The federal government, to match the Punjab government’s laptop distribution campaign, has decided to provide free internet connections to all the universities and colleges of the province.
Sources said that during high level meeting at Governor House, Lahore and chaired by President Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) provincial leaders complained of least employment to party activists and also apprised the president of the increasing credibility of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz among the youth due to laptop distribution among the students.
The president taking the notice of complaints suggested provision of free internet facility in universities and colleges of Punjab which was highly appreciated the party leaders.
The PPP leaders said that providing internet facility to universities and colleges would not only help the students to get benefit of modern technology, information and research but would also bring PPP credibility at par with the N-League among the youth which was noticed inclining towards the Punjab government for its laptop distribution campaign.
Leader of the opposition in Punjab Assembly, Raja Riaz, when approached in this regard, said that Wifi connections would be provided in universities and colleges so that students who possess laptops would also enjoy internet facility.
He said that the federal government was considering establishing computer labs in universities and colleges in second phase.
and a screw-up like PTCL will handle all this.
Without internet, these computers are nothing but big calculators. It was a good publicity stunt by pml (n) but computers are meant to be used to access information thru internet. Its like giving a soldier a gun but no bullets. How do you expect him to shoot? Most of the students who are getting these laptops cannot afford internet. The ones that can, do not need computers from the govt. They already have them. If only our leaders were farsighted and visionaries……….
KAMRAN…. mangtay he rahna…..
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