{"id":27604,"date":"2024-02-29T10:50:42","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T05:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=27604"},"modified":"2024-02-29T10:50:42","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T05:50:42","slug":"pml-n-government-to-restore-free-wi-fi-service-in-punjab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/latest-news\/pml-n-government-to-restore-free-wi-fi-service-in-punjab\/","title":{"rendered":"PML-N government to restore free Wi-Fi service in Punjab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After the announcement of Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz, the initiative to provide free Wi-Fi service in public places across Punjab is set to be restored.<\/p>\n<p>The free Wi-Fi project will be carried out by the Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB), and reports indicate that hotspots and other outdated infrastructure will be reinstated.<\/p>\n<p>The project aims to provide free Wi-Fi access at public places like educational institutions, hospitals, bus stops, and railway stations. Additionally, efforts will be made to identify and deploy new hotspot areas to increase Wi-Fi access to the public.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/violence-against-women-children-minorities-is-a-red-line-for-our-govt-maryam-nawaz.html\">Violence against women, children; minorities is a red line for our govt: Maryam Nawaz<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>When the project was launched, Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) was entrusted with the task of providing and maintaining the facility to the people. The responsibility for free Wi-Fi service in public places has now been handed over to the Provincial Technology Board PITB.<\/p>\n<p>The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government had earlier introduced free Wi-Fi service in Lahore and other cities during its government in 2013, but the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) stopped providing this service due to non-payment during its government.<\/p>\n<p>The revival of the service is expected to benefit the public by providing access to the Internet at key locations, promoting connectivity, and facilitating communication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the announcement of Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz, the initiative to provide free Wi-Fi service in public places across Punjab is set to be restored. The free Wi-Fi project will be carried out by the Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB), and reports indicate that hotspots and other outdated infrastructure will be reinstated. The project [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":27610,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,21,2,8],"tags":[12474,12645,205,12646],"class_list":["post-27604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-news","category-pakistan","category-technology","tag-cm-punjab-maryam-nawaz","tag-free-wifi-service-punjab","tag-maryam-nawaz","tag-punjab-free-internet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}