Govt to provide smartphones to all with data package on installments soon

Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Syed Amin-Ul-Haque said that smartphones for all and mobile with data packages would be available on installments soon.

“Smartphone for all and mobile with data package will be available on installments, I have directed to prepare work plan in this regard,” he said this while talking to the media persons held at the Pakistani Consulate on the sideline of Mobile World Congress 2022 (MWC22) in Barcelona.

The minister is in Barcelona to attend the conference aims to develop strategies for enhancing mobile connectivity around the world and access to communication technology for the common man, and to benefit from each other’s experiences and observations.

The World Congress, organized under the GSMA, is being attended by government representatives of telecommunications and officials of telecom companies from around the world. The minister said that for the first time in the history of Pakistan, a mobile manufacturing policy was formulated and approved by the Cabinet and Parliament. Locally manufactured mobiles were also being exported to various countries, he added.

Syed Amin said, that overseas Pakistanis would be able to exercise their voting right through the internet in the next general elections. He said that in Barcelona he had met with ministers of various countries, international IT companies, global telecommunications companies, and World Bank officials.

He said that various institutions had expressed interest and termed Pakistan an investment-friendly country.