No mobile phone, internet services today on account of Chehlum of Imam Hussain
KARACHI: Mobile phone, internet and GPRS services will remain suspended on Tuesday (today) in almost all big cities and towns of the country, except Islamabad.
The decision was taken by the federal government on the request of provincial governments in view of security concerns on the occasion of the Chehlum of Imam Hussain being observed on Tuesday, the Ministry of Interior said in a statement on Monday.
It said the ministry had received applications from home departments of all the four provinces and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). It said the duration of the suspension of these services would be according to the timings of mourning processions in different cities.
The cities and towns in Punjab where these restrictions will be effective are Lahore, Nankana Sahib, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Narowal, Rawalpindi, Attock, Jhelum, Sargodha, Khushab, Bhakkar, Toba Tek Singh, Multan, Sahiwal, Okara, Pakpattan and Rahim Yar Khan.
In Sindh, such cities are Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Khairpur, Jacobabad and Shikarpur.
In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, they are Nowshera, Kohat, Bannu, Lakki Marwat, Dera Ismail Khan, Tank and Abbottabad.
Quetta in Balochistan is the city where these services will remain suspended.
In AJK, these services will remained suspended in Muzaffarabad, Bagh, Haveli, Mirpur and Kotli.
Published in Dawn, October 30th, 2018
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Why not ban mobile phones altogether.
Why banning, are people going to get voilent.
The geniuses sitting in our government do not realise that if someone is hell bent on causing chaos, they can use a satellite phone. It's shear incompetence to block cell phone service and lose business.
Haven't even mentioned the time slot during which services will be suspended. There should be some better and more scientific approach to control any unwanted scenarios than this.
Good decision by the government. Human lives are more costlier than the use of mobile phone in one day.
This is unfortunate. We are living in the 21st Century. Aren't we? How regressive can we be in the name of security measures? Instead of providing true security to the public, we resort to regressive means to cut Pakistan from the rest of the world.
How can you expect any international event to be organized in Pakistan? There is still time. Please adopt Singapore education policy if you want a bright future. This generation is the last hope.
All major cities except Peshawar. Why not Peshawar. Is it safer than the rest with no security threats.
@Faraz absolutely! this would only effect the ordinary citizens, who won't do business, who won't be able to know where their loved ones are, or those who are stuck in the middle of something and now calling police or a doctor seems almost impossible.
Comments (9) Closed
Why not ban mobile phones altogether.
Why banning, are people going to get voilent.
The geniuses sitting in our government do not realise that if someone is hell bent on causing chaos, they can use a satellite phone. It's shear incompetence to block cell phone service and lose business.
Haven't even mentioned the time slot during which services will be suspended. There should be some better and more scientific approach to control any unwanted scenarios than this.
Good decision by the government. Human lives are more costlier than the use of mobile phone in one day.
This is unfortunate. We are living in the 21st Century. Aren't we? How regressive can we be in the name of security measures? Instead of providing true security to the public, we resort to regressive means to cut Pakistan from the rest of the world.
How can you expect any international event to be organized in Pakistan? There is still time. Please adopt Singapore education policy if you want a bright future. This generation is the last hope.
All major cities except Peshawar. Why not Peshawar. Is it safer than the rest with no security threats.
@Faraz absolutely! this would only effect the ordinary citizens, who won't do business, who won't be able to know where their loved ones are, or those who are stuck in the middle of something and now calling police or a doctor seems almost impossible.