Prepaid SIMs (Subscriber Identity Modules) would not be blocked immediately across the country and a meeting would be held next week to discuss the issue, Interior Ministry sources said on Thursday. On Tuesday, Interior Minister Rehman Malik had said that the government was considering shutting prepaid mobile SIMs issued on fake documents, as they were used in terrorist attacks. On Chand Raat and during Eid prayers, the government suspended mobile phone services in Lahore, Karachi, Multan and Quetta due to terror threats. Sources said that all stakeholders would attend the meeting, which would decide whether to block the SIMs step by step, or to regularize them.
Prepaid SIMs not being blocked immediately
