MoIT to Advertise for Hiring of Consultant to Expedite 3G License

In a development at PM house nowadays, it absolutely was determined that Ministry of knowledge Technology can immediately advertise employment for consultant within the media to expedite the method of 3G license auction that has already got delayed significantly attributable to the unnecessary official procedures.

Earlier, PTA was suppose to advertise this job – but, it appears, government isn’t proud of the PTA and task has been handed over to MoIT.



In a briefing on 3G license by the Ministry of knowledge Technology, chaired by Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, PTA was directed to hunt list of consultants from Ministry of knowledge Technology to guage Expression of Interest (EOI) from the consultant. PTA assured that the letter would be written to the Ministry for seeking the list of participants to be the a part of the EOI/RFP committee so as to fulfill the imperative of transparency in absolute terms.

PTA Member Technical assured that once receiving the list from Ministry of knowledge Technology PTA would accord approval as per the availability of section five (2) (R) of Pakistan Telecommunication Re-Organization Act 1996

It was additionally reiterated within the meeting that it's the PTA’s responsibility to hold out the auction of 3G license during a clear manner.

Information Memorandum on 3G also will be written from scratch, once the input of consultant that's alleged to be employed terribly soon.

The meeting was attended by Mr. Qamar Zaman Kaira, Minister for data and Broadcasting, Dr. Abdul Hafeez Sheikh, Minister for Finance, Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar, Minister for Water and Power, Mr. Asim Hussain, Advisor on Petroleum, Secretaries for IT, Finance, Law & Justice and alternative government officers.