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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ArchiveKarachi operation is completely apolitical, stresses Corps Commander Karachi
KARACHI: Corps Commander Karachi Lt Gen Naveed Mukhtar said Saturday that the Karachi operation is completely apolitical, adding that it will continue without any discrimination...
Speaking at a seminar organised by the National Defence University at a private hotel in Karachi, the corps commander said, "I assure citizens that our struggle against terrorism will continue unabated...
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ArchiveKARACHI NOTEBOOK: Chaiwallahs of Karachi
In absence of any structured attempts to establish such places in Karachi, the chai hangouts in the city have contributed to a new vibrancy, absent for more than a generation...
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MagazinesCOVER: The heart of Karachi: Karachi Raj By Anis Shivani
IN his debut novel Karachi Raj, erstwhile critic Anis Shivani depicts a year’s worth of Karachi life as viewed from the differing perspectives of an American anthropologist and a couple of individuals living in the low-income district of the Basti...
Shivani’s first foray into the realm of fiction intrinsically grapples with an immensely complex topic — the stratified social layers of which Karachi life is composed...
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ArchiveKarachi notebook: Is a ‘Naya’ Karachi possible?
THE buzzword these days is Naya (new) Pakistan, the mantra that has arguably helped the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf capture power in the Centre and two provinces, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab, while doing respectably in Sindh and Balochistan...
But for the residents of Karachi, the question on everyone’s minds is: will Naya Pakistan also mean a Naya Karachi?By Naya Karachi one does not mean New Karachi, the neighbourhood on the...
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ArchivePSP chief accepts Karachi mayor’s offer to help clean Karachi, seeks his removal
KARACHI: The ongoing war of words between Karachi Mayor Wasim Akhtar and Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) chairman Mustafa Kamal took an intriguing turn on Monday when the city custodian “designated” the latter as “Project Director Garbage on voluntary basis” to clean the city...
“I, being Mayor of Karachi, hereby designate Syed Mustafa Kamal as Project Director Garbage on [a] voluntary basis with immediate effect until further order,” said...
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ArchivePPP is bent on turning Karachi into Moenjodaro, claims former Karachi mayor
KARACHI: Alleging that the Sindh government was planning to ‘snatch’ remaining departments and functions of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC), former Karachi mayor and Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan leader Waseem Akhtar on Friday asked city Administrator Murtaza Wahab to provide basic necessities to the people instead of wasting money in cosmetic projects like food streets...
Speaking at a press conference at the Karachi...
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ArchiveLahore XI vs Karachi XI: Who will win Pakistan's all-star 'Clásico'?
The Lahore versus Karachi cricketing rivalry is as old as partition itself...
While Lahore has usually produced the aggressive bowlers, and Karachi the gritty batsmen, cricketers from both major Pakistani cities have often competed for the same positions in the national team...
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Pakistan8 Ansarul Sharia Pakistan militants killed in 'encounter' in Karachi
Eight terrorists were killed during an "encounter" jointly carried out by the Rangers and the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) in Karachi's Raees Goth area on Saturday night, officials said...
According to a Rangers press release, the operation was carried out on the basis of technical intelligence and evidence after receiving a tip-off about the presence of Ansarul Sharia Pakistan (ASP) terrorists in the area...
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