Mobile firm gives 0.4 million free phone connections

Over 0.4 million people across the country have received free-of-cost prepaid mobile connections offered by state-owned cellular company - Ufone - in three days starting from August 14, Independence Day, company officials said.

"We are still calculating the total number of applicants who got free prepaid connections. According to an estimate we have given some 0.4 million connections nation-wide," said Asif Parvaiz, the General Manager Ufone Karachi…