BALOCHISTAN’S RURAL AREAS TO BE CONNECTED WITH BROADBAND

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ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information Technology & Telecom Anusha Rehman has said that MoIT's project broadband for sustainable development will ensure connectivity to the people of far-flung areas of Balochistan.

She said that the broadband for sustainable development projects will take state of the art 3G Mobile broadband services to far-flung areas at a rapid pace and in almost parity with urban areas of the country, said a news release on Saturday.

These contracts, she said, are part of overall policy decision of Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif for providing maximum facilitation to remote areas of the country.

She informed that a population of around 302,048 in Khuzdar and 147,057 in Chagai will benefit from these projects and around 116 new BTs towers will also be installed.

These projects will improve the lives of people, create job opportunities for them and particularly empower females, Anusha said and added, the initiatives like establishment of Telecentres will ensure ubiquitous development across the length and breadth of the county and trigger the socio-economic development of Pakistan.

It is pertinent to mention that USF has recently entered in contracts worth Rs. 3.72 Billion with Ufone to provide Mobile Broadband Internet 3G services in Khuzdar and Chagai including Mashkhel Tehsil.

Through these Broadband for Sustainable Development Projects, districts of Nal, Khuzdar, Aaranji, Wadh, Saroona, Mula, Ornach, Zaehri and Karkh in Khuzdar lot and districts of Dal Bandin, Taftan and Mashkhel in Chagai lot will be served.



Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2016

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[Flash_Ninja]

This is great but, how exactly would broadband empower females?

 

[maximuswarrior]

This is great but, how exactly would broadband empower females?

It has become a trend in Pakistan and other developing nations to lump development with women's empowerment. It earns brownie points in the West and nothing more. You and I of course know that this is BS.

Coming back to the news itself, this is very good. Be it very late, but good nonetheless. If we want a bright future for our students internet is a must. Not only in Balochistan, but entire Pakistan which includes FATA and other remote areas.

 

[tore]

Pakistan should stabilize this area before doing infrastructure work here. Baloch separatists wil make more movies/photoes and send to India as we saw in past 2 months.

I saw all on Indian tv channels.

 

[Jaanbaz]

Pakistan should stabilize this area before doing infrastructure work here. Baloch separatists wil make more movies/photoes and send to India as we saw in past 2 months.

I saw all on Indian tv channels.

Nope, Internet will bring more advancements and job opportunities, they will want to travel to other areas of Pakistan, and perhaps it will give them more freedom to get education rather then relying on their dumb sold out tribal leaders.

Who was stopping Bugti from constructing schools and hospitals in his areas? The guy literally use to blackmail the federal government, some Baluch leaders sold their natural resources to make their palaces in Karachi's defence areas and even abroad. They keep their poor people under their foot.