ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) – The federal government has resolved to shut down mobile phone phone services in 31 cities owing to unspecified security threats on the occasion of Pakistan’s 70th Independence Day on Sunday.
According to Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), cellular phone services will stay suspended in Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Faisalabad and other cities from 6am to 2pm on August 14.
The mobile phone services will remain suspended in the areas located under a 10 kilometre radius from the Convention Centre in Islamabad, sources maintained.
They further informed that the suspension of phone services is being carried out on the instructions of the interior ministry.
