ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for IT and Telecommunication Shaza Fatima Khawaja on Friday approved the release of the 4th quarter budget amounting to Rs. 4.7 billion to the Universal Service Fund (USF).
She was chairing the 49th USF Policy Committee meeting here at the committee room of the Ministry of IT.
Secretary IT Captain (Retd) Muhammad Mahmood was also present on the occasion. The meeting approved the release of the 4th quarter budget worth Rs. 4.7 billion to the USF.
The chair during the meeting was briefed about the ongoing projects of USF. The committee was apprised that the currently total ongoing projects of USF are 33 including 23 of 4G and 10 Optical Fiber Cable (OFC) projects.
Meanwhile, Minister of State for IT Shaza Fatima chaired the 43rd Ignite Policy Committee meeting. The Committee approved the releasing of the 4th quarter budget of Rs. 318.88 million to Ignite.
