‘No PTCL employee will be relieved’

Published June 21, 2005

ISLAMABAD, June 20: No PTCL employee will be relieved, the expertise, technical experiences and skills of PTCL employees would be utilized properly, chief executive Etisalat International Obaid Saeed Bin Mes’har said. According to a TV channel, he said that the new management would take steps for improving quality, reorganization and extension of PTCL service to more areas. Trained engineering and technical staff might be sent to Africa and other countries after imparting additional training to them, he said.

CE Etisalat International said that investment in Pakistan was a well-thought out decision.

He said that enormous call traffic existed in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and UAE. Etisalat is present in all three countries. It is hoped that rates in these countries could be reduced.

It may be mentioned that the UAE company outbid various rival companies by winning 26 per cent stakes and management control of PTCL on June 18.—APP