TOBA TEK SINGH, Feb 22: Scores of subscribers on Friday protested against the wrong billing of Sept 2001 by the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) for the calls made by the people for the SAARC games programme.

They informed that during the said programmes on television a slide was shown on TV screen in which people were invited to give the answer of various questions on a toll free number 0900-27933.

The PTCL had sent charges of the calls added to the current bills, they complained, urging the PTV authorities to negotiate with the PTCL officials for deduction of the amount.

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