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imageISLAMABAD: Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom on Wednesday decided to benefit the population of about 169, 177 with modern broadband facilities in un-served areas.

The decision was taken in 48th Board of Directors meeting of Universal Service Fund Company (USFCo) ministry of I&T that population of about 196,177, covering 269 unserved Mauzas and area of 39,434 sq kms will be benefitted with broadband facilities.

The Chairperson; USF Co Board and the Minister of State for IT & Telecom; Anusha Rahman chaired the meeting and took an overview of the existing Projects.

They also reviewed the USF projects pertaining to the establishment of 50 more Computer Labs in Women Empowerment Centers Bait Ul Mal under the ICT's for girls programme and Broadband for Low Income Women in phase 2.

The USF Board of Directors has unanimously approved the award of Awaran-Lasbela Lot under a Broadband for Sustainable Development Project.

Other Board members including the Secretary IT; Rizwan Bashir Khan, Member Telecom; Mudassar Hussain, Chairman PTA; Dr. Ismail Shah, VP ISPs of Pakistan; Azfar Manzoor, CEO Mobilink; Aamir Ibrahim and CEO USF Co; Faisal Sattar also attended the meeting.

Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2016

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