[Pakistan] New tariff to hit PTCL revenue: Senate body

["Irfan Khan" <KhanIA@super.net.pk>]

14 July 1999 

New tariff to hit PTCL revenue: Senate body 

By Our Correspondent 

ISLAMABAD, July 13: The Senate's standing committee on communications 
on Monday called for injecting greater transparency and public 
welfare attributes in launching new projects which had a direct 
bearing on the masses. 

The committee, which was presided over by Senator Rafiq Ahmed Sheikh, 
the chairman of the committee, while reviewing the new tariff system 
of the PTCL, took notice of the increase in local call charges, 
installation fee and line rent and observed that the increase would 
discourage consumers to use the telephone facility which would be 
counter-productive for the PTCL in terms of earning revenues. 

The minister for communications, Raja Nadir Pervez, informed the 
committee that the new tariffs had been introduced to rationalize the 
rates, however, he said, further adjustments and readjustments would 
be made after a period of six months. 

The committee was informed that the documentation with regard to the 
privatization of the PTCL had been completed and the privatization 
commission was processing further formalities to privatize the PTCL 
which would be completed by the end of this year. The committee 
decided to hear the view point of the privatization commission on the 
privatization of the PTCL in its next meeting. 

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The meeting was attended by the chairman of the committee, Senator 
Rafiq Ahmed Sheikh; the minister for communications, Raja Nadir 
Pervez; Senators Ihsanul Haq Piracha, Muhammad Zahid Khan, Raja 
Auranzeb and Aftab Ahmed Sheikh; secretary of the committee, Mahboob 
Ali; secretary of communications, Dr M. Akram Sheikh; chairman of the 
PTCL, Nasim S. Mirza; and senior officials of the ministry and the 
PTCL. 


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