Tag: Research and development
Telecom Sector Fund of Rs. 45 Billion to go to BISP?
Telecom Market has been over taken by a Rumor that Telecom Act 1996 was being amended and funds of Telecom sector will go to Benazir Income Support Program (BISP). According to a report by The News, Finance Ministry has decided to transfer Rs. 45 Billion of Telecom Fund to account of Federal Government. Sources said that [...]
Nokia Bejing Campus A Class of Its Own For Quality And Commitment to Excellence
Beijing is the capital of an ancient civilization and a culture that dates back thousands of years. It reflects the image of its old culture and civilization. Today china has become very strong nation and emerged as a country with a very strong economy in the global world. So what place can be better than [...]
Khosa Turns Against His Own Government
In what he called a “white paper” apparently against his own government and the ministry that he was heading till recently, the Prime Minister’s Adviser on IT Sardar Latif Khosa has revealed that at least Rs50 billion are annually lost by the state and telecom companies due to the unchecked grey tariff, i.e. illegal network [...]
Sacked Directors Approched LHC Against IT Minister
Six independent sacked directors of the National Information Communication Technology Research & Development (ICT R&D) Fund have approached the Lahore High Court (LHC), Rawalpindi Bench, against their sacking from the Board of Directors (BoD) by the Ministry of Information Technology (MoIT) on the directives of its minister in charge, Sardar Latif Khosa. In a writ [...]
Khosa Faces Stiff Resistance From Within
Adviser to the PM on Information Technology Sardar Latif Khosa faces a mutiny-like situation in his ministry and from the Board of Directors of the two extremely wealthy telecom-specific private sector companies, which the minister heads, but wants to run them in his own style. There are apprehensions about the fate of a huge fund [...]
COMSATS promote Science & Technology Among Developing Countries
The 13th Coordinating Council meeting of the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS) was held in the Italian city of Trieste, under the chairmanship of Executive Director, Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS), Prof. M.H.A. Hassan says a press release issued by COMSATS here today. Delegates representing [...]
PTA Failed to Recover Rs8.7bn
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) failed to recover more than Rs8.7 billion from various telecom/mobile operators, said a recently released Auditor General Report 2008-9. The PTA a corporate body for regulating the telecommunication industry did not recover outstanding dues of Rs7.4 billion on account of Universal Services Fund (USF) charges, Access Promotion Contribution for USF, [...]
