Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Friday solicited the Ministry of Information Technology to guarantee wide scale and strong broadband connectivity to the whole country, especially to remote territories, keeping in mind the end goal to guarantee the spread of digital facilities to the common man.
While talking to ceremnony for the agreement marking of Broadband for Sustainable Development Projects in FATA; Khyber, Mohmand Agency, and D.I.Khan, the Prime Minister complimented the initiative and said it would help overcome any issues between the urban and rustic zones by giving present day facilities to the general population at their doorsteps.
The task for arrangement of telecom services to the un-served territories was being actualized by the Universal Service Fund, working under the Ministry of Information Technology.
After the launch of the 3G and 4G administrations, it has given network access to 5,896 Mauzas. The new contracts would empower it to stretch out these administrations to Khyber, Mohmand and D.I.Khan at a cost of Rs 3.5 billion and facilitate more than four million individuals in 1,187 Mauzas.
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He entrusted the Ministry of Information Technology to finish the task in the following four months and give connectivity at reasonable rates.
The Prime Minister expressed that e-administrations were a quickly developing field and could give wellbeing, instruction and business opportunities to the general population in the remotest territories of the nation.
The Prime Minister additionally specified the initiative by the Universal Service Fund for the arrangement of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for girls and conveyance of IT and e-benefits in unserved and underserved regions.
Under the USF Project “ICT for Girls”, Microsoft has teamed up to prepare young ladies to enable them to take part in the financial advancement of the nation. So far 100 PC labs have been built up in Bait-ul-Maal’s Women Empowerment Centers the nation over that would prepare 35,000 understudies.
Prime Minister Abbasi named the improvement as a hint of a greater challenge and said it would enable the ladies and empower them to gain a respectable salary from the solace of their homes.
Minister for Information Technology Anusha Rehman said the USF was likewise giving ICT preparing to young ladies at government schools in Islamabad through 226 PC labs. Microsoft would prepare 202 educators who might give preparing to more than 70,000 girls.
She likewise indicated the venture for strengthening and formation of financial opportunities for Small and Medium Enterprises and Artisans through online business. She said such innovation would help enhance social and financial development and make it less demanding to give e-wellbeing, e-instruction and a few different facilities.
Since 2013, contracts have been granted for giving versatile broadband administrations in Kalat, Sibi, Zhob, Kohistan, Dera Bugti and Kharan-Washuk she additionally expressed.
