Minister of State for Information Technology and Telecom Anusha
Rehman on Friday said that TIP affairs have been streamlined with
strenuous efforts and teamwork of the Ministry of IT under the direction of the
TIP Board of directors during last three years. Due to consistent pursuit of
the Ministry and the Board the incumbent management of the entity was able to
save 107million rupees within one year on single account of utility
bills. Similar improvements on cutting losses in other areas have yielded
significant savings. She stated this while chairing the 191th Board of
Directors meeting of TIP here at Islamabad today.
The TIP managing
director apprised the board the official accommodations had been gotten vacated
from illegal occupants and the management is also proceeding against
delinquents in accordance with law. He further said that we are taking all
corrective measures to put TIP administrative affairs in order but
unfortunately some mafias of vested interests were creating hurdles in
implementation of board decisions by abusing the process of law. Minister,
categorically stated that any violation and noncompliance to board decisions
will not be tolerated and all such mafias will be dealt severely in accordance
with law.
The meeting also
approved Rs 45 million as operational budget of the company for the forthcoming
year with the directions that all unnecessary expenses be further cut down. The
MD further assured the honourable board that the decisions of the board will be
complied with at any cost. The board appreciated the efforts of incumbent TIP
MD & his team.
It was agreed
that MOIT will ensure strict implementation of all decisions made by Telephone
Industries of Pakistan's board in true letter and spirit. IT Federal Secretary
Rizwan Bashir Khan, Telephone Industries of Pakistan MD Syed Khalid Gardezi,
Member Telecom Mudassar Hussain, Member Legal Ameena Sohail, HR Member Tahir
Mushtaq and other board members also attended the meeting.
