The first workshop in Khanaspur under the Alternate Solutions Institute was held in 2009.
At that time, there were no mobile signals there, or they were very rare.
Living there, one felt as if we were not in Pakistan.
In October 2026, the 18th Khanaspur workshop was held.
Even today, mobile signals are not available there regularly and reliably.
In Khanaspur, internet is such a rare commodity that you cannot do any work while staying there.
Whereas all the government has to do is give a tax exemption to telecom companies or reduce the relevant taxes.
With this one measure, both phone and internet would become available in Khanaspur and other areas like Khanaspur.