{"id":57634,"date":"2024-02-08T06:00:17","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T06:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/internet-mobile-services-suspended-across-pakistan-on-polling-day\/"},"modified":"2024-02-08T06:00:17","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T06:00:17","slug":"internet-mobile-services-suspended-across-pakistan-on-polling-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/internet-mobile-services-suspended-across-pakistan-on-polling-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet, mobile services suspended across Pakistan on polling day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>QUETTA: The Federal Interior Ministry on Thursday suspended mobile phone and internet services across Pakistan to maintain law and order situation in election 2024, ARY News reported.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a result of the recent incidents of terrorism in the country precious lives have been lost, security measures are essential to maintain the law and order situation and deal with possible threats, hence the temporary suspension of mobile services across the country,\u201d the interior ministry said in a message on X (formerly Twitter).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"ur\">\u0645\u0644\u06a9 \u0645\u06cc\u06ba \u062f\u06c1\u0634\u062a \u06af\u0631\u062f\u06cc \u06a9\u06d2 \u062d\u0627\u0644\u06cc\u06c1 \u0648\u0627\u0642\u0639\u0627\u062a \u06a9\u06d2 \u0646\u062a\u06cc\u062c\u06d2 \u0645\u06cc\u06ba \u0642\u06cc\u0645\u062a\u06cc \u062c\u0627\u0646\u0648\u06ba \u06a9\u0627 \u0636\u06cc\u0627\u0639 \u06c1\u0648\u0627 \u06c1\u06d2\u060c \u0627\u0645\u0646 \u0648\u0627\u0645\u0627\u0646 \u06a9\u06cc \u0635\u0648\u0631\u062a\u062d\u0627\u0644 \u06a9\u0648 \u0642\u0627\u0626\u0645 \u0631\u06a9\u06be\u0646\u06d2 \u0627\u0648\u0631 \u0645\u0645\u06a9\u0646\u06c1 \u062e\u0637\u0631\u0627\u062a \u0633\u06d2 \u0646\u0645\u0679\u0646\u06d2 \u06a9\u06d2 \u0644\u06cc\u06d2 \u062d\u0641\u0627\u0638\u062a\u06cc \u0627\u0642\u062f\u0627\u0645\u0627\u062a \u0646\u0627\u06af\u0632\u06cc\u0631 \u06c1\u06cc\u06ba\u060c \u0627\u0633 \u0644\u06cc\u06d2 \u0645\u0644\u06a9 \u0628\u06be\u0631 \u0645\u06cc\u06ba \u0645\u0648\u0628\u0627\u0626\u0644 \u0633\u0631\u0648\u0633 \u06a9\u0648 \u0639\u0627\u0631\u0636\u06cc \u0637\u0648\u0631 \u067e\u0631 \u0645\u0639\u0637\u0644 \u06a9\u0631\u0646\u06d2 \u06a9\u0627 \u0641\u06cc\u0635\u0644\u06c1 \u06a9\u06cc\u0627 \u06af\u06cc\u0627 \u06c1\u06d2\u06d4 \u062a\u0631\u062c\u0645\u0627\u0646 \u0648\u0632\u0627\u0631\u062a \u062f\u0627\u062e\u0644\u06c1<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ministry of Interior GoP (@MOIofficialGoP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MOIofficialGoP\/status\/1755424232194953672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"n3510858312161051623\" class=\"lb24-component-content lb24-base-news-content\">\n<p>Following the suspension of internet and cellular services across Pakistan, the Election Commission of Pakistan\u2019s (ECP) 8300 SMS service has been also affected.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, a hand grenade blast occurred in Karachi\u2019s Gulshan-e-Iqbal area, leaving three persons dead and two injured.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"Elections 2024 | Mobile Service Suspended Across Pakistan | Breaking News\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1nOsb2c9yXw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Irfan Bahadur said that a grenade exploded in the hands of 17-year-old Farooq, the son of a police officer. The SSP said that Farooq came out of his residence in Haji Limu Goth of Gulshan-e-Iqbal with a hand grenade that exploded, resulting in his death.<\/p>\n<p>It is pertinent to mention here that the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja ordered the police chiefs and chief secretaries of all provinces to put security on high alert following terror attacks in Balochistan ahead of general elections 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Pakistan, world\u2019s fifth-largest democracy, is going to polls today (Thursday) to elect its representatives for next five years.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Related:<a href=\"https:\/\/arynews.tv\/elections-2024-cec-raja-directs-to-enhance-security-amid-terror-attacks\/\"> Elections 2024: CEC Raja directs to enhance security amid terror attacks<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>A huge number of countrymen are expected to vote in the most expensive polling exercise since the country\u2019s inception.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Pakistan People\u2019s Party (PPP), Muttahida Qaumi Movement- Pakistan (MQM-P), Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F), Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) and a huge number of independent candidates, some backed by PTI, are participating in the exercise.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script type=\"rocketlazyloadscript\">\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n    FB.init({\n      appId      : '161345524510473',\n      cookie     : true,\n      xfbml      : true,\n      version    : 'v3.0'\n    });\n    FB.AppEvents.logPageView();   \n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 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