LAHORE: The deadline to block the unregistered SIMs is February 26. It is expected that millions of pre-paid SIMs will be blocked on Friday 27, February, 2015.
A senior official of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority said that the government was sticking to the Feb 26 deadline and there might be no review on it. “All the unverified SIMs of those having three or more pre-paid connections will be blocked from Friday. However, those having less than three pre-paid connections, can verify their SIMs till April 13,” the official said.
The telecom operators – Mobilink, Ufone, Telenor, Zong and Warid – had launched pre-paid SIMs verification on Jan 13 on the direction of the government which is of the view that the step is mandatory to curb terrorism in the country.
