{"id":768,"date":"2021-01-04T12:39:08","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T12:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=768"},"modified":"2021-01-04T12:40:16","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T12:40:16","slug":"imran-khans-pti-shuts-down-free-wifi-project-in-punjab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/01\/04\/imran-khans-pti-shuts-down-free-wifi-project-in-punjab\/","title":{"rendered":"Imran Khan&#8217;s PTI shuts down free WiFi project in Punjab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-770\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/free-wifi-punjab-internet-punjab-information-service-dailyrapid-dailyrapidnews.jpg\" alt=\"free-wifi-punjab-internet-punjab-information-service-dailyrapid-dailyrapidnews\" width=\"1000\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/free-wifi-punjab-internet-punjab-information-service-dailyrapid-dailyrapidnews.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/free-wifi-punjab-internet-punjab-information-service-dailyrapid-dailyrapidnews-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/free-wifi-punjab-internet-punjab-information-service-dailyrapid-dailyrapidnews-768x430.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In a bid to save money, the Punjab government has decided to shut down the free WiFi service in public spaces for an indefinite period.<\/p>\n<p>The decision was taken by the provincial government led by Chief Minister Usman Buzdar to save Rs190 million that the project was costing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the details, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government had initiated the project of providing free internet service to public at 200 different places back in 2017.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project, costing Rs. 195 million annually, was set-up to provide easy, free and reliable internet facility to public in order to bridge digital gap.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Reportedly, the decision has been taken in order to get rid of the heavy subsidy government had to pay for its provision to public.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even at the beginning of last year, the Wi-Fi facility was temporarily shut down due to non-payment of dues to Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd. (PTCL).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Government had set up 250 free Wi-Fi hotspots in Lahore, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Bahawalpur and Multan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The facility of free Wi-Fi was available at Lahore Airport, Metro Bus Station, Lahore Railway Station and other public places.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a bid to save money, the Punjab government has decided to shut down the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":769,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Punjab govt \u2018temporarily\u2019 shuts down free WiFi service | 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