Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday issued a rebuke and expressed visible frustration after finding inadequacies in a dashboard built to monitor flood relief assistance, pointing out that it lacked real-time updates and was not of international standards.
\nThe prime minister refused to inaugurate the event and remained seated as he outlined his primary objection with the dashboard, saying that it was not being updated in real time.
\n\u201cIf real-time information doesn\u2019t arrive in this then it\u2019s of no use. Then we are wasting each other\u2019s time. I\u2019m not going to inaugurate this today,\u201d he said when informed that data from the meteorological department was not yet integrated with the dashboard.
\n\u201cThis should be trashed,\u201d he said before clarifying that it was a light-hearted comment. \u201cI\u2019m not negating your effort but this is not the dashboard we all imagined. This is a stationary thing in which you fill in figures.\u201d
\nThe prime minister mentioned a different dashboard that monitors dengue hotspots and said it provided \u201cactive information\u201d and was based on a \u201cproper structure\u201d.
\n\u201cThis (flood dashboard) is not something the nation or I want. It lacks in many ways [and] it is deficient to our requirement,\u201d the prime minister said as he reprimanded the officials concerned.
\nHe also complained that the dashboard was not fast enough, adding that a lagging portal would not reflect the loss suffered due to the floods as well as the government\u2019s efforts to mitigate their fallout.
\nThe prime minister said that with upcoming international conventions and moots on the horizon, he wanted the dashboard to be of a certain standard and in line with modern expectations.
\nShehbaz suggested that the project could be \u201cprovisionally\u201d launched today but officially launched next Monday after incorporating his suggestions and criticisms.
\nPlanning Minister Ahsan Iqbal, Information Technology Minister Aminul Haque and other officials tried to assuage the situation and placate the premier\u2019s concerns about the portal.
\nThe prime minister was assured by the officials that they would resolve the issues he had outlined and convert the dashboard into a real-time platform in a week\u2019s span.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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