Regional shutdown
Mobile Internet Services
Faisalabad, Jhang, Multan, Rahimyar Khan, Lahore Karachi & Islamabad
As the Shias will observe their most important ritual, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority on Sunday said mobile phone services would remain suspended on the Monday and Tuesday, besides heightening security in specified areas of all cities across the country
- Total Duration 2 days
Pakistan
- Population
- 251,269,164
Freedom House rates Internet freedom as Not Free
Local impact
As the Shias will observe their most important ritual, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority on Sunday said mobile phone services would remain suspended on the Monday and Tuesday, besides heightening security in specified areas of all cities across the country
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Massive network shutdown across Pakistan today due to #Ashura including cities from all around Pakistan. Almost whole Azad Kashmir is facing network shutdown today #Keepiton @bytesforall @benwagne_r @LucyPurdon — Muhammad Arsalan (@arsalanashraff) September 10, 2019
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