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34-412: Given name Shujaat is a given name. Notable people with the name include: Shujaat Azeem (born 1951), Advisor to Prime Minister of Pakistan Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Aviation (2013–2016) Shujaat Bukhari (1968–2018), Indian journalist, founding editor of Rising Kashmir , a Srinagar-based newspaper Shujaat Ali Hasnie (born 1905), Pakistani banker,

68-453: A complaint with PTA alleging that PTCL was actively blocking Nayatel IP addresses as Nayatel terminated their bandwidth agreement directly with PTCL due to price gouging . Nayatel instead opted to purchase PTCL bandwidth through Telenor Pakistan and Zong CMPak who were authorized by PTA to resell to other licensees, as this was more cost effective for Nayatel. However, PTCL refused to allow Nayatel's traffic to pass through its network since

102-549: A monopoly for voice, data and TV in Bahria Town. The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) issued a show-cause notice to Bahria Town for abusing its dominant position. After the case was heard, a fine of 2 million PKR was imposed on Bahria Town and CCP ordered them to allow Nayatel and any other potential entrants to lay their fiber infrastructure, allowing healthy competition in the ISP sector. On 14 February 2024, Nayatel submitted

136-456: A private board for both PIA and PCAA to make them growth orientated entities. His vision was appreciated by major lenders of the PIA, who would have earned a seat at board thus empowering them to be the decision makers and improve PIA performance, that impacted positively in stock market and stocks from an historical low of PKR 6 to high of PKR 14, on account of positive market opinion. Despite all odds,

170-532: A state-owned corporation, the shareholding of PTCL was reduced to 62%, when 26% of shares and control were sold to Etisalat Telecommunications while the remaining 12% to the general public in 2006 under an intensified privatization program under Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz . However, the 62% of shares still remain under the management of government-ownership of state-owned corporations of Pakistan. In May 2021, Etisalat by e& appointed Hatem Bamatraf as President and Group CEO of PTCL. Hatem previously served as

204-455: Is a Pakistani businessman, aviation expert and a pilot. Shujaat Azeem started his career in aviation as a Pakistan Air Force general duty pilot. He joined the service in 1968 and continued to serve until 1979. He was dismissed from the service after a court martial. He then proceeded to the United States, where he obtained his commercial pilot's license and certifications. Azeem entered

238-420: Is built on canal road a famous landmark of the city. The scheme was established to provide quality housing and superior services and infrastructure to the residents of this historical city. Azeem built the colony enabled with technology like sensor based garbage collection, addressed security needs by introducing constant patrols by guards and dogs, and dedicated 50% of the area as green-areas to preserve and enrich

272-533: Is responsible for the development of the Pakistan National Aviation Policy 2015 , focusing on the reform and development of the aviation sector of Pakistan. Pakistan airspace was being used by all airlines and despite lapse of many years, the revenue was stagnant. He revised the overflight rates and it ushed the revenue of PCAA manifold, making it one of the most profitable organization of Pakistan. The inherited challenges of PIA were immense and

306-519: Is the national telecommunication company in Pakistan . PTCL provides telephone and internet services nationwide and is the backbone for the country's telecommunication infrastructure. The corporation manages and operates around 2000 telephone exchanges across the country, providing the largest fixed-line network. Data and backbone services such as GSM, HSPA+, CDMA, LTE, broadband internet, IPTV, and wholesale are an increasing part of its business. Originally

340-537: The UFone GSM Contract, establishing the countrywide UFone network infrastructure. During his tenure as the Advisor and Special Assistant, PIA was able to add fleet of 320 Aircraft, securing of lease of 777 aircraft for long haul flight and ATR fleet for domestic regional connectivity. His efforts led to early completion of Multan Airport, timely revamping on priority of Benazir Bhutto International airport, while work

374-536: The 'CharJi' brand name with coverage in over 70 cities. Service is only available through their provided mobile hotspot device . PTCL announced the termination of CharJi services across several cities in Pakistan effective 30th June 2024. Existing customers are being given an option to migrate to Ufone. Ufone is a wholly owned subsidiary of PTCL, it also the fourth and the smallest cellular provider in mainland Pakistan. It provides GSM , HSPA+ and LTE services over

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408-684: The 26% of PTCL shares along with management control of the then telecom monopoly for US$ 2.6 billion. As of 2019, Etisalat has held back $ 800m amount over a property-transfer dispute with the Pakistani government. The government's plan of privatizing the corporation was not welcomed in all circles; countrywide protests and strikes were held by PTCL workers. They disrupted phone lines of institutions like Punjab University Lahore along with other public sector institutions. PTCL provides fixed-line telephone services across Pakistan. Wireless voice services used to be provided through PTCL's CDMA2000 network, which

