Tag: Sims

Multiple SIMs issued to around 800 women in Sahiwal village: report

On many occasions, women have been asked to register for the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) along with their original Computerised National Identity Cards...

Use of unregistered SIMs is ‘haram’, decrees Egypt’s top religious body

According to a statement released by the body, all personal data must be specified and documented before a cellphone is bought.

NA speaker using unverified cellular SIM

National Assembly (NA) Speaker Ayaz Sadiq failed to get his cellular SIM verified despite repeated attempts during parliamentarians’ SIMs’ verification Wednesday, local media reported.

Two nabbed with 700 illegal SIMs

Old Kotwali Police arrested two accused and recovered 700 illegal SIMS from their possession on Sunday. According to the police, they conducted a raid in...

India wants to allow Pakistani SIM cards in its territory

Indian Commerce Secretary Rajeev Kher writes to Ministry of Home Affairs saying that this unilateral measure could boost trade ties between the two countries A...

New PTA procedure helps block 29m irregular SIMs

The procedure introduced by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has helped block 27.87 million irregularly obtained Subscriber Identity Modules (SIMs). The PTA introduced procedures include...

SIMs being used in Balochistan crimes: CJ

Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Friday said that illegal mobile SIMs are being used for illegal activities like kidnapping for ransom, bomb blasts,...

Over-the-counter sale of mobile phone SIMs to be banned: Malik

Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Thursday that over-the-counter sale of mobile phone SIMs would be banned from next month, and the cellular companies...

Zardari orders legislation on witness protection, sale of SIMs

President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday directed the Sindh government to work on a legislation that ensures better protection for witnesses as well as...

Criminals using Afghan SIMs in Karachi: MPs

A treasury member made a startling revelation in the Senate on Monday, claiming that Afghan cellular SIMs were being used in Karachi by criminals...

Prepaid SIMs not being blocked immediately

Prepaid SIMs (Subscriber Identity Modules) would not be blocked immediately across the country and a meeting would be held next week to discuss the...

Free mobile SIMs for Hajj and Umrah pilgrims

Hajj and Umrah Pilgrims traveling from Pakistan to Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will be given a free mobile SIM from Mobily a Saudi mobile...

Raped SIMS nurse registers FIR, takes leave

Tired of suspicious and questioning eyes, the nurse of Services Institutes of Medical Sciences (SIMS) took a leave for seven days after registering a...

Six held for selling SIMs illegally

The Banni police arrested six people on Tuesday on charges of selling illegal mobile phone SIMs. The locals had complained that some people were illegally...

PTA blocks 16m unregistered SIMS

Around 16 million unregistered mobile SIMS have been blocked in the country, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Chairman Dr Yaseen said on Thursday. Addressing media at...

PTA blocks 16 million unregistered SIMS

Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Dr Yaseen has said that some 16 million unregistered mobile SIMS have been blocked in the country While talking...

PTA defies Interior Ministry on SIMs

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has reiterated its earlier stance that up to 10 subscriber identity module (SIMs) can be issued on one Computerised...