Deadline for SIM verification ends today
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has blocked more than 16...
7 million connections as the deadline for the biometric SIM verification ends on Sunday...
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ArchiveCellular firm fined for blocking SIM
LAHORE: A civil court has directed a cellular company to pay Rs1 million as damages to a consumer for blocking his SIM (subscriber identity module) without any prior intimation...
Advocate Syed Faridul Haq Chishti, a former finance secretary of Lahore Bar Association, had filed a suit for damages against U-fone for causing him a huge financial loss and mental agony by blocking his SIM abruptly in 2014 when he was in Dubai...
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ArchiveCellular firms complete SIM verification process
Meanwhile, after completion of the long-awaited and vital process, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has been directed to carry out a third party audit of the exercise to verify its authenticity...
A blocked SIM can be re-activated within that period, following biometric verification of the card...
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PakistanGovernment-cellular companies at impasse over five SIM limit, SC
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court was told that a series of meetings between the telecom regulator, cellular companies and security agencies cut no ice over the issue of removing the maximum limit ban of five SIM cards per individual...
A three-judge Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali had taken up a petition moved by a China Mobile/Zong, seeking directions for the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to...
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PakistanMultiple SIM cards issued to 800 women from one village
Last week, local resident Muhammad took his wife Asghari Bibi to Okara to get issued a SIM (subscriber identity module) to her name...
The representative of a telecom company refused to issue them a SIM...
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ArchiveDual SIM phone registration deadline extended till Sept 15
Two weeks ago, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) had asked all subscribers with dual SIM mobile phones to register their IMEI numbers before Aug 31...
Devices with already one IMEI against one SIM slot registered will not face service disruptions...
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ArchivePunjab govt decides to block SIM cards of people refusing vaccines
The Punjab government on Thursday decided to block the SIM cards of people refusing to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, an official said...
"Final decision has been taken to block the mobile SIM cards of people not getting vaccinated," Punjab Specialised Healthcare Department spokesman Syed Hammad Raza said...
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PakistanPakistan welcomes US offer to take on Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan
WASHINGTON: Days before crucial talks with the US defence secretary, Pakistan has welcomed an American offer to take action against militants involved in cross-border raids from the Afghan soil, the Voice of America radio service reported on Wednesday...
The official US news outlet also reported that Pakistan believed the US offer “augurs well” for regional counterterrorism cooperation...
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ArchivePakistan 2 rout Pakistan 1 to clinch World Snooker team gold
KARACHI: Pakistan 2 overcome fighting Pakistan 1 by 5-4 frames in agonising all-Pakistan final played for the first time in any global event to win the IBSF Team Event Snooker Championship in the Egyptian city of Hurghadha on Thursday evening...
Pakistan 2 was represented by the former world amateur snooker champion Mohammad Asif and Babar Masih while Pakistan 1 comprised national champion Mohammad Sajjad and runner-up Asjad Iqbal... ...
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ArchiveTHE DAWN OF PAKISTAN 1906 — 1948: THE DAWN OF PAKISTAN 1906 — 1948
As Partition approaches in 1947, large convoys of Sikh and Hindu refugees head towards East Punjab, and Muslims flee to the two wings of Pakistan...
This iconic photograph raises the curtain on a special Dawn feature beginning today and running on to commemorate Pakistan’s seventieth birthday...
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ArchivePakistan Stock Exchange opens on positive note in 'Naya Pakistan'
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) rallied on the post-election positivity with the benchmark KSE-100 index gaining 750 points to close at 42,089 points...
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ArchiveRound 2: All eyes on Pakistan to pull a Pakistan against India
In the previous outing between these two on Wednesday, Pakistan were horrible to watch, failing miserably in what was a lop-sided eight-wicket defeat...
Read: 5 takeaways from Pakistan's predictable meltdown against IndiaIn the game against Afghanistan days later, they regressed more, and were quite possibly the worst version of themselves...
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ArchiveLarge contingent would have fetched more medals for Pakistan: Pakistan Olympic Association
LAHORE: Needless reduction in the number of athletes in Pakistan’s contingent by Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) for the ongoing 13th South Asian Games in Nepal has affected Pakistan’s chances of winning more medals in the mega event...
In a press release, the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) stated on Friday that while small countries like the host Nepal (596 athletes), Sri Lanka (564 athletes), Bangladesh (470 athletes) and India (487...
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ArchiveAs Test cricket returns to Pakistan, Sri Lanka win toss, opt to bat first against Pakistan
As Test cricket returns to Pakistan after over a decade, Sri Lanka won the toss and opted to bat against Pakistan in the first Test at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Wednesday...
Ahead of the start of the series, Pakistan's skipper Azhar Ali on Tuesday thanked Sri Lanka for returning to Pakistan for the first Test tour in the country in a decade, after a fatal militant attack on their team in 2009 drove international cricket away... ...
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Archive'Imran promised Naya Pakistan but it turned out to be expensive Pakistan': Bilawal at PDM's Hyderabad rally
PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Tuesday once again hit out at the government over inflation and allegedly usurping the rights of provinces, saying Prime Minister Imran Khan had promised a Naya Pakistan "but it turned out to be more expensive Pakistan"...
He was speaking in Hyderabad where leaders of the 10-party opposition alliance, Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), had gathered for its latest power show against the...
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