Meeting over PTI long march decides not to shutdown mobile service immediately: Sources

Meeting over PTI long march decides not to shutdown mobile service immediately: Sources

Federal Minister for Law Azam Nazeer Tarar, Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry, and other high-ranking officials attended the....

Mobile Networks to Remain Operational Across Pakistan, PTA Says

Mobile phone networks across Pakistan will continue operating uninterrupted for now, despite mounting security concerns surrounding the planned long march of PTI on September 27, according to senior officials at the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA). The clarification comes after a high-level security meeting, where officials from the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Information Technology, […]

No internet shutdown request received ahead of PTI march, says IT minister

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has not received any request to suspend internet services in Rawalpindi or Attock ahead of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) march planned for September 27, Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Shaza Fatima Khawaja said on Friday. Khawaja said the PTA, which regulates telecom services, had not received any direction from […]

Shutdown Decisions Rest With Interior Ministry, Not PTA, Says Shaza Fatima Ahead of PTI March

Copyright protected content copied from PhoneWorld website. Pakistan’s Minister of State for IT and Telecommunication has moved to clarify who actually pulls the trigger on mobile internet shutdowns and says no order has landed yet ahead of Saturday’s planned PTI march. Shaza Fatima Khawaja said the PTA internet shutdown decision is made in the direction of the Ministry of Interior, not by …