Mobile phone networks will be suspended in major cities in view of terror threat on Thursday night. The move is one of several security measures being taken ahead of Eid Milad-un-Nabi (PBUH). Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has issued the directives to the mobile network companies to block services in Karachi, Peshawar, Lahore, Quetta, Multan […]
Jan 24 2013 | Posted in
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The government again suspended cellular phone services in 46 cities of Pakistan early Thursday morning in the wake of terror threats on the occasion of Chehlum of Hazrat Imam Hussain (R.A). It is now an easy move for the government to block mobile service on the strange plea of security concerns that the militants use […]
Jan 3 2013 | Posted in
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Cellular services have been suspended in several cities of the country from 8am on Thursday amidst terrorism threats on the Chehlum of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA). According to the official announcement, the mobile phone services in 46 districts across the country are scheduled to be reopened after 10 PM. The service was suspended […]
In order to avert any act of terrorism on final Friday of the year, cellular services have been suspended in Karachi, the metropolis city of Sindh. “Officials say there are intelligence reports of terrorists’ activities in the city during the Juma prayers”. Radio Pakistan reported. Reports said that the cellular service providers had […]
Dec 28 2012 | Posted in
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Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Friday announced that he would appeal in the Supreme Court against the Sindh High Court’s decision against the ban imposed on motorcycles in Karachi on the first day of Muharram. Defending his earlier decision to ban motorcycles from the roads in Karachi and Quetta, he said that the […]
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 […]