As authorities seek to avoid any untoward situation on the occasion of Ashura (Muharram 9 and 10 — July 28 and 29), mobile services have been blocked in several parts of Pakistan.
In Islamabad, the Ministry of Interior has asked the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to suspend the mobile services not only on Muharram 9 and 10, but 11 as well.
On Muharram 9, mobile service remained suspended from 1pm to 10 pm in sectors G6 and G7. The service were also blocked from 6pm-6am on the same day in Sector 10-I and adjoining areas.
On Muharram 11, mobile phone service will be suspended in Shah Allah Ditta from 2am to 7pm. The services will also remain blocked from 12pm-7pm in the areas around Noorpur Shahan/Bari Imam.
In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s 14 districts, mobile services remained suspended on Muharram 9 and will remain suspended on 10, sources in the provincial home department said.
The areas where the services will remain suspended include Sadar, Pishtakhara, Hassan Ghari, inner city Peshawar, Mardan, Abbottabad, Mansehra, Haripur, Kohat, Hangu, and Bannu. They will remain blocked until 10pm.
