Our Staff Reporter KARACHI - Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Dr. Mohammed Yaseen has said that PTA has completed a thought-provoking exercise in collaboration with renowned industry players for drafting ICT Security Guidelines for Telecoms, GoP and End-users. The documents have been shared with respective stakeholders to assist them, while building information security practices. This he said while addressing as chief guest to 7th International Information Security Conference Info-Sec 2011 in a local hotel on Tuesday. Chairman PTA said that Information Security is emerging as one of the most critical factors behind effective IT implementation, but it is also promising that public awareness about the information security has risen with the passage of time and Asia now reports higher maturity levels across more capabilities than any other world region and has more vigorous focus on strategic issues such as alignment of security with the business and the crucial need to protect data. Later in a talk with media men Dr Mohammed Yaseen said there is a good progress in respect of policy formation regarding 3G and we have road map and potential to launch the product. Chairman PTA shows the hope that we will be able to come up with 3G by the mid of forthcoming year. He emphasises that individuals and organisations should practice standardised information security procedures and techniques due to their enormous reliability and stability. Mohammad Kamran Shahzad ,Deputy Governor State Bank Of Pakistan and others also address the conference.