03 Apr-10
To
2016
ESTABLISHMENT
DIVISION, CDA, STAFF
WELFARE
ORGANIZATION
The Job: Installation, Configuration and administration of Web application server (WAPS)
and DBA duties for live support to ESTAB, CDA water billing and STAFF WELFARE
ORGANIZATION stipend management system-current‫۔‬
The Role: System Administrator, DBA
Only
PMIS is
running
02 Mar-10
To
Sep-16
…
ESTABLISHMENT
DIVISION
PD SECTION
http://establishment.go
v.pk/
The Job: PD Section of Establishment Division is responsible for maintaining
Personal, Qualifications, Trainings, Postings and allied 10x heads data for the
officers of All Pakistan Unified Groups of CSS (APUG containing PAS, PSP, Secretariat
and OMG) . NITB (defunct PCB) have been providing the software and data entry
services since 2+ decades. In 2010, upgradation of this system to PHP/MySQL was
assigned. System was redesigned, developed and Implemented. PD section was
trained for first ever online data entry and report generation.
The Volume of job: System contains 25+ configurations data, 10+ data entry forms
and 40+ Customizable MIS reports , total new development as per user
requirements, all live available. System is hosted on a local machine in NITB and is
accessed through specially allowed port and encrypted user passwords. Source
Code is with NITB.
The Responsibility: A database of 3,000 current and 6,000+ retired employees is
available. Data ownership of users is 100% and only custodianship and functional
support is being provided by NITB.
The Role: Business Analyst, Software Engineer and Functional Consultant
Completed
Functional
Consultancy
and System
availability
& Backup is
ensured
01 2010-16 MISC MISC Consultancies/INPUT Provided Done
SERVICES PROVIDED BY NITB (defunct EGD)
C) PSDP PROJECTS MANAGEMENT as PROJECT DIRECTOR
S# YEAR MINISTRY/DEPARTMENT DETAILS OF JOB STATUS
03 2013-16 FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE
COMMISSION-FPSC
Online Recruitment System for FPSC-Phase-II,
Started-2006, Revised-2013, Under implementation
Procurement & Hiring of HR in Progress
Under
Implement
ation
02 2013-15 TRADING CORPORATION OF PAKISTAN,
KARACHI
Successful closure of PSDP PROJECT titled “Automation of TCP, Karachi”. Done
01 2013-15 E-OFFICE REPLICATION TO
MINISTRIES/DEPRATMENTS-EOR
Member task force for E-Office (Data Centre configuration,
SLAs preparation, mentoring and teaming)
Done
D) ADMIN/FINANCIAL ASSIGNMENTS
YEAR MINISTRY/DEPARTMENT DETAILS OF JOB STATUS
2010-16 NATIONAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
BOARD-NITB
1) Conducted various E&D inquiries as Inquiry
officer/Incharge Committees
2) Vigilance of PSDP projects Inventory prepared
3) Court hearings of various cases in FST, WMS
4) Member of releasing committee for surplus staff after
merger of PCB & EGD into NITB
Under
Implementa
tion
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NITB Support to Ministries_Departments by Sayyad-2010-16-22Sep16-For New ED

  • 1. Briefing Support to Ministries/Departments During 2010-16 By Sayyad Ali Mughal, System Analyst/Project Director National Information Technology Board-NITB
  • 2. Sequence of Presentation A) Consultancy/Support to Ministries/Departments 2 C) ADMIN/FINANCIAL ASSIGNMENTS B) PSDP PROJECTS MANAGEMENT as PROJECT DIRECTOR
  • 3. SERVICES PROVIDED BY NITB A) Consultancy/Support to Ministries/Departments S# YEAR MINISTRY/DEP ARTMENT DETAILS OF JOB STATUS 33 Aug-16 … DRUG REGULATORY AUTHORITY (DRAP) http://dra.gov.pk The Job: PROCUREMENT OF IT equipment for DRAP. The Role: As a MEMBER TECHNICAL EVALUATION COMMITTEE In Progress (Nominatio n received) 32 July-16 .. UTILITY STORES CORPORATION (USC) http://usc.org.pk The Job: PROCUREMENT OF SaaS model CLOUD BASED ENTERPRIZE RESOURCE PLANNING-ERP Software and POS Software along with Infrastructure for USC, to be implemented in Head Quarters, 6x Regional HQs and 4,500+ Point of sales. A 600+ Million project. The Role: As a MEMBER TECHNICAL EVALUATION COMMITTEE bids opening, long presentations were attended with Board of Directors and Technical Evaluation was finalized and signed along with Technical Evaluation Committee members. The Competitors: i) Oracle Financials/ Oracle Retail, ii) Oracle Financials/Candela POS (local) and iii) Microsoft Dynamics