PTA bans sale of SIMs in KPK

Farhan Abro November 20, 2012

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November 19, 2012 PESHAWAR – Initiative taken on the directive by the Interior Ministry, The ( PTA ) Pakistan Telecommunications Authority on Monday November 19 banned the sale of all private cellphone company’s (SIMs) Subscriber Identity Modules in the entire province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The ban would encompass the sale of SIMs at all company and franchise outlets.

To enforce the ban in the province was taken in view of the prevalent use of illegal SIMs in most terrorist activities in the province, on decision by the Interior Ministry.

Farhan Abro

Hello! My name is Farhan Abro, and I'm based here in Islamabad. My journey in Pakistan's digital media really kicked off when I founded INCPak back in 2012. We built it from the ground up, driven by an entrepreneurial spirit, to be a trusted voice for independent journalism. But while media is a big part of who I am, I'm also shaped by a fascinating mix of other passions. I'm deeply into automotive, which gives me a technical edge, but I also find my artistic expression through landscape photography and music. And I'm always diving into the exciting world of Artificial Intelligence. Bringing all these different worlds together the technical, the creative, the journalistic, and the entrepreneurial—it really colors how I see things and approach every project. It gives me a distinct perspective that I try to bring to everything I share