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Services are to remain suspended from 8am to 10pm.
Cellular services would remain suspended from 6am to 8pm, Interior Minister Rehman Malik announces.
Suspension of services in Islamabad, other cities being considered, says Malik.
Packages are not right for our youth, says a lawmaker Kalsoom Parveen.
Sindh government announces three-day public holiday on 8, 9 and 10 of Muharram.
PTA maintains that the suspension is for the safety of people, application should be dismissed.
PTA issued a notice in 2009 directing all cellular networks to check subscribers’ identities.
Doctors cannot attend to emergencies when the government suspends cellular services.
Bomb experts and police came across mobile-phone-controlled devices in 2004.
Banning late night mobile packages is a rash decision, infringement of freedom and rights say experts.