(3) No licences to provide basic telephone service shall be issued by the Authority for a period of
seven years from the effective date referred to in section 35 vesting property in the Company other
than to the National Telecommunication Corporation and the Company.
40. Special Communication Organization. Notwithstanding anything contained in section 39,
the telecommunication services, within the Northern Areas and Azad Jammu and Kashmir shall be
operated by the Special Communication Organization and the Authority shall issue a licence to the
Organization accordingly.
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CHAPTER V
NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION CORPORATION
41. National Telecommunication Corporation.__(1) As soon as may be but not later than thirty
days from the commencing day of this 1[Act], the Federal Government shall establish a corporation to
be known as the National Telecommunication Corporation which shall be a body corporate, having
perpetual succession and a common seal with power, subject to the provisions of this Act, to acquire
and hold property, both movable and immovable, and shall sue and be sued by its name.
(2) The National Telecommunication Corporation shall be managed by a Management Board
consisting of a Chairman and two other members, to be appointed by the Federal Government.
(3) The Authority shall grant a licence to the National Telecommunication Corporation for
provision of telecommunication services within Pakistan on a non‑exclusive basis only to the armed
forces, defence projects, Federal Government, Provincial Governments or such other Governmental
agencies or Governmental institutions as the Federal Government may determine; and during the
exclusivity period of the Company specified in section 39, the National Telecommunication
Corporation shall not sell its capacity on the telecommunication system to any person other than such
Government agencies or the Company.
(4) The National Telecommunication Corporation shall have the power to__
1 Subs. by Act II of 2006, s.21.
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