Advises users to check the registration status of their SIM card and ensure timely biometric verification where necessary.
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Tuesday warned that WhatsApp accounts linked to inactive or unregistered SIM cards could become inaccessible if users did not update their data.
In an advisory issued on
The authority warned that accounts linked to blocked, cancelled, inactive or unregistered SIM cards could soon face access issues, and advised users to check the registration status of their SIM card and ensure timely biometric verification when necessary.
It further added that users should visit the nearest franchise or customer service center for SIM verification if necessary, urging them to immediately transfer their WhatsApp accounts to a verified active SIM “in case your current number no longer works.”
The PTA emphasized that users should not wait for unexpected logouts, adding that a mobile phone number also represents a person’s digital identity.
Last year, Pakistan’s telecoms regulator reiterated that all mobile SIM cards must be registered in the name of the person using them, warning that using SIM cards registered in the names of others violates regulations and could lead to action.
It also advised telecom users to ensure responsible use of their SIM cards and clarified that the registered subscriber would be fully responsible for any misuse.
The PTA has consistently urged all citizens to be responsible while using social media and digital platforms.
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The authority has stated that citizens should not share, disseminate, forward or upload any unverified, inflammatory or misleading information/content that may directly or indirectly harm the national interest, public order or state institutions, according to a press release.
All citizens were encouraged to share, spread, forward or upload information/content that is authentic and based on official sources and to refrain from spreading rumors and fake news.
