Pakistan Suspends Mobile Services in Karachi, Quetta on Threats
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Pakistan suspended mobile phone services in Karachi and Quetta because of security threats relating to the start of the Muslim holy month of Muharram, after a wave of sectarian killings since last month.
The suspension was ordered between 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. local time, Amir Pasha, a spokesman for Pakistan Telecommunications Co.’s mobile unit, said by telephone from Islamabad. Motorcyclists were barred in Quetta while the High Court of Sindh reversed a government order for them to stay off the roads in Karachi.