AX are the competitors thoroughly backed and presented by Oracle Pakistan/UAE and Microsoft Pakistan. In Progress (Case is in Islamabad High Court) 31 Feb-16 To Mar-16 … PAKISTAN MANPOWER INSTITUTE (PMI) httP://pmi.gov.pk The Job: Study of Existing System, Preparation of Concept Paper and preparation of PC-I for Capacity building. The Scope of work included i) Automation of business processes ii) Capacity Building of Training Institute including (Essential Upgradation, Advance Training Facilities, Specialized Training Institute and ii) Provision of IT Human Resource and Capacity Building of existing employees The Role: As a Lead consultant I prepared concept paper consisting of i) Objectives ii) Justifications and iii) Layout of Proposed solution(s) In Progress (Concept paper is submitted) 30 Oct-15 To Feb-16 Staff Welfare Organization (SWO) http://swo.gov.pk/ The Job: Hands on training was provided to 5x SWO users, so that they can run the system by themselves. The Role: As a Functional Consultant of the Software System developed by myself, I lead a team of DPAs and Data Entry Operators to train users on System and for the first time in last 25+ years, SWO users maintained Stipend data and disbursement to 57,000+ Students of 1200+ organizations was made by NITB. Done (SWO has now their own setup) 29 Aug-15 To Aug-16 … NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILIT Y BUREAU (NAB) http://nab.gov.pk The Job: Embezzlement case: In 2008 when a Rs. 175 M PSDP project of EGD was under implementation in CDA, an additional Rs. 649.18 M Project for IT Infrastructure was approved by CDA board, out of which Rs. 55 M for software Services and Rs. 36.20 M for Hardware, was for an ERP named IRMIS was awarded to a Canadian firm named M/s FreeBalance with a teaming agreement of M/s EGS Islamabad. This ERP was not implemented except a small part of HRMIS (only pay roll) and 80% payments were made to the vendors without any achievement. The case was referred by CDA to NAB and on request of NAB, Secretary IT kindly nominated undersigned. Thousands of pages of documentation were studied, analyzed and a 5x Pages reports was presented to NAB. Continuous follow up /assistance is being provided to NAB. The Role(s): IT Expert, Analyst, Investigator, Interviewer and Technical documenter. Ongoing (Final Technical Report is submitted, Follow-up continues)
  • 4. SERVICES PROVIDED BY NITB A) Consultancy/Support to Ministries/Departments S# YEAR MINISTRY/DEPAR TMENT DETAILS OF JOB STATUS 28 Oct-15 SUPREME COURT OF PAKISTAN http://supremecourt. gov.pk The Job: Under the kind directions of Prime Minister of Pakistan, a committee was constituted under the chairmanship of Attorney General with Renowned Advocates of Supreme Court and Pakistan Bar Council. as members The Committee requested MoIT to send an IT expert to appraise the committee on how Information Technology can be best used for “Improvements of Criminal Justice System In Pakistan-FIR System”. The research was done and meetings was apprised on International, KPK and Islamabad Police FIR system (Implemented by EGD). The Role: Consultant, Researcher and Analyst. Completed 27 Sep-15 NATIONAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM (NIP) http://nip.gov.pk The Job: NITB has been managing NIP students registration and allocation program for last many years. This year Prime Ministers special initiative for Internship program was required to be processed through a software system developed by NITB. The system was being developed by Mr. Tahmeed of PM Sectt PSDP project and M/s NTC raised some vulnerability issues and possible hacking of information from the hosted sited using Acunetix Website Audit tool . The task was given to undersigned and Vulnerability assessment and solution Configurations recommended solutions were given for all the 13x objections. The Role: Webhosting Expert, Technical Consultant Completed 26 Aug-15 M/o INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY http://moitt.gov.pk The Job: As a member of Committee for Bio-Metric based Voting implementation in Election Commission, Honorable Minister of State Madem Anusha Rehman wanted to present a Comparative Analysis of TELCOS Bio-Metric Verification System for