{"id":22334,"date":"2026-06-18T12:38:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T07:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=22334"},"modified":"2026-06-18T12:38:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T07:38:59","slug":"national-assembly-passes-telecommunications-amendment-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=22334","title":{"rendered":"National Assembly Passes Telecommunications Amendment Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Pakistan\u2019s National Assembly has passed the Pakistan Telecommunication Reorganization Amendment Bill, introducing new provisions aimed at expanding telecommunications infrastructure and optical fiber networks.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Under the proposed legislation, licensed mobile and telecommunications companies will be able to expand optical fiber networks and install necessary infrastructure in accordance with applicable regulations.<\/p>\n<p>The bill states that private property owners, tenants and public or private institutions will be required to cooperate with lawful telecommunications infrastructure projects.<\/p>\n<p>According to the proposed amendments, individuals or organizations that unlawfully obstruct the installation of telecommunications infrastructure, optical fiber networks or communication towers may face fines of up to Rs50 million.<\/p>\n<p>The bill will now be sent to the Senate for further consideration before it can become law.<\/p>\n<p>Experts say the legislation is intended to accelerate the expansion of internet connectivity, mobile communication services and digital infrastructure across the country, although discussions regarding private property rights and public concerns are also expected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan\u2019s National Assembly has passed the Pakistan Telecommunication Reorganization Amendment Bill, introducing new provisions aimed at expanding telecommunications infrastructure and optical fiber networks. Under the proposed legislation, licensed mobile and telecommunications companies will be able to expand optical fiber networks and install necessary infrastructure in accordance with applicable regulations. The bill states that private property [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22335,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowgLK2DA:productID":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,46,36],"tags":[12468,8546,1570,4814,722,12463,12465,130,2731,12467,12466,743,1148,12462,12464],"class_list":["post-22334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-latest","category-pakistan","tag-communications-sector","tag-digital-infrastructure","tag-fine","tag-internet-services","tag-legislation","tag-mobile-companies","tag-mobile-towers","tag-national-assembly","tag-optical-fiber","tag-pakistan-telecommunications","tag-private-property","tag-senate","tag-technology","tag-telecommunications-amendment-bill","tag-telecommunications-infrastructure"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22334"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22336,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22334\/revisions\/22336"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}