PTCL employees donate Rs 30m for quake affectees
By Hina Kiyani

ISLAMABAD—PTCL employees have also donated Rs 30 million to President's relief fund, over and above Rs. 20 millions of relief goods and services.
PTCL has increased number of public calls offices already functioning at the earthquake affected areas. PTCL has made special arrangements whereby all such phone calls would either be attended by the PTCL officials deputed on the spot or some volunteers who have been assigned the task to attend calls and update the callers about the whereabouts of their dear ones.
In case, the staff deputed on duty does not have first hand required information, they would obtain the contact numbers of the callers and inform them after getting the required information. People from abroad can also call on these numbers for getting information.
Mansehara: 0997-440302, 440305, Baffa: 0997-510789,: Sohail Najaf Khan:0097-360400, Shinkyari: 0097-530509, Battal: 0097-331022, Batgram:0097-311000.
Likewise PTCL has also provided nationwide outgoing telephone facilities to the residents and others of the above mentioned locations. People can simply go to PTCL relief centers and make nationwide phone calls in order to inform their relatives about their well being.
PTCL has also announced an Account No 0111593-0 UBL Jinnah Avenue Islamabad, where donations can be made. Besides, the Company has also established relief camps throughout the country and made all arrangements of the transportation of relief goods to the affected areas.
In Azad Kashmir, PTCL has made special arrangements to augment relief efforts launched by SCO, is responsible for telephone network in Azad Kashmir. PTCL has donated 50 sets of Satellite phones worth Rs. 4.4 million to Special Communication Organization (SCO). People can make nationwide, local and international calls from these telephone sets. It may be mentioned here that after the quake all telecom facilities in AJK have ceased to function. About 12000 telephone lines were affected by earthquake in Mansehra, Batagram, Jareed, Naran etc out of which over 10000 have been restored.
The restoration of rest of the connections is under way and as soon as the roads are clear, PTCL staff would reach the sites and fix the phones. It may be mentioned here that PTCL employees have also donated Rs 30 million to President's relief fund, over and above Rs. 20 millions of relief goods and services.