Baluchistan government spokesman Shahid Rind said Friday that mobile data services in the province have been suspended until August 31 for “security reasons.”
In recent months, the safety situation in Baluchistan has worsened, since the militants, involved in a low -level insurgency, have intensified the frequency and intensity of their attacks. In February, almost 62 percent of the total deaths related to terrorism in the country occurred in Baluchistan.
The measure occurred after a notification issued by the Interior Department of Baluchistan on August 6, seen by Dawn.comHe ordered the immediate suspension of data services until August 31, citing the “peculiar situation of law and order” in the province.
“Therefore, it is requested to address the interested authorities for the suspension/closing of 3G and 4G services throughout the province … to avoid any adversary incident,” reads the notification.
“The service has been suspended because they (militants) use it to coordinate and share information,” said Rind, according to Reuters.
The suspension follows the government’s announcement since last month that prohibits Pakistani Zaireen (pilgrims) traveling by Quetta to Iran and Iraq due to national security concerns.
On March 11, the Jaffar Express train to Peshawar became the objective of an unprecedented kidnapping, when the terrorists fired in the locomotive and took the 400 passengers as hostages.
The media reports said the security forces had surrounded the area and launched an authorization operation to rescue all passengers. Pakistan radio He informed that the security forces had rescued 80 hostages in the hands of the terrorists.
The general director of Public Relations between Services, General Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, said on March 12 that the authorization operation, launched after the unprecedented kidnapping of the train in Baluchistan, ended with the 33 killed terrorists.
