By Ajmal Khan Yousafzai
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Communications and Postal Services Murad Saeed on Monday said that Pakistan Post has established over a thousand Digital Franchise Post Offices (DFPOs) spread in more than 130 cities and towns of the country. Addressing a ceremony held here at Postal Staff College, he said that DFPOs have been equipped with state of the art technology infrastructure and feature a comprehensive digital platform to streamline book, near real-time tracking and delivery of the articles†, he said. He said that 10,000 more applications have been received for the acquisition of digital franchises.
The minister said that this programme would open new opportunities and a much wider access for small scale business, cottage industry and artisans of Pakistan through a massive outreach, maximizing their market potential. He said that under the initiative 3 lac new jobs opportunities would be created for the youth. He further said that Pakistan Post will soon lead in the logistic sector. “We are striving hard to implement all the FATF’s terms and conditions†, he added. The minister said that domestic and foreign remittances are on the rise in the country. He said that as PTI came into power, Pakistan Post was facing losses of Rs. 60 billion in previous eras. “But now the revenue of Pakistan Post had significantly increased under the present government†he added. He said that all the state own institutions should stand on their feet and government working to make them profitable through reforms.
Murad Saeed said that PTI government has taken various measures to overcome losses and first of all emphasized on the austerity measures as par the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan. He said that under the new initiative Pakistan Post has also introduced a Track and Trace system and mobile application to facilitate its customers. The minister said that Urgent Mail Service was highly praised by the users and now EMS Plus was started aiming to promote e-commerce and online business in line with modern techniques for courier and parcel delivery services.
