The Senate Standing Committee for Science and Technology Wednesday demanded the federal government present a full briefing on mobile phone testing protocols in the next session following recent terror attacks in Lebanon which saw Israel detonate batteries of wireless devices (hand-held communication devices).
Chairman committee Kamil Ali Agha and other senators expressed their fears about the possibility of similar dangers to Pakistan given the increasing volume of unregulated mobile phone imports in the country.
The chairman questioned whether Pakistan has adequate mobile phone testing facilities and demanded the Ministry of Science & Technology to give assurances that the devices available in the country are safe. These are not mobile phones but bombs that we keep close to our chests, the chairman lamented.
Besides mobile phones, the committee briefly discussed the domestic cement sector. Senator Shibli Faraz informed the session that the sector owes billions of rupees and recommended the matter be addressed in the Supreme Court or possibly the Public Accounts Committee if needed.
The committee summoned officials from the Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) to provide detailed records on the arrears in the next meeting. The chairman committee grilled the PSQCA for ineffective monitoring and lack of progress despite its 10 percent revenue growth this year.
The committee also discussed that the Ministry of Science & Technology is under review by a Right-Sizing Committee and may undergo extensive restructuring if necessary.
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Point of concern is that it is not a a mobile phone but a piece of electronic bomb we are having in our hand and no one is safe
Yes israel shares border with israel . Lol . Senate committee is just wasting time and money
Yahan log interner nahin use karsakte inko israel ki pari hai ..
Israel is a 1st world country. Israel dollar reserves are 50 times compared to Pakistan
Pakistan doesn’t even have 1% of capability of Israel
Our Lumber 1 wouldn’t even last a day of Israel looked at us the wrong way.
Demanded report 😆 🤣 😂 😹. Senators are high on something
Benjamin Netanyahu be like : Ok Boss Chalta Hn
focus on defense not politics not plots
final output will be PTA releasing an advisory. nothing practical will be implemented. at the same time, defense forces are busy protecting and increasing their wealth instead of focusing on their real duty. Pakistan is doomed bro we have the most incompetent officers in the civil and defense industry. God bless what would happen if somehow we fell into war with anyone. these people will be the first to leave Pakistan, to die.