Staff Reporter
Islamabad
Mobile subscribers have contributed about Rs 13 million to Prime Minister’s COVID-19 Pandemic Relief Fund through SMS campaign. An official of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) said that to increase public awareness about ‘Prime Minister’s COVID-19 Pandemic Relief Fund 2020’, 142.08 million SMS messages have been sent to subscribers urging them to donate to this noble cause. To raise awareness about Coronavirus, PTA directed Cellular Mobile Operators (CMOs) to send awareness messages to subscribers across Pakistan. As many as 1028.5 million coronavirus awareness messages have so far been sent since March,19 2020 in Urdu, English and regional languages to mobile users across the country. More than 0.58 million cautionary messages have so far been sent to travelers and persons suspected of coming into contact with coronavirus since March,19 2020. Furthermore, Corona Awareness Ring Back Tones (RBTs) have been activated on 79.4% , 131.7 million of total subscribers’ mobile devices.
