PTA Completes Investigation on Slow Internet Speeds - Maria Memon Important Report
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00:00Today, we are going to present you a devastating report of a website that reviews the work of the V.P.N.
00:08But the claims of the IT industry and the aspirations and goals of the present government
00:21during the elections, after the elections and after coming to power, what all claims were made
00:26Let's listen to the claims of the V.P.N.
00:56The international tech giants, the big IT companies have shown their full interest in investing in Nawaz Sharif IT city.
01:06We are getting ready to launch 5G and to increase digital access so that no one is left behind.
01:14We are trying to take this infrastructure to remote areas.
01:18In the coming times and very soon in the world and especially in our region, we will be able to make a technology hub.
01:25Next year, in the first and second quarters, 5G spectrum will be auctioned.
01:315G access should be provided to all people.
01:35These are very good claims, very good aspirations.
01:38These are the claims.
01:40What is the reality?
01:41Let's present it to you.
01:42Today, this report has been published by Don newspaper.
01:45It is a report published by top10vpn.com.
01:48According to this report, Pakistan has been at the top of the world in terms of internet and social media apps' damage and financial losses as a result of ban.
01:58According to the report, Pakistan has been at the top with a total financial impact of 1.6 billion dollars.
02:04Which is more than the financial losses in countries like Sudan and Myanmar.
02:09Which is the victim of food war.
02:12In the report, it has been revealed that in 2024, three major reasons in Pakistan, elections, information control and protest, the internet was deliberately shut down 18 times.
02:23These restrictions in Pakistan continued for 9,735 hours.
02:27Which affected 8.29 million people.
02:31According to estimates, from 18 January 2024, the closure of social media platform X proved to be the most expensive.
02:38As a result, a loss of 1.3 billion dollars.
02:41Due to restrictions in Pakistan, Myanmar, Bangladesh and India, it was the most affected region in Asia.
02:49In 2024, it was four of the six most affected countries due to the closure of the internet.
02:55In this regard, a report of PTA has also been released.
02:58Please note that this report was published yesterday.
03:01What does PTA say?
03:02Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has completed research on the speed of the internet in the country and has sent a report to the Ministry of Information Technology.
03:15In this report, it has been said that telecom companies have faced problems in social media and web browsing.
03:21It has been further broken down.
03:23According to government documents, Jazz and Telenor have reported problems with the closure of X.
03:28They have not reported any problems on web browsing and data services.
03:32Zong has noted a 16% reduction in data traffic in all major applications and in tiktok traffic on its network.
03:40Ufone has reported a reduction in the activity of OTT platforms.
03:44They have not reported any problems in web browsing.
03:47Fixed line operators have also reported problems during the shut down of the internet.
03:52PTCL has indicated that the services of tiktok, whatsapp, facebook and instagram have been affected.
03:57PTCL has not reported any problems in web browsing.
04:01Cybernet has also indicated obstacles in social media and web browsing on its network.
04:07Neatel has said that its network services have not been affected.
04:12Now the problem is that when the committee is convened, everyone starts putting their responsibilities on each other.
04:19PTA puts all the issues that we have followed on the government.
04:23The government puts it on PTA.
04:25Then someone puts it on the branch.
04:27Then someone puts it on some other upgrade.
04:29We still do not know what this problem is.
04:32This week, the committee meeting of the Senate was held on January 1.
04:35It was very interesting.
04:36Chairman PTA Hafizur Rehman has given a briefing in the IT meeting.
04:39He said that he receives complaints about social media materials daily.
04:44And the platform requests to block the material.
04:48On which the platform blocks 80% of the material.
04:52He said that it is written in the rules that the Ministry of Internal Affairs can give guidance to PTA.
04:57If this is wrong, then why has the government been shutting down the internet from us for 9 years?
05:02Chairman PTA told the committee that this practice was going on before I came.
05:06Today, for the first time, it has been found that the internet connection is wrong.
05:09Was the internet connection wrong on the day of the election on February 8?
05:14The Ministry of Law can give a final legal opinion on this issue.
05:18PTA said that seven submarine cables are coming to Pakistan.
05:21The shark cannot eat the submarine cables.
05:23According to the internet speed, we are on the 97th number.
05:26He said that we close the platform under the PICA Act.
05:29We block social media.
05:31We can open it.
05:32There is no gear in between.
05:34The regulation is that it will open or close.
05:36Prime Minister Shaza Fatima said that she believes that there should be no surveillance on the people.
05:42But wherever we need it, we have to do surveillance.
05:45She said that the internet problem was temporary.
05:48Now they are talking to Starlink.
05:50And satellite internet will be brought to Pakistan.
05:53She also said that the export of billions of rupees has increased in a month and a half.
05:57The report that came out now says something else.
05:59Shaza Fatima says something else.
06:01Meanwhile, Elon Musk's tweet came out a while ago.
06:04It is very interesting.
06:05Someone asked him what is being arranged to bring Starlink to Pakistan.
06:10Please give us the facility of Starlink.
06:14Elon Musk said that we are waiting for the approval from the government of Pakistan.
06:20Shaza Fatima says that she is waiting for Starlink's answer.