Islamabad High Court (IHC) recently Suspended the Federal Court Decision to Block SIMs of Non-Filers

Islamabad: IHC today, barred mobile network companies from blocking SIMs of non-filers. The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) ordered telecom companies to ban SIMs of 500,000 non-filers as a penalty last week. FIA directed the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) under the 2001 telecommunication ordinance. Negotiations between PTA, and FIA, went back and forth, for a week, until Friday. The telecommunication companies agreed. Telecommunication […]

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Government of Pakistan (GOP) to privatize all state-owned Enterprises (SOE)

In a meeting today, the GOP initiated the privatization program 2024-2029. The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif, scheduled a meeting today. The agenda was SOE’s privatization. Shehbaz green-lighted the privatization program 2024-2029. Shehbaz informed that the initial focus of privatization will be loss-making SOEs. Shehbaz has directed all the relevant ministries to present reviews […]

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