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LCCI-PTC

coordination

body meets

RECORDER REPORT

LAHORE: The LCCI-PTC Coordination Committee set-up by Mohammad Azeem, General Manager, Telephones held a meeting on Wednesday. Mohammad Naeem Vice-President of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry chaired the meeting to resolve Business Community's complaints connecting telephone department.

Rehmatullah Javed Convener Infrastructure Committee of the LCCI, Mohammad Yousaf Dar and Saleem Akhtar Director Telephones, South Region, attended the meeting.

Mohammad Naeem, VP LCCI, pointed out that most of the telephone connections were being suspended due to default of the banks receiving telephone bills. The recipient banks usually detains the amounts received through telephone bills for their own interest and the Telephone Department, without knowing the real situation suspends the connections.

He urged upon the telephone authorities to evolve a system for correction of the telephone bills as it is being done by the recipient banks in case of the electricity bills. He also demanded to maintain reasonable margin between advance warning and the actual suspension of telephone connections.

Mohammad Naeem admitted that the LCCI members' complaints regarding Telephone Department were being properly addressed after appointment of Mohammad Azeem as GM Telephones at Lahore. However, he called for the LCCI representation at Islamabad level to resolve the complaints which are beyond power of the GM Telephones.

Rehmatullah Javed, Convener, Infrastructure Committee of the LCCI presented various cases of excessive billing to Director Telephone South Region which were decided on the spot.