E-Voting. Research was conducted and a 5x pages summary with relevant data statistics was submitted: The Role: IT Consultant and Researcher. Completed 25 Jun-15 to Nov-15 SENATE SECRETARIAT http://senate.gov.p k The Job: Senate of Pakistan desired to strengthen the Legislative support for Improved working ,Transparency ,Improved Participation in Law Making, Enhance the Oversight function of the Senate, Timely availability of robust/easily searchable information electronically, at Reduce Printing Cost. A 12+ pages PC-I template was sent to NITB for Technically vetting of MoIT. Upon many sessions and visits, the PC-I was improved a lot and a 24+ pages PC-I was submitted. The Role: PSDP Lead Consultant, Analyst Completed 24 May-15 to Jul-15 FEDERAL DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATINO(FDE): http://FDE.gov.pk/ The Job: CCTV based Security Surveillance system for 400+ schools and 30+ colleges under FDE. The budget was allocated and handed over to institution heads and they were asked to contact NITB for technical assistance. Guidelines were provided Face to face and telephonically. A General Guideline was developed and sent to MoIT to forward it to FDE. The Role: Lead Technical Consultant Input Provided
  • 5. SERVICES PROVIDED BY NITB A) Consultancy/Support to Ministries/Departments S# YEAR MINISTRY/DEPAR TMENT DETAILS OF JOB STATUS 23 Jan-15 To apr-15 PAKISTAN POST http://pakpost.gov. pk The Job: In 2010, Pakistan Post, through10 members committee headed by Addl DG (FS) and represented by Post Master Generals, Chief(IT), FPSC and members from PCB and EGD, purchased and implemented an off-the-shelf software “Escher Group’s Riposte Essential ” for Centralized and Integrated automation of its core business processes on 83 main GPOs.In procurement meetings it was decided that the Solution should be able to communicate and be able to integrate with existing and other software applications. In 2013, Although Contract clause 6.8 was allowing Pakistan Post to “First offer the Contractor the opportunity to provide such (additional services or Product related management…) service. Yet, Pakistan Post requested MoIT for an advice for the expansion of Centralized Software Solution Services for Pakistan Post from the same vendor or invites fresh bids for the same. This request was confusing in itself, however, MoIT advised to go to Technical Committee that procured it. In 2015, Undersigned attended meetings, a PC-I for Computerization of 3163 remaining Post offices was studied, 8x pages of views/Comments were submitted with main focus on possible risks associated with procurement of some new solution instead of the earlier one already implemented in 83 GPOs as this will vanish the earlier investment and experience got so far and will create a new battle field of compatibility and integration issues. However, matter remain unresolved at Pakistan Post end. The Role: Lead PSDP Consultant, Advisor Input Provided Is still under process 22 Dec-14 To Feb-15 FINANCE DIVISION: http://www.financ e.gov.pk/ The Job: Finance Division has multiple conference rooms at various floors of building mostly being used for local and International conferences. They required to procure state of the art Video conferencing equipment and services . NITB was requested to finalize specifications of equipment and services required and also technically evaluate the bids received thereafter. Specifications were prepared, bids opening were attended and technical evaluations were finalized. The Role: Lead Procurement Specialist Completed 21 Nov-14 To Jun-15 ELECTION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN: http://ecp.gov.pk The Job: ECP prepared a RFP for procurement of BIOMETRICS IDENTIFICATION & AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM (BIAS) and requested MoIT/NITB to be part of procurement process. As a member I requested the RFP copy and prepared and submitted a detailed views/comments on each section of it (64 Pages). Most concerns was about integrity of the RFP document itself, required election laws and rules amendments, selection criteria , security of equipment and Implementation issues. The Role: Lead Procurement Specialist. and Business process analyst. Input Provided Is still under process
