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title: "Government considers removing right-of-way fees to boost fiber-optic network expansion"
description: "Most outlets reported the government's discussion to abolish right-of-way fees as part of the National Connectivity Plan to accelerate fiber-optic deployment. The framing and wording of the excerpts were nearly identical across the provided outlets, with no notable differences in emphasis or additional details."
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# Government considers removing right-of-way fees to boost fiber-optic network expansion

business · latest filing 1 Aug 2026, 3:31 AM PKT · 31 Jul – 1 Aug 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets reported the government's discussion to abolish right-of-way fees as part of the National Connectivity Plan to accelerate fiber-optic deployment. The framing and wording of the excerpts were nearly identical across the provided outlets, with no notable differences in emphasis or additional details.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Daily Times** — [Govt discusses scrapping right-of-way fees to accelerate fiber rollout](https://dailytimes.com.pk/1531647/govt-discusses-scrapping-right-of-way-fees-to-accelerate-fiber-rollout/) · 1 Aug 2026, 3:31 AM PKT
  > The government discussed abolishing Right-of-way (ROW) fees, among other measures, for telecom infrastructure as part of a proposed National Connectivity Plan (NCP) aimed at accelerating fibre-optic network deployment and expanding high-speed internet access, read an official statement on Friday. Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Ahad Cheema chaired a meeting on the NCP, joined by the […]
- **Business Recorder** — [Govt discusses scrapping right-of-way fees to accelerate fiber rollout](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40432725/govt-discusses-scrapping-right-of-way-fees-to-accelerate-fiber-rollout) · 31 Jul 2026, 1:40 PM PKT · 99% identical wording to the newest filing
  > The government discussed abolishing Right-of-way (ROW) fees, among other measures, for telecom infrastructure as part of a proposed National Connectivity Plan (NCP) aimed at accelerating fibre-optic network deployment and expanding high-speed internet access, read an official statement on Friday. Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Ahad Cheema chaired a meeting on the NCP, joined by the Minis...

## Part of a bigger story

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2 articles from 2 outlets, 31 Jul – 1 Aug 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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