The Board of Directors (BoD) of
Federal Secretary Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication,
The Board approved contracts to
PMCL (Jazz) is being awarded the contract of Kurram Lot while
The chairman USF Board and secretary IT were apprised about the progress of USF projects during the meeting. High speed broadband services in Kurram Lot will benefit the unserved population of approximately 400,000 thereby covering 200 unserved mauzas and an approximate unserved area of 2,900 square kilometers.
Kurram Lot encompasses Frontier Region Kurram, Lower Kurram and Upper Kurram tehsils. Similarly, an unserved population of approximately 1.4 million will gain benefit from high speed broadband services in Sanghar Lot. The lot consists of Sanghar and Umerkot districts with an approximate unserved area of 12,000 sq km and 500 unserved mauzas.
The spokesperson of MoITandT said that the Chairman USF Board and Secretary IT
He also said that these projects will bring the people of Kurram and Sanghar at par with the wider society and will also be helpful in solving the problems of illiteracy, poverty and unemployment.
Federal secretary welcomed the Prime Minister’s most recent expression of support for the continued and ongoing work of “Digital Pakistan.” In addition to this, he also acknowledged other board members’ valuable contributions to make advancements in the implementation of USF projects.
The Board greatly appreciated the chairman
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