  • 6. SERVICES PROVIDED BY NITB A) Consultancy/Support to Ministries/Departments S# YEAR MINISTRY/DEPA RTMENT DETAILS OF JOB STATUS 20 Nov-14 To Nov-15 DRUG REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF PAKISTAN-DRAP http://dra.gov.pk The Job: Under kind directions of Minister of state for IT, the existing systems of DRAP were studied, System Requirement Specification-SRS and Storey Board (66x pages) of the proposed systems were prepared and submitted to DRAP. Many meetings were attended, briefs were made and DRAP was requested to do software development by the choice best suiting to them. The Role: Lead Business Analyst, Software Architect Input Provided 19 Jun-14 To Nov-14 STATE LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF PAKISTAN (SLIC), KARACHI. http://statelife.co m.pk The Job: State Life through M/o Commerce requested MoIT about sending an expert for resolving IT and Information Systems related issue. As per visit report State life IT and Information Systems have been evolved in last 35 years and heterogeneous infrastructure and legacy software systems are in use that does not provides day to day business picture to Management and the marketing force, due to which it is loosing its market share. For improvement , a consultant M/s bearing point was engaged and on its recommendations a project was approved in 2007 of worth Rs. 690 M. Off the shelf software of SMHA was procured, data center was established and other infrastructure was also procured. Procurement was done in 2012-13 and 40% payment of software licenses and Oracle Exadata X3-2 was made to the vendor but remaining payment has not been paid to the vendor due to various managerial and technical issues. Due to this, implementation of ERP procured could not be started. Server meetings with top management and technical teams were conducted, record was scrutinized and a detailed report was prepared and physical verification of quantity and quality was done as per TOR of the assignment. Based on this report SLIC resumed its project after 3+ years. The Role: The Role: Lead Procurement Specialist. and Business process analyst. Completed 18 Jun-14 F.E BENEVOLENT FUND http://febgif.gov.pk The Job: Establishment of Server Room: High level meetings were attended and NITB view point was discussed in detail regarding IT implementation policy, hosting policy and guidelines to do the job. The Role: Lead Consultant Completed 17 May-14 to Jan-15 BOARD OF INSVESTM&ENT (BOI: http://boi.gov.pk/ The Job: This was a procurement job in which Computers, Printers, Scanners, Multi-Media, Sound System, Photocopiers, Generators, Split AC, LCDs and Stabilizers were procured. Undersigned attended bid opening meetings, evaluated bids for each item and prepared technical Comparison sheets using “Quality measured without quantification is just a guess work” very own slogan for technical procurements. The Role: Lead Procurement Specialist. Completed
  • 7. SERVICES PROVIDED BY NITB (defunct PCB) A) Consultancy/Support to Ministries/Departments-Continue S# YEAR MINISTRY/DEPARTME NT DETAILS OF SERVICES/JOB STATUS 16 Apr-14 To Nov-14 ESTABLISHMENT DIVISION OMG-SECTION http://establishment.go v.pk The Job: The APUG PMIS developed and maintained by NITB provides facility to PD Section for updating of 10 different heads information of officers. Mostly this information is provided by the concerned sections to PD section and OMG is one of them dealing with Office Management Group- OMG.. Estab required a software system to handle the business of OMG section. Based on detailed analysis a SRS and Story board document was submitted. The Role: Business Analyst. Input Provided … Rest pending 15 Mar-14 To Jun-14 NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY (NDU) ISLAMABAD http://ndu.edu.pk The job: Campus management system was under development in NITB by a team and I was assigned the Coordinator duties for Conflict resolution in requirement understanding and delivery level. The prototype development was being done but later NDU went for procuring some other solution due to unknown reasons. The Role: Coordinator Pending 14 Mar-14 CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY http://cda.gov.pk The Job: CDA launched an extension in D-12 sector and a balloting system was conducted through some in-house developed software module. QA of the software and procedure was done, execution was monitored however validity by PCB was resisted due to possible misuse of that. The Role: Software Engineering Expert Completed (CDA was asked to go for third party audit) 13 Feb-14 To Apr-14 NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT (NCHD) http://nchd.org.pk The Job: NCHD was established with Head office in Islamabad along with regional and field offices through out the country for Human Development programs. The requirement was to implement an Integrated software solution instead of heterogeneous in-house systems in place and to integrate the field force through PDA devices.. A detailed working paper was prepared after thorough study and communication was carried out to complete the tasks with reference to improvement of infrastructure & software systems. The Role: Lead Consultant, Business process Analyst Input Provided 12 Nov-13 To July-14 FINANCE DIVISION http://www.finance.gov .pk/ The Job: A CCTV based Security Surveillance System was required to be installed in all the Ground+6 floors Q-Block. Advertised Specifications were reviewed, Corrigendum was advertised, bids were open and Quantified Technical Statements and Financial Comparison statements were made. Later a thorough inspection was made of the implemented solution. The Role: Procurement Specialist, Technical Expert Completed 11 Jun-13 MINISTRY OF COMMERCE http://commerce.gov.pk / The job: To Review and suggest improvements in audit monitoring info system an in- house software module developed for the purpose. The AS is model was studied and AS To be model was presented. The Role: Business Analyst Done
  • 8. SERVICES PROVIDED BY NITB (defunct PCB) A) Consultancy/Support to Ministries/Departments-Continue S# YEAR MINISTRY/DEPA RTMENT DETAILS OF SERVICES/JOB STATUS 10 Jan-13 To Aug-2015 ESTABLISHMENT DIVISION, STAFF WELFARE ORGANIZATION-SWO http://swo.gov.pk/ The Job: NITB (defunct PCB) have been disbursing Stipend to 40 to 80 thousand students annually through a legacy application. The task of upgradation on new PHP/MySQL technology was given in Jan- 13. The system was re-desinged, developed, and implemented as a single technical resource. Disbursement of 2014 and 2015 were made on the new system with data punching through a team of 1x DPA and 5x KPOs . On average a disbursement of 56,000+ Stipends to children of Federal Government Employees through 1200+ Departments/Agencies through out the Pakistan. The software contains 6+ Configuration, data entry forms and , 40+ MIS reports based on varying business logic and patterns. The source code is with NITB. The Role: Business Analyst, Software Engineer, Functional Consultant Completed SWO was asked to take it over but they arranged some new one. 09 Dec-12 CABINET SECRETARIAT http://cabinet.gov.pk The Job: AWARDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM , a software system was earlier developed by PCB and implemented in Cabinet. A REVIEW FOR OPPORTUNITIES was done as an assignment and short term and long term strategies were proposed. The Role: Business Analyst Input Provided 08 Sep-12 To Mar-14 ECONOMIC AFFAIRS DIVISION-EAD http://ead.gov.pk The Job: Procurement, installation and inspection of computer labs and teacher resource centers (TLCS) in Islamabad, AJK & GB. The Canadian Government through Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) offered a C$ 449.553 Million debt-swap program to GoP. This program was implemented for the establishment of Training Resource Centers (TRCs) in all above areas. The whole job was executed as single technical expert. Completed 07 Feb-12 PLANNING COMMISSION http://pc.gov.pk The job: IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR FRAMEWORK FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH (INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY) was studied and input was provided. The Role: Business Analyst Input Provided 06 Jul-11 To Jun-12 FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION (FPSC) http://fpsc.gov.pk The job: STUDY OF IT SYSTEMS IN FPSC FOR IMPROVEMENTS. On request from FPSC, SA was nominated. Information Collection layouts were prepared, information collected was analyzed, End users of IT Wing and all other wings were Interviewed, existing policies were studied, Systems were analyzed and a 43x Pages report was prepared based on SWOT analysis and recommendations were given regarding areas of i) Infrastructure ii) IT Policies, iii) Software Systems and iv) IT Human Resources Role: Business Process Analyst Completed BPR increased ROI and CPI introduced
  • 9. SERVICES PROVIDED BY NITB (defunct PCB) A) Consultancy/Support to Ministries/Departments-Continue S# YEAR MINISTRY/DEPARTMENT DETAILS OF SERVICES/JOB STATUS 05 Jun-11 PRESIDENT’s SECRETARIAT http://president.gov.p k The Job: The task was to design an online DIRECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION/ MONITORING SYSTEM with open search facility. The Demo was developed and presented The Role: Business Analyst, Software Engineer Demo not given 04 Jan-11 To July-11 TRAINING MANAGEME NT SYSTEM FO ANF ACADEMY http://anfa.anf.gov.pk The job: Anti-Norcotics Force Training academy requested for a training management system. System was studied, SRS and Storey board was developed. A semi-functional prototype was developed and presented. ANFA could not establish their IT infrastructure to use it. Lastly in 2015 they again contacted NITB and again did not persued. The Role: Business Analsyt, Software Engineer Pending at the client end 03 Apr-10 To 2016 ESTABLISHMENT DIVISION, CDA, STAFF WELFARE ORGANIZATION The Job: Installation, Configuration and administration of Web application server (WAPS) and DBA duties for live support to ESTAB, CDA water billing and STAFF WELFARE ORGANIZATION stipend management system-current‫۔‬ The Role: System Administrator, DBA Only PMIS is running 02 Mar-10 To Sep-16 … ESTABLISHMENT DIVISION PD SECTION http://establishment.go v.pk/ The Job: PD Section of Establishment Division is responsible for maintaining Personal, Qualifications, Trainings, Postings and allied 10x heads data for the officers of All Pakistan Unified Groups of CSS (APUG containing PAS, PSP, Secretariat and OMG) . NITB (defunct PCB) have been providing the software and data entry services since 2+ decades. In 2010, upgradation of this system to PHP/MySQL was assigned. System was redesigned, developed and Implemented. PD section was trained for first ever online data entry and report generation. The Volume of job: System contains 25+ configurations data, 10+ data entry forms and 40+ Customizable MIS reports , total new development as per user requirements, all live available. System is hosted on a local machine in NITB and is accessed through specially allowed port and encrypted user passwords. Source Code is with NITB. The Responsibility: A database of 3,000 current and 6,000+ retired employees is available. Data ownership of users is 100% and only custodianship and functional support is being provided by NITB. The Role: Business Analyst, Software Engineer and Functional Consultant Completed Functional Consultancy and System availability & Backup is ensured 01 2010-16 MISC MISC Consultancies/INPUT Provided Done
  • 10. SERVICES PROVIDED BY NITB (defunct EGD) C) PSDP PROJECTS MANAGEMENT as PROJECT DIRECTOR S# YEAR MINISTRY/DEPARTMENT DETAILS OF JOB STATUS 03 2013-16 FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION-FPSC Online Recruitment System for FPSC-Phase-II, Started-2006, Revised-2013, Under implementation Procurement & Hiring of HR in Progress Under Implement ation 02 2013-15 TRADING CORPORATION OF PAKISTAN, KARACHI Successful closure of PSDP PROJECT titled “Automation of TCP, Karachi”. Done 01 2013-15 E-OFFICE REPLICATION TO MINISTRIES/DEPRATMENTS-EOR Member task force for E-Office (Data Centre configuration, SLAs preparation, mentoring and teaming) Done D) ADMIN/FINANCIAL ASSIGNMENTS YEAR MINISTRY/DEPARTMENT DETAILS OF JOB STATUS 2010-16 NATIONAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BOARD-NITB 1) Conducted various E&D inquiries as Inquiry officer/Incharge Committees 2) Vigilance of PSDP projects Inventory prepared 3) Court hearings of various cases in FST, WMS 4) Member of releasing committee for surplus staff after merger of PCB & EGD into NITB Under Implementa tion