Indicators of the emerging information society in Pakistan

Information Development

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 66-78

  Shafique, Farzana ^a   Mahmood, Khalid ^b  

^a Al A'khdar Educational Movement   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Information society; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049171220     PISSN: 02666669     EISSN: 17416469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266666907087698     Document Type: Article

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