ISLAMABAD: The Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Friday said that government has decided to ban smuggled mobile phones into the country after December 31.
The Information Minister after attending a cabinet meeting said that the federal cabinet has decided to impose a ban on smuggled phones from December 31, 2018, and after the deadline, such phones will be blocked.
However, mobile phones brought into the country before December, 31 would not be blocked.
He said that the government in a bid to promote the local mobile phones industry decided to block the smuggled cell phones.
Fawad Chaudhry said that cell phones worth Rs2.5 billion are smuggled into the country every year. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) will block all such phones after the deadline.
Also read: Prime Minister Khan inaugurates four new trains to facilitate common man
Earlier, Prime Minister Imran Khan inaugurated four new train services for the underprivileged class of the country.
Prime Minister while addressing the inauguration ceremony said that only the underprivileged class and common man use trains for daily commute.
He said that this is the first time that train tracks are being set up and repaired to facilitated the average person in the country.
PM Imran said that in the past political hirings were done in the