Bilawal Bhutto, the chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), has criticized the administration of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) for the “slow internet speed” in the nation and questioned why fish only cut Pakistan’s underwater fiber optic cable.
Speaking to reporters in Ratodero, Bilawal—who was also the top diplomat during Shehbaz Sharif’s previous term as prime minister—stated, “PML-N’s politics is based on motorways […] infrastructure for our generation is digitalization, internet, and its speed.”
Users in Pakistan’s many cities still experience intermittent internet outages and sluggish speeds, which make it difficult to browse, download, and share media.
In a list published by the Ookla Speedtest Global Index, Pakistan’s mobile internet speeds came in at number 100 out of 111, with a download speed of
