SHC orders immediate restoration of cellular services in Karachi

The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday directed the authorities to resume the mobile service in Karachi immediately.

The SHC gave the order during the hearing of suo motu case pertaining the ban of motorcycle riding in Karachi announced by the interior ministry of Pakistan.

Earlier, the government suspended the mobile services Karachi and Quetta on Friday amid fears of the possible terror attack on the first day Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar.

Rehman Malik on Thursday evening announced ban on motorbike riding in Karachi and Quetta on Friday and said that the suspension of mobile phone services in both the cities was also under consideration.

However, two hours after Malik’s announcement, the Sindh High Court chief justice suspended the ban on motorcycle riding in Karachi.

It has become a regular practice of Pakistani government to suspend mobile services in the country calling it a tactical move against militants who are using the mobile phones as detonators in IEDs.

Detractors were of the opinion that the suspension of services creates a nuisance for the public and overseas Pakistanis, apart from inflicting massive losses on cellular companies and by extension, the national exchequer.

Previously, the government had blocked the service during the Eid-ul-Fitr, Eid al-Adha and Youm-e-Ishq-e-Rasool (S.A.W) in a bid to keep any probable acts of terrorism at bay.

Additionally, a ban on motorbikes in Quetta has also been imposed. However, the same ban could not be imposed in Karachi, after the Sindh High Court’s intervention.

Law enforcement agencies have been further directed to crackdown on vehicles plying without complete registration papers. Keeping in view the security situation, Section 144 has been imposed in Abbottabad and in Islamabad.

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