Oct 18 rally: Mobile phone services to be suspended in Karachi tomorrow

[OrionHunter]

KARACHI: The Sindh government has approved a request of the police calling for the suspension of mobile phone services in Karachi on Saturday as Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari prepares to address a rally at a ground close to the mausoleum of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah in the provincial capital tomorrow.

The provincial police has requested the suspension of mobile phone services in other parts of Sindh as well. However, no approval has come from the provincial government in that regard.

The police had made the request in the light of tomorrow's public meeting in Karachi and has requested the government to also order the suspension of cell phone services in other parts of Sindh in order to prevent untoward incidents from occurring.

Karachi's traffic system is also likely to suffer serious issues on Oct 18 when the PPP stages the rally for which it has hired 3,000 city buses while police authorities have banned movement of heavy vehicles that day, ‘advising’ transporters to take alternative routes.

Oct 18 rally: Mobile phone services to be suspended in Karachi tomorrow - Pakistan - DAWN.COM

Wow! Here comes Billy Boy with his army! First it was IK and Q, and now BB!

Yeh kya ho raha hai?

 

[Star Wars]

wow, that is going to be one hell of a day for folks going to work

 

[Not Sure]

How do people get along with their daily business when such a crucial service is put on halt for the whole day?

 

[sree45]

WTF? Shutting down mobile services in one of the largest cities of the country? The GoP has gone crazy.

 

[Musafir117]

How do people get along with their daily business when such a crucial service is put on halt for the whole day?

Not sure