RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) is organizing the second ICT Awards (Information Communication Technology Awards) here on Thursday. President RCCI, Mian Humayun Parvez said, the Rawalpindi Chamber was the only Chamber of the country arranging such awards. The RCCI organized its first Information and Communication Technology Awards in 2015 which was also for the first time in the region that such an award was given. “This initiative was taken to promote a healthy competition among organizations from the IT sector. This year we are organizing the 2ndRCCI ICT Awards with the same fervour. The Awards aim at giving merit based recognition to those in the IT sector who have showed up to the mark performance in the year”, he added. This creates an atmosphere of healthy competition among the IT giants and the startups. Mian Humayun said that ICT industry was having a market share of approximately $3 billion in Pakistan but no step was being taken from the government side to promote the said industry. He said that the twin cities had 40 percent share of the total business of ICT in the country as many multinational companies had established their offices there. “RCCI ICT AWARDS aims at honouring Pakistani companies at the cutting edge of technology innovation as well as leading professionals across the ICT industry of Pakistan”, he added. While explaining the Awards Ceremony Mian Humayun said that the basic purpose behind organizing the ICT AWARDS was to highlight the efforts of individuals and companies for the betterment of the industry and the country.