Fibre optic connection at our doorstep
y spent eighty crore of rupees to bring the fibre optic cable over the Lowari Pass to improve the internet connectivity beyond our dreams in Chitral. That project of laying the cable over difficult mountainous terrain was completed more than six months ago. What is now left is the relatively easier task of passing this ready-made cake to homes and businesses in Chitral. Regretfully this cable is lying limp in the PTCL Exchange in Chitral and no action is being taken to pass its huge benefits to us. I used to be very impressed when I saw people digging the mountainside vigorously to pass this cable over the Lowari Pass in recent years and now I am equally disappointed to see that, having completed this difficult task, the government is doing nothing to reap the benefits from it both for itself as well as for the people of Chitral. Much like the PTDC motel that the government of Pakistan built and furnished at Birmoghlasht twenty years ago but has not received a single guest up to now. Very soon winter, the mother of all excuses for not functioning in Chitral, is going to set in so lets not waste any more time to appeal to our public representatives to take up this matter in our provincial and national assemblies with the urgency that it deserves. The promised University and 250 bed hospital will benefit hugely from it. Siraj Ulmulk Chitral.]]>
Dear Sir, In matters such as this one where the govt. is not showing any enthusiasm or interest in a project which should be benefitting the local community; locals themselves do lobbying on different forums so that the issue could be resolved. I think majority of us are least bothered about internet as most of us still do not understand the value and importance of connecting with the rest of the world. The local govt. is run by the people who are good at a very special skill for which our country is now known all over the world. The system should work in such a way that they should be educated in matters like this. The point is; there is no hope there. We see so much of publicity from the Chitral Development Forum (I am less educated about their scope of work though) they can and should come forward to resolve this matter. The plague of “Chuchi kosi and Chuchi boi la” has been rightly depicted in your letter. If one day ever we could get rid of this attitude towards life; we as a Chitrali nation would be able to rise and then only the govt can be compelled to execute projects for our betterment ds(I sound like a king of wishful thinking though).
Dear Sir, it seems we may have to wait until the next elections when the common slogan would be “We will make sure that fibre optic reaches every doorstep”. In cases such as this one where the govt. is not showing any enthusiasm or interest in a project which should be benefitting the local community; locals themselves do lobbying on different forums so that the issue could be resolved. I think majority of us are least bothered about internet as most of us still do not understand the value and importance of connecting with the rest of the world. The local govt. is run by the people who are good at a very special skill for which our country is now known all over the world. The system should work in such a way that they should be educated in matters like this. The point is; there is no hope there. We see so much of publicity from the Chitral Development Forum (I am less educated about their scope of work though) they can and should come forward to resolve this matter. The plague of “Chuchi kosi and Chuchi boi la” has been rightly depicted in your letter. If one day ever we could get rid of this attitude towards life; we as a Chitrali nation would be able to rise and then only the govt can be compelled to execute projects for our betterment ds(I sound like a king of wishful thinking though).
Great effort by addressing this very important issue Sir, genral public will also take advantage in the sahepe of fast banking operations, Bank Branches in chitral are also facing system connectivity issues due to this old and traditional systems, after cable network this issue will be resolved permanntly…