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Apex Committee Directs PTA to Finalize Auction of 3G and 4G Licenses in GB
The Apex Committee on Friday directed Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to finalize the auction of 3G and 4G licenses in Gilgit Baltistan on a priority basis.
GB Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid and Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs, Gilgit Baltistan Ali Amin Khan Gandapur jointly presided over the 2nd APEX Committee to review the progress of the GB Development Plan and the projects on which progress needs Apex committee intervention here in Islamabad on Friday.
Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Mohammad Jehanzeb Khan, Additional Secretary GB, and representatives from Ministries and Division attended the meeting.
The government on Wednesday decided to announce soon a major economic package for Gilgit-Baltistan as promised before regional elections in November last year. APP
ISLAMABAD: The government on Wednesday decided to announce soon a major economic package for Gilgit-Baltistan as promised before regional elections in November last year.
In a meeting with the newly-elected leadership of Gilgit-Baltistan, the ministry of planning and development constituted two technical groups to finalise the integrated development plan on the pattern of the recently announced Karachi Transformation Plan.
GB Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid and Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar jointly presided over the meeting.