Pakistan suspended mobile phone services in 58 cities

Islamabad: Pakistan suspended mobile phone services for a day on Friday in 58 cities, including Lahore and Karachi, as a security measure for Eid Miladun Nabi gatherings and processions, a media report said.

Officials said that mobile phone services would remain suspended in 51 cities of Punjab and seven major cities of Sindh from 8 am to 10 pm while in Quetta the services would be suspended from 10 am to 2 pm.

Mobile services will be suspended in 51 cities in Punjab which include Lahore, Multan Sialkot, Rawalpindi, Attock, Jhelum, Chakwal, Faisalabad, and Sargodha while the seven cities in Sindh where there will be no mobile service include Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur and Khairpur.