Islamabad:
The Standing Committee of the National Assembly on Information Technologies (TI) and telecommunications were informed Tuesday that the process to launch the Internet Starlink services in Pakistan was almost finished and that the service would be available in the country of Here June of this year.
The committee that met here its president Aminul Haq in the president expressed his dissatisfaction with regard to the availability problems of Internet services in certain parts of the country. The members of the committee hoped that after the start of the star bond, the people issued could be resolved.
The parliamentary secretary of the latter told the committee that the discussions with Starlink had reached the final phase and that his services would be available by June of this year. The secretary said that the 90% process had been completed. Consequently, the Link license would soon be published.
During the meeting, the Committee discussed projects from the Public Sector Development Program (PSDP) for the IT ministry for the year 2024-25. The ministry said that 24 billion rupees had been allocated in the PSDP, adding that more than 2 billion rupees had so far been spent during the current fiscal year.
Committee members have raised problems relating to the availability of the Internet in the Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Cashmire. Managers of the Special Communication Organization (SCO) said that a plan was underway to extend mobile services in the regions at a cost of 780 million rupees.
Regarding the creation of a computer park in Karachi, officials of the IT ministry said that 6 billion rupees had been allocated to the project this year, but the amount could not be used because it was still in the design phase . The member of the Mustafa Kamal Committee urged effective project planning.
Another member of the committee, lawyer Gohar Ali Khan, underlined the non-periode of the Islamabad IT Park project for a long time. Ministry officials said that a Korean company was working on the project. The president said that the committee would visit the project after the next meeting.
The president asked the ministry to accelerate work on the Personal Data Protection Bill. The Secretary of the Ministry of Computer Science told the Committee that the Minister concerned was on board the bill. The committee was informed that a draft of artificial intelligence policy (IA) had been sent to the firm for approval.
During the meeting, the president of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) informed the committee concerning speed and internet connectivity. He said the PTA had generated 1,700 billion rupees of rupees over the past 6 years, the government has not invested a single roupie in this sector for several years. He informed the committee that high -speed Internet connectivity required fiber cables.
