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Tamanikaiwaimaro<br><b>Enviada em:</b> quarta-feira, 27 de julho de 2011 06:06<br><b>Para:</b> governance@lists.cpsr.org; Fouad Bajwa<br><b>Assunto:</b> Re: [governance] Pakistan Universal Service Fund in Jeopardy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Fouad,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I am sorry to hear this. This is nightmarish.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Kind Regards,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Sala<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 9:17 AM, Fouad Bajwa <<a href="mailto:fouadbajwa@gmail.com">fouadbajwa@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'> A wave of shock and protest has hit the Pakistani ICT and Internet<br>Communities and Industry as well as all other related sectors over the<br>federal govt's interest in reallocating the USF for funding programs<br>other than what the USF was originally created for and has the mandate<br>to do.<br><br>Move to use Rs45 bn of telecom companies for Benazir Income Support<br>Programme (BISP).<br>Source: DAILY NEWS PAKISTAN<br>Abrar Mustafa<br>Monday, July 25, 2011<br><a href="http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=7644&Cat=13&dt=7/25/2011" target="_blank">http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=7644&Cat=13&dt=7/25/2011</a><br>ISLAMABAD: A wave of apprehensions has taken over the telecom sector<br>amid reports that Telecom Act 1996 was being amended, raising doubts<br>that funds of telecom sector organisations will be spent for Benazir<br>Income Support Programme (BISP).<br><br>The Finance Ministry has decided to transfer funds of telecom<br>companies amounting to over Rs45 billion to the accounts of the<br>federal government.<br><br>Sources disclosed the Finance Ministry has informed the Ministry of<br>Information Technology and Telecom that it was going to amend Article<br>33 E(1)(A) of the Telecom (Reorganization) Act 1996, which reads:<br>“Universal Services Fund and Research and Development Fund accounts<br>shall be deposited in the Public Accounts of the Federation which will<br>be operated in accordance with the procedure prescribed for the<br>federal government”.<br><br>The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom has started<br>consultations with the relevant quarters for the amendment.<br><br>The Universal Services Funds (USF) and Research and Development (R&D)<br>Fund operate in the shape of two companies under the Ministry of<br>Information Technology and Telecom. All revenue accrued from mobile<br>phones and other telecom organizations go to these companies that are<br>administered jointly by directors of the companies and government<br>officials.<br><br>Any expenditure or investment from funds accumulated in the USF and<br>R&D Funds is sanctioned by a high-powered three-member committee,<br>which comprises of federal secretaries of finance and two other<br>ministries. The funds of USF are used for provision of telephone and<br>Internet services to the backward and under developed areas of the<br>country whereas scholarships are being given to more than 10,000<br>students.<br><br>Moreover research is being made in the field of information<br>technology. Accounts of both the organizations are subject to internal<br>and external arrangements. Attempts were made to take hold of these<br>funds when Sardar Latif Khosa was an adviser to the prime minister.<br>However that could not materialise in the presence of rules and<br>regulations. After that efforts were made to change the board of<br>directors and get a CEO of choice appointed. However, the telecom<br>sector had opposed the move tooth and nail, and the matter was taken<br>to a court of law. Sardar Latif Khosa had to lose his powers as well<br>as job.<br><br>There are strong reservations about the reported move to amend the<br>Telecom Act. The move to transfer funds of telecom companies to the<br>federal government would deprive telecom sector of the funds so vital<br>for their development and other programmes. It is said that telecom<br>sector gives billions of rupees to the government in the shape of<br>taxes and excise duties; therefore, it would be out of question to<br>give these companies under the control of federal government.<br><br>Telecom sector is of the opinion that these funds are generated by<br>them and are voluntarily given to government. They threatened that if<br>the proposed amendment is not withdrawn, the move would be strongly<br>resisted on every front.<br><br>Responsible officials of the Ministry of Information Technology and<br>Telecom confided that discussion is being held with companies and<br>telecom organizations and a suitable reply to the Ministry of Finance<br>would be sent after that.<br><br><br>--<br>Regards.<br>--------------------------<br>Fouad<br>____________________________________________________________<br>You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<br> <a href="mailto:governance@lists.cpsr.org">governance@lists.cpsr.org</a><br>To be removed from the list, visit:<br> <a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing" target="_blank">http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing</a><br><br>For all other list information and functions, see:<br> <a href="http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/info/governance" target="_blank">http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/info/governance</a><br>To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see:<br> <a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/" target="_blank">http://www.igcaucus.org/</a><br><br>Translate this email: <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate_t" target="_blank">http://translate.google.com/translate_t</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br clear=all><br>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Sala<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>"Stillness in the midst of the noise".<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>