Islamabad: The Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik said that PM has given extension to the cellular companies to identify the unregistered Sims. The federal minister Malik gave a deadline till December 31st to the cellular companies for the same task. The PM has given the extension on the request of the representatives of the cellular services but he has not scrapped the plan, Malik added.
He also informed the media that Prime Minister is the chief executive of the country and he can take any decision regarding the betterment of the state but I am happy that he did not negate the plan of the Interior Ministry. He ordered that the mobile phone operators must verify the data of their subscribers and make sure that no unregistered Sims should be used during the extension period.
The Interior Minister also informed media that no one is allowed to use the satellite phone without the registration pf Pakistan Telecommunication Authority. According to the plans of interior ministry, switching over the network on same number was banned, but the PM removed this restriction.