PTCL warns of internet disruption during evenings from May 11-18

Company says maintenance activity is planned on one of its submarine cables to repair fault

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) announced on Sunday that customers may face internet service degradation during the evenings from May 11-18.

In a post on X, the company said that maintenance activity was planned on one of its submarine cables to repair a fault by the International Cable Consortium.

"Due to this maintenance, which will begin from tomorrow (Monday) and which can last for seven days, customers may have to face disruption in their internet service," it stated.

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— PTCL (@PTCLOfficial) May 10, 2026

Last month, the telecommunications company posted a similar notice to X, stating that maintenance activity was planned on one of its submarine cables to repair a fault by the consortium.

This activity, which was to start on April 14, 2026, was to potentially last until April 20, 2026. Saying that customers may face internet service disruptions during the period, PTCL had expressed its regret for the inconvenience.

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— PTCL (@PTCLOfficial) April 13, 2026

PTCL had posted a net loss of over Rs10.46 billion in FY2025 despite earning revenue of Rs168.80 billion, while its total assets stood at Rs485.23 billion, the finance ministry reported in February this year.

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According to the finance ministry's Central Monitoring Unit, the telecommunications company reported losses of Rs6.63 billion in FY2023-24, while a year earlier, in 2022-23, the company incurred a loss of Rs15.54 billion.

The company, which had recorded a profit of Rs28 billion in 2005-05, the year in which management control had been sold to United Arab Emirates-based telecom operator Etisalat, the profitability of the company continued to decline in subsequent years, eventually turning negative.

However, last month, it was reported that PTCL returned to profit following the acquisition of Telenor Pakistan. The company had also announced that it would formally launch Fifth Generation (5G) telecom services in May.