What happens if somebody uses the SIM card in my name and I have no clue about it whatsoever?
KARACHI: As a law abiding citizen, I used the 668 SMS facility to check the number of SIMs registered in my name. I was shocked to discover that there were two extra SIMs registered under my name; two more than I actually have. These extra SIMs had been discontinued and disconnected some five or six years back. Why is a disconnected number still registered under my name? Are the extra numbers still in my name in the PTA records? Why, after a certain period of time, didn’t the telecom companies update their records? What happens if somebody uses the SIM card in my name and I have no clue about it whatsoever? When there is such a hue and cry about the crackdown on illegal SIMs (as a vital part of anti-crime effort), why are the telecom companies not doing anything about this pending work they were supposed to do years ago?
Essa Jan Allawala
Published in The Express Tribune, September 27th, 2013.
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