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 […]
