GM PTCL visits, makes promises 2

The General Manager of PTCL North, Wajeeh Anwar has assured the people of Chitral the company will extend services to all the nooks and corners of the district within a short span of time.

Addressing the gathering of the delegations drawn from all the twenty four union councils of the district at Town Hall Chitral here on Tuesday, he said that recently the wireless local loop telephone facilities have been inaugurated in the three remote valleys of Bumburate, Bumbagh and Karimabad.

Mr. Anwar said that it was his commitment and desire to solve the problem of telephone for the people of distant valleys and announced upgrade the site of Morilusht and establish a new one at Kughuzi at Koh union council which had been the only union council of Chitral having no access to telephone till last year.

He also announced to extend the DSL facility to the district within a month which was highly appreciated by the delegations.

Speaking on this occasion, former tehsil naizm Chitral Sartaj Ahmed Khan eulogized the efforts of Wajeeh Anwar for his personal interest in providing wireless local loop facility to different villages of Chitral.

Senior officers of PTCL Khurshid Leghari and Mubashir Hassan also accompanied the general manager.

Those who addressed on the occasion also included Liqat Ali, Haji Ghafar Khan, Sardar Muhammad Khan, Amirullah Khan Yaftali, Islam Akbaruddin, Maulana Akhunzada Rahmatullah, Dr. Inayatullah Faizi, Abdur Razaq and others.. --Zahiruddin Chitral.18 May 2011

Comment 1

I was present on the occasion. We welcome the GM, PTCL.'s visit but isn't the PTCL a private company like other phone companies? Doesn't the PTCL advertise on TV and gives incentives everyday to buy their services?. The existing PTCL services specially VPTCL all over Chitral is in pathetic condition and nobody seems responsible for their proper day to day working. PTCL must correct these before anything else. We must learn to walk before trying to run. Also Chitral is a tax free zone but twenty percent charges on every call and recharge are extorted from us. If the GM intends to do something good for Chitral, he should address these problems , otherwise rest are all routine matters.-- Zahir Shah (chairman), Ayun, 18 May 2011.

Comment 2

When spring arrives, many officials visit Chitral to enjoy pleasant weather and share some happy moments with their family and friends. It is an old saying that never make a promise when you are happy. (specially after being profusely garlanded). DSL and installation of Vphones in remote areas is a good dream to see but here may I ask one simple question from GM PTCL North that instead of spending millions of rupees in advertising and making unachievable promises why PTCL does not pay any attention to improve their infrastructure in Chitral town area?

Many people laugh when they witness lavish PTCL advertising in TV and newspapers and at the other hand see the poor condition of PTCL infrastructure i.e. hanging and broken cables, open holes with full of water, broken distribution boxes hanging very awkwardly from the poles and noisy telephone calls.

I don’t know whether the honorable GM is a technical person or not but any layman who knows ABC of internet existence is surprised that how a sophisticated system like DSL is possible with this rubbish installation and infrastructure? -- Muhammad Abeer Khan,, Chitral Town Area, 19 May 2011..