LAHORE: City District Government Lahore (CDGL) official website is currently dysfunctional. The official web address of CDGL given on government flyers, news letters and on official letter heads is www.lahorecity.gov.pk.
However, even mega search engines such as Yahoo and Google do show the official website belonging to the CDGL in search results. CDGL sub-department websites and those of other cities like Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Hyderabad and Peshawar are currently operational.
The website of the government of Lahore was made on the order of former Lahore Nazim Mian Amir Mehmood. However, the webpage was not maintained by officials since Mehmood completed his term in the office and former Lahore DCO Sajjad Ahmad Bhutta became the Lahore administrator.
According to Alexa, an international website surveillance company, the Lahore government website gained a lot of popularity when it was launched, but became dysfunctional due to improper maintenance. According to the figures provided by Alexa, most of the queries registered on the Lahore government’s website were made by overseas Pakistanis and Indians planning to visit Lahore.
Raheel Ali, a Canadian national said “I was visiting Pakistan for the first time in fifteen years and I wanted information about the places I wanted to visit. It’s hilarious that a city like Lahore does not have an official website”. The newly appointed Lahore DCO Ahad Cheema stated that the CDGL website will be updated and operational in no time.