Pakistan Paedia - Pakistan Communication Network

Communication Network of Pakistan

Man began to "communicate" in the very early stage the communities began to thrive away from each other. Initially men ran from one place to another to deliver messages and goods. Then came the animals like horses, camels and pigeons. And as the world progressed, modern means of communications in the form of radio and Morse Code, then telephones and tele-printers , ships and boats, rails and automobiles, gas filled balloons and aircraft and finally the wireless technology. All supplemented and complimented each others. Today, the digital technology and internet are the main stay of any communication network. As an estimate over 5-6 billion pages have been added to the internet websites, and every hour approximately 30,000 pages are being added to the network.

Sher Shah Suri laid the foundation of a well laid road network in the Indian sub continent, and present day Grand Trunk Road (GT Road) is attributed to his genius which connected Kabul with Calcutta as far back as 16th century A.D. The British added much more during their almost over 100 years rule of India, in the form of railways, roads, sea ports, radio stations and postage/mail system. Pakistan on its independence from the British inherited a fairly developed road/rail network, which has since been improved and developed to match any modern communication network around the world, specially the telecommunication network. Read More about the various facets of communication network in Pakistan.

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