7 FAO No. 42 of 2016. for the re-organization of the telecommunication system in Pakistan by establishing the Authority and to regulate the telecommunication industry and the transfer of telecommunication services to the private sector. Section 2 defines various expressions. ‘Federal Government’ is defined in section 2(fa) as meaning the Federal Government in the Ministry of Information, Technology and Telecommunication Division, unless for any specific purpose specified otherwise by notification in the official Gazette or amendment in the Rules of Business, 1973. ‘Licence’ has been defined in section 2(h) while ‘licensee’ under section 2(j). The expression ‘scarce resource’ has been defined in section 2(qc) as meaning radio frequency spectrum, right of way and numbering. The expression ‘telecommunication service’ is defined in section 2(v). The Authority has been established under section 3 and its functions and powers are described in sections 4 and 5 respectively. The responsibilities of the Authority have been explicitly mentioned in section 6 and they, inter-alia, include ensuring that the rights of licensees are duly protected and that the interests of users of telecommunication services are duly safeguarded and protected. Section 8 describes the powers of the Federal Government to issue policy directives. It empowers the Federal Government to issue policy directives to the Authority as and when it considers necessary; however, such directives issued by the Federal Government cannot be inconsistent with the provisions of the Act of 1996. The matters regarding