ISLAMABAD (The Thursday Times) — Pakistan YouTube dekhne mein duniya mein pehle number par hai, jahan 9 crore 60 lakh users rozana 56 crore videos dekhte hain. Yeh baat Pakistan Telecommunication Authority ke sarbarah ne is hafte Qaumi Assembly ki committee ko batayi, jabke arkan ne shikayat ki ke yeh sab kuch le jane wale networks musalsal kharab hote ja rahe hain.
PTA ke Chairman Major General (retd) Hafeezur Rehman ne yeh aadad IT aur Telecom ki Qayami Committee ko diye. Ijlas ki roodad mein yeh nahin bataya gaya ke ranking kaise napi gayi.
Unhon ne kaha ke Pakistan mein TikTok ke 10 crore users hain aur WhatsApp ke bhi 10 crore, jabke Pakistani log WhatsApp par rozana 1 arab calls karte aur 12 arab messages bhejte hain.
IT Minister Shaza Fatima Khawaja ne kaha ke social media aur artificial intelligence ne data ke istemal mein tezi se izafa kar diya hai. Unhon ne kaha ke ab 18 lakh log 5G istemal kar rahe hain, jo 24 shehron mein mutaarif karaya ja raha hai, aur service mein khalal ki aik wajah chori hai, jis mein poore towers, diesel aur generators chori ho rahe hain.
Committee ke arkan mutassir nahin hue. Ahmed Ateeq ne kaha ke un ke halqe se Karachi tak networks kaam nahin kar rahe, aur dhai saal se muzakrat jari rahe lekin koi hal nahin nikla. Aasia Ishaq ne kaha ke 5G shuru hone ke baad 4G theek tarah kaam karna band ho gaya, aur poocha ke kya arkan ko Supreme Court jana chahiye. Aik aur rukn ne kaha ke Islamabad mein bhi WhatsApp calls kat rahi hain. "Har ijlas khatam hota hai aur network mazeed kharab ho jata hai," aik rukn ne kaha.
PTA ke chairman ne kaha ke un ke amle ne 41 zilon mein muaine kiye. Unhon ne kaha ke show-cause notices aakhri sahara hain, ke companies jurmanon ke khilaf court injunctions hasil kar leti hain, aur bijli ki bandish bari rukawat hai.
Khawaja ne is jhunjhalahat ko jaiz qarar diya lekin kaha ke services dheere dheere behtar ho rahi hain, aur mazeed kaha ke United States mein bhi motorways aur highways par coverage nahin hai. Committee ke chairman Syed Amin ul Haq ne kaha ke quality par koi samjhauta nahin hona chahiye aur telecom companies ko hukm diya ke woh apni services fori taur par behtar banayein.
