Federal Minister for IT & Telecom Syed Amin Ul Haque chairs USF, Ignite Policy Committees' meetings

Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication Syed Amin Ul Haque chaired Universal Service Fund (USF) Policy Committee meeting here on Thursday.
The meeting was attended by Secretary IT Navid Ahmed Shaikh, Additional Secretary Cabinet Division, Additional Secretary Finance, Senior Joint Secretary, MoITT Ali Asghar and Member Telecom Muhammad Omar Malik. 
CEO USF Haaris Mahmood Chaudhary briefed the chair about the ongoing projects of USF.
Federal Minister for IT Syed Amin Ul Haque said that Telecom companies are facing difficulty in importing equipments and their upgraded systems due to limited Letters of Credit (LCs), which is also causing  delay in completing USF's ongoing projects.
The meeting approved USF Company's annual budget of Rs 18,036 million for FY 2023-24.
Meanwhile, Federal Minister for IT & Telecom Syed Amin Ul Haque presided over Policy Committee meeting of Research & Development Fund.
CEO Ignite apprised the meeting about the different future projects.
The meeting approved Ignite company's annual budget of Rs 3,206 million for FY 2023-24.
Earlier, CEO Ufone Hatem Bamatraf,  CEO Jazz Aamir Ibrahim and CEO Telenor Irfan Wahab called on Federal Minister for IT & Telecom Syed Amin Ul Haque in his office.
During the meeting matters related to Telecom sector were discussed in detail.
The CEOs lauded Federal Minister for IT Syed Amin Ul Haque's efforts for the promotion of IT and Telecom sector in Pakistan.
Syed Amin Ul Haque said that taking steps for  resolving the issues of IT and Telecom industry, and protection of cellular users' rights is his mandate. He said he fully tried to create balance between the users of services and service providers. Federal Minister for IT said that efforts are on for settling the issues of IT and Telecom industry on relevant forums which will lead to positive outcomes.