• About
  • Advertise
  • Contact
Thursday, August 11, 2022
  • Login
WRITE FOR US
Economy.pk
  • Economy
  • Politics
  • Technology
  • Education
  • Life & Style
  • Health
  • World
No Result
View All Result
Economy.pk
  • Economy
  • Politics
  • Technology
  • Education
  • Life & Style
  • Health
  • World
Economy.pk
Home Technology Cyber Security

Rs.150M fined by PTA to telecos illegal issuance of sims.

byFariha Ashraf
September 14, 2021
in Cyber Security, Technology
Reading Time: 2 mins read
0
Issuance of illegal sim cards
564
SHARES
3.1k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has penalized two telcos Rs. 100 million and Rs. 50 million for issuing SIM cards to unlicensed persons, according to the PTA’s Chairman, Gen. (R) Amir Azeem Bajwa, during a press conference earlier today.

He stated that the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) is actively working to curtail methods that allow individuals to obtain SIM cards based on fake biometric impressions, and that the PTA is working to develop a way to completely eliminate the practice because it causes serious harm to the masses in addition to being a matter of national security.

RelatedPosts

Sindh Police Gets Modern Cameras With Facial and Number Plate Recognition

Finance Minister launches Pakistan’s first digital Mutual Fund aggregator “EMLAAK Financials”

Pakistan Railways team to inspect prototypes of Chinese coaches

The Chairman acknowledged that there are still instances of people recording citizens’ thumb impressions on silicon or other substances and then replicating them for the issuance of biometric verified SIMs, but he also acknowledged that the number of such SIMs sold in the market has significantly decreased.

“The number of such illicit SIM sales has been reduced by more than 300 percent in the last two years alone,” he said.

He went on to say that the PTA has set numerous procedures in place for the issuance of new SIM cards and that it properly analyses issues concerning inconsistencies and repairs them appropriately.

“We make certain that a record of every SIM transaction is preserved so that if there is any illegality, we can trace it back to the precise retailer/franchisee or anybody who sold the SIM to guarantee that offenders face the consequences,” he added.

“We penalized one operator Rs. 100 million and another Rs. 50 million for breaching SOPs for the issuance of biometric verified SIMs,” he added.

When pressed to name the operators, the Chairman declined, instead stating that the PTA is doing all possible to prohibit the selling of illicit SIM cards in the nation. He added that the company is “also working on face recognition and other AI models to dynamically assist us in blocking the sale of unlawful SIMs in order to fully remove the possibility of any such sale in the future.”

General Bajwa stated that widespread awareness is needed to educate the general public not to provide their thumbprints to scammers impersonating officials of the BISP or Ehsaas programs.

He stated that such unlawful SIMs are the root cause of many crimes in society and may endanger Pakistan’s national security and that the only solution is to completely prohibit the selling of illicit SIMs.

Tags: CybersecurityPTATelecommunication
Fariha Ashraf

Fariha Ashraf

esta bien

Related Posts

Sindh Police Gets Modern Cameras With Facial and Number Plate Recognition

Sindh Police Gets Modern Cameras With Facial and Number Plate Recognition

The Sindh Police has acquired modern CCTV cameras with facial and license plate recognition technology. The Central Police Office's (CPO)...

Finance Minister launches Pakistan’s first digital Mutual Fund aggregator “EMLAAK Financials”

Finance Minister launches Pakistan’s first digital Mutual Fund aggregator “EMLAAK Financials”

Emlaak Financials, the first digital aggregator platform for mutual funds, was formally launched on August 5, 2022 at CDC House...

Next Post
IOS 14.8 Security Update

IOS 14.8 Security Update, No More Security Risk

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recommended

Sindh Police Gets Modern Cameras With Facial and Number Plate Recognition

Sindh Police Gets Modern Cameras With Facial and Number Plate Recognition

Young Engineer from Thar Sindh Hired By Suzuki Japan

Young Engineer from Thar Sindh Hired By Suzuki Japan

Virgin Atlantic, a British airline, to operate more flights to Pakistan

Virgin Atlantic, a British airline, to operate more flights to Pakistan

Babar Azam Still Number 1 as Kohli Drops to 32nd in ICC T20I Batter Rankings

Babar Azam Still Number 1 as Kohli Drops to 32nd in ICC T20I Batter Rankings

Asad Raza Fruit-seller’s son, Graduates from GIK

Asad Raza Fruit-seller’s son, Graduates from GIKI

Pakistan was headed to Sri Lanka’s ‘default-like situation’ but crisis averted — finance minister

Pakistan was headed to Sri Lanka’s ‘default-like situation’ but crisis averted — finance minister

Connect with us

Twitter

Economy.pk

Economy.pk touches diverse topics with a lighter note and is geared toward audiences with various interests and all ages. Come and explore Economy.pk. Ample details and analysis are provided in extraordinarily readable manner making them compelling and interesting at the same time.

Category

  • World
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Technology
  • Education
  • Health
  • Life & Style
  • Opinions

Social Media

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • Linkedin

Sitelinks

  • Sitemap

Download our APP

download on android app download on apple app
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Contact

© 2022 All Rights Reserved Economy.pk | Designed & Developed by Digital Otters

  • LATEST
  • World
    • Europe
    • Americas
    • Asia
    • Oceania
    • Africa
    • Canada
    • Middle East
  • Finance
  • Politics
  • Business
    • Economy
    • Finance
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Real Estate
  • Technology
    • Cyber Security
    • Mobiles
    • Social Media
  • Education
  • Sports
  • Life & Style
    • Personalities
    • Art
    • Culture
    • History
    • Entertainment
    • Fashion
    • Food
    • Health
      • Environment
      • Fitness
  • Sponsored

© 2022 All Rights Reserved Economy.pk | Designed & Developed by Digital Otters

No Result
View All Result

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In