442-745: The 3rd Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan Shujaat Hussain (born 1946), senior Pakistani conservative politician and business oligarch Shujaat Ahmed Khan , Pakistani politician, Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab Shujaat Ali Khan (born 1964), Justice of the Lahore High Court Shujaat Khan (born 1960), North Indian musician and sitar player Shujaat Khan (engineer) (born 1965), Bangladeshi activist Shujaat Nawaz , Pakistani politician, member of

476-564: The 900, 1800 and 2100 MHz bands. In addition to voice and data services, PTCL also offers digital TV services based on DVB-IPTV under PTCL Smart TV brand name. PTCL users can also stream live TV using the Smart TV smartphone application. PTCL has been involved in anti-competitive practices several times in the recent years, particularly in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi . In 2006, PTCL terminated Nayatel's E1 link at their colocation facility despite Nayatel fulfilling all

510-596: The CTO of Etisalat. It was known as the Posts & Telegraph Department in 1949 and as Pakistan Telephone & Telegraph Department in 1962. Pakistan Telecommunication Corporation (PTC) took over operations and functions from Pakistan Telephone and Telegraph Department under Pakistan Telecommunication Corporation Act 1991. This coincided with the Government's competitive policy, encouraging private sector participation and resulting in

544-416: The Government level, a comprehensive liberalization policy for the telecoms sector is in the offering. In 2005, Government of Pakistan decided to sell 26 percent of the company to some private corporation. There were three participants in the bidding process for the privatization of PTCL. Etisalat , an Abu Dhabi company was able to get the shares with a large margin in the bid. In June 2005, Etisalat won

578-800: The Pakistan Telecommunication (Reorganization) Act, 1996, was passed, which formally reconstituted the Pakistan Telecommunication Corporation as PTCL. The act facilitated the transfer of the telecommunications business, along with its associated assets, rights, liabilities, and obligations, from the corporation to PTCL. However, certain exclusions were allocated to the National Telecommunication Corporation (NTC), Frequency Allocation Board (FAB), Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), and Pakistan Telecommunication Employees Trust (PTET). As part of

612-580: The Provincial Assembly of the Punjab Syed Shujaat Ali Qadri (1941–1993), the first Grand Mufti of Pakistan, Judge of Federal Shariat Court Khushbakht Shujaat (born 1948), Pakistani politician, member of the Senate of Pakistan See also [ edit ] Nishan-e-Shujaat , Order of Bravery, a Pakistan award for military and civilian acts of conspicuous gallantry [REDACTED] Name list This page or section lists people that share

646-460: The award of licenses for cellular, card-operated pay-phones, paging and, lately, data communication services. Pursuing a progressive policy, the Government in 1991, announced its plans to privatize PTCL, and in 1994 issued six million vouchers exchangeable into 600 million shares of the would-be PTCL in two separate placements. Each had a par value of Rs. 10 per share. These vouchers were converted into PTCL shares in mid-1996. On 31 December 1995,

680-550: The bandwidth was purchased through a reseller. PTCL had started with 10 digit numbers for landline telephones. The first three (in case of smaller cities, 4 or 5) signified the area code (e.g. 042 for Lahore) and the rest (7 for large cities, 6 or 5 for smaller ones) were the subscribers number. Due to the large demand for landlines in Lahore and Karachi, in 2009, PTCL decided to increase the 7-digit subscriber numbers to 8-digits, adding "9" before existing Government numbers and "3" before

714-411: The consistent failures required short term and long term targets. He initiated the core work of route and revenue analysis, along with addition of much need 320, 777 and ATR aircraft to increase revenue. His actions led to recalling of staff from airports that had nil PIA traffic and closing down of loss making stations, recalling of staff to ensure better management. His long term vision was to bring in

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748-459: The environment. The colony is also host to a replica of The Blue Mosque Istanbul. This one of a kind Mosque in Pakistan was constructed by Turkish artisans and inaugurated jointly by the Prime Ministers of Pakistan and China. Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd. , commonly known as PTCL ( Urdu : پاکستان ٹیلی کمیونیکیشن کمپنی لمیٹڈ )

