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| Illegal SIMs use in terror activities: Rangers warn mobile phone firms |
| 2015-01-06 |
| The Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, have warned all the mobile phone companies that their respective executives will be booked for terrorism if a phone connection sold in violation of set rules is found to have been used in any terror activity, it emerged on Monday. In a letter sent to the regional headquarters of Mobilink, Ufone, Telenor, Warid and Zong, the Sindh chief minister and Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, the Rangers came up with the strong measures to counter the ‘flaws’ which they said were causing ‘deterioration of law and order situation’. The warning has caused consternation among the cellular companies business managers who believe that such a ‘tone and approach’ may hamper the confidence of the foreign operators who have invested billions of dollars in the country, while they insist that they have already been offering their best possible cooperation for the counter-terrorism actions. “Taking stock of terrorist activities, it has been revealed that illegal SIMs are used by them,” stated the letter sent by the Rangers. “....thereby affecting the law and order situation of Karachi city. It has been found that SIMs, both unverified and without records, are being used for heinous crimes, including extortion collection and kidnapping for ransom. The SIMs are reactivated even after being blocked,” it added. |
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