Afghan SIMS blocked in Pakistan
Saturday, June 21st, 2014 7:13:49 by Nadeem BajwaPakistan Telecommunication Authority (PAT) has blocked all the SIMs of phones registered in Afghanistan so that these cannot be used in Pakistan for communication. Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif had asked PAT to discontinue the roaming services for all the Afghan SIMs in Pakistan.
Security forces had suggested the prime minister to block the Afghanistan SIM cards so that terrorists cannot communicate with each other across the border using phone service.
The step taken by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority is expected to reduce the criminal activities of terrorists in Pakistan.
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