782-591: The others (e.g. the number 042-7878787 before 2009, was changed to 042-37878787). PTCL successfully carried out 5G trials in February 2021 and achieved download speeds up to 1.7 Gbps in their testing environment. After Telenor ASA announced in November 2022 that they would leave the Pakistani market, the sale of Telenor Pakistan to PTCL was announced in December 2023. Subject to regulatory approvals, PTCL will acquire

816-501: The passenger numbers grew with addition of new aircraft in PIA fleet. Shujaat Azeem, funds and operates many different philanthropic initiatives in the education, shelter, poverty alleviation, and food security sectors. His endeavours aim to bring about sustainable change for the betterment of the people. In 2011, he established a model village in Rajanpur , Punjab consisting of 270 houses and provided vocational and other allied facilities to

850-400: The positions of CEO and President. In 1994, his company was the technology provider to Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) to establish the first Public Data Network for the first full service Internet Service Provider (ISP) in Pakistan, which went live in 1995. In 1999, he established Unicus Business Services (Pvt.) Ltd. and worked there as its CEO. Unicus, in a joint venture won

884-520: The reorganization process, the Government of Pakistan divested 26 percent of its PTCL shares through an initial public offering (IPO) at a strike price of PKR 30 and was subsequently listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) in 1996. PTCL launched its mobile and data services subsidiaries in 2001 by the name of Ufone and PakNet respectively. None of the brands made it to the top slots in

918-432: The requirements as per their interconnect agreement. In November 2010, LINKdotNET (part of Mobilink , now Jazz ) and Micronet Broadband in a complaint to PTA, accused PTCL of charging excessively high prices for bandwidth to other ISPs, whilst subsidizing its own DSL tariffs. Again in 2016, PTCL and Bahria Town were both involved in preventing other ISPs from laying fiber infrastructure in, effectively giving PTCL

952-400: The residents of the village. He also runs a free education institution, in Pakistan's capital city, Islamabad, which provides free quality primary and secondary education to students. Azeem, also runs food security programs and has established a sustenance fund for widows In 2004 Azeem established a state-of-the-art housing scheme in Lahore, Pakistan, Sukh Chayn Gardens (Pvt.) Ltd. The scheme

986-680: The respective competitions. Lately, however, Ufone had increased its market share in the cellular sector. The PakNet brand has effectively dissolved over a period of time. Recent DSL services launched by PTCL reflects this by the introduction of a new brand name and operation of the service being directly supervised by PTCL. As telecommunication monopolies head towards an imminent end, services and infrastructure providers are set to face even bigger challenges. The post-monopoly era came with Pakistan’s Liberalization in Telecommunication in January 2003. On

1020-481: The same given name . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shujaat&oldid=1084938836 " Category : Given names Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Shujaat Azeem He

1054-633: The service of Rafic Hariri , Prime Minister of Lebanon, as a pilot in 1980, serving for 17 years. On his return to Pakistan in 1997, he continued working in the aviation sector, moving into aviation management. He has built several successful national and international multimillion-dollar businesses in his career in Pakistan – Apollo Telecom , Unicus Business Services , Royal Airport Services and Sukh Chayne Gardens . In 1992, Shujaat Azeem founded Apollo Telecom (Pvt.) Ltd., one of Pakistan's leading technology solution providers. During his time in Apollo, Azeem held

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1088-417: Was being done to add bridges to new Islamabad airport, based on his vision of additional flights that will take place by domestic and international airlines. His efforts led to securing spaces at Peshawar, Faisalabad and Quetta International airport and creation of regional/provincial airport with adequate lounge, and passenger facilitation area. Expansion of these airports to support air travel for these areas

1122-479: Was broadcast over the 1900 MHz WLL frequency under the 'Vfone' brand name, however, the network was shut down on 31 August 2016 nationwide to allow the spectrum to be re-farmed for PTCL's 'CharJi' LTE service. PTCL offers three different types of fixed-line broadband across 2,000 cities* in Pakistan with plans ranging from 2 Mbit/s to 250 Mbit/s. *PTCL's FlashFiber is currently only offered in 70 cities. PTCL also offers TDD-LTE based Wireless Broadband under

1156-678: Was indeed a major mile stone initiated by Capt. Azeem and was appreciated by aviation industry and people of Pakistan. Azeem led the introduction of technology in aviation management by upgrading the Radio Navigation Aids and Instrument landing system , replacing passenger aero-bridges in Karachi, installing Integrated Security Systems and installation of Equipment/ Scanners at Karachi, Lahore & Islamabad International Airports. He also introduced 360 Degree Aerodrome Simulators for training centers and invested in human capital development. He

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