LAHORE:
The National Database Registry Authority (NADRA) has shared its data with the country’s telecommunications regulator, the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA), when the latter prepares to launch a repression against those who use SIM cards issued to people who are now deceased.
The PTA will block all SIM cards, since they are also being used in several crimes, including financial fraud, online scams and violent crimes. This great operation will begin on June 30.
According to PTA sources, Nadra has provided the PTA detailed data that includes a list of all relevant identity cards in which thousands of mobile phones are currently active. According to the schedule proposed by NADRA, this operation will be carried out in phases.
The disconnection of the mobile Sims will begin on June 30 for those whose CNIC expired in 2017. The second phase will begin on November 30, and in the final phase on December 31, all these mobile sims will be completely disabled.
Nadra officials have declared that if relatives of deceased individuals or those whose CNics have expired wish to retain the Sims with their own names, they must update the records.
The identity cards of the deceased people must submit to Nadra to guarantee the appropriate documentation. Otherwise, as of June 30, the PTA will begin to block all the sims operating on identity cards of expired or deceased individuals.
