QUETTA:
After two weeks of suspension, mobile internet services were restored throughout Baluchistan on Thursday by the orders of the Superior Court of Baluchistan (BHC).
A Bank of the Division of two JHC judges, which includes the president of the Supreme Court Rozi Khan Bareech and Judge Sardar Ahmad Naeem, directed the Telecommunications Authority of Pakistan (PTA) to restore Internet connectivity throughout the province.
The PTA officials assured the court that the services would be restored completely in two hours, and the areas without security threats recovered access immediately.
The Bank issued the order on a constitutional request presented by the president of the Civil Society of the Consumer Khair Muhammad Shaheen, who argued that mobile internet services were a basic way of communication for entrepreneurs, students, educational institutions and others.
The petitioner also argued that the suspension constituted a violation of the fundamental rights guaranteed in articles 9, 15, 19-A and 25 of the Constitution.
Mobile data services in the volatile province were suspended by the PTA on the orders of the provincial government from August 6 to August 31 for security reasons.
Daily life was severely interrupted since students, health professionals, journalists and entrepreneurs complained that closing affected education, health, health, business and routine communication.
