e was talking to a delegation of Punjab Information and Technology Board delegation who discussed all aspects of the implementations of the system in the campus. The PITB delegation was led by PITB Additional Director General (Citizen Facilitation Services) Muhammad Waseem Bhatti. The delegations comprised Joint Directors Abid Mahmood, and others. UAF Registrar Muhammad Hussain, Treasurer Muhammad Tariq Saeed, Director Planning and Development Irfan Abbas and others also attended the meeting. UAF Vice Chancellor Dr Muhammad Ashraf (H.I, S.I) said that UAF had paced up its efforts to adopt electronic filing and office automation system to ensure transparency merit, and time saving in line with modern trends. He said that IT had made management process more sophisticated. He said that with the help of learning management system, the lectures be made available online to provide an opportunity to students to get benefit. He said that neighbor countries had adopted digital agriculture system that is not helping their farmers for productivity enhancement but also mitigating the effects of unusual agricultural conditions. He said that in Pakistan, we are only far lagging behind in the system. Muhammad Waseem Bhatti said that in the modern era of IT, it is essential that records remain easily accessible and secure. He said that we have seen in many cases where traditional and old form of record keeping was in place, heavy losses were reported by various departments because a critical document was lost. He said that PITB had set up e-Filing and Office Automation System which enabled timely and effective management of official daily tasks and proceed towards a paperless office environment in the public sector. It is meant to ensure that every correspondence is digitally accessible round-the-clock. The digital copies of official documents are made and uploaded onto the system. These copies are also stored on a cloud server and archived for future use and reference. It has minimized turnaround time and increased efficiency.