PTA permanently bans mobile number portability

PTA issues notifications on the directive of Ministry of Interior.


Web Desk November 14, 2012

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) issued a notification to all mobile phone companies in Pakistan on Wednesday instructing them to immediately halt Mobile Number Portability (MNP) services, reported Pro Pakistani.

The Ministry of Interior held a meeting, chaired by Interior Minister Rehman Malik, which issued a directive to PTA in addition to several instructions regarding unblocking of YouTube, permanent blocking of unregistered SIMs, Mobile Number Portability (MNP) and automated web locking, a PTA source told ProPakistani.

Mobile SIM sales banned

Malik ordered a ban last Friday on the sale of unregistered mobile phone SIMs. “The PTA will block 5% of illegal SIMs in the due process. No change of network will be allowed and only ID cards and utility bills can validate the identity for issuing SIM cards,” the minister said.

He said that prepaid SIM cards will now be dispatched to buyers’ residential address and will not be sold directly from company outlets.

Security during Muharram

The minister also assured that strict security measures will be implemented during the month of Muharram.

Chairing a meeting on the law and order situation, Malik said that the government has received threats of terrorism during Muharram and preemptive steps will be taking to tackle them.

COMMENTS (16)

Abdullah | 11 years ago | Reply

I don't really get it. We comment everyday and don't appreciate even a single stance when the government or any official does the right thing. We just know to criticize and that's what we are born to do. Hate it when see others saying 'typical pakistani category' :( And by the way, i will ask all of you if you have a better strategy to protect people then come up with it. Don't be sitting like a layman and giving rubbish to detrack others.

Mohammad Ali Siddiqui | 11 years ago | Reply

PTA was suppose to take such measures right from the very beginning when cellular phones were first introduced in Pakistan.

Had PTA worked in a proper way, today there would have been no terrorists activities conducted in which mobile phones were a major source of spreading terrorism in the country.

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