(b) audited by a chartered Accountant as defined in the Chartered Accountants Ordinance
1961 (X of 1961), and the AuditorGeneral of Pakistan.
(2) The Federal Government shall, after the end of every financial year, submit to National
Assembly the audited annual statement of accounts of both the Funds together with the report of the
AuditorGeneral of Pakistan.
(3) The Federal Government shall also publish after the end of every year a report on the state of
universal service and research and development and on its activities in this regard during that year.]
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CHAPTER IV
PAKISTAN TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANY LIMITED
34. Establishment of the Company, etc.__(1) As soon as may be after the commencement of this
Act, the Federal Government shall establish a Company to be known as the Pakistan
Telecommunication Company, limited by shares and cause it to be incorporated under the Companies
Ordinance, 1984 (XLVII of 1984), with the principal object of provision of domestic and international
telecommunication and related services consistent with the provisions of this Act.
(2) The Federal Government shall nominate seven persons to subscribe to the Memorandum and
Articles of Association of the Company.
(3) Initially, all shares of the Company shall be issued to, or held in trust for, the President of the
Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
(4) The Federal Government may, whenever it thinks appropriate, transfer its shares in the
Company to private investors or general public on such terms and conditions and in such manner as it
may determine.
(5) No person shall, except and to the extent permitted by the Articles of Association of the
Company, control directly or indirectly, the right to cast on a poll ten percent or more of the votes at a
general meeting of the Company.
(6) The Federal Government shall, immediately on incorporation of the Company, fix a date by a
notice in the official Gazette for election of the Board of Directors of the Company consisting of
seven directors in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Ordinance, 1984 (XLVII of
1984):
Provided that, notwithstanding the election of the Board of Directors of the Company, the Board
of Directors appointed under section 4 of the Pakistan Telecommunication Act, 1991 (XVIII of
1991), shall continue to function until the effective date for the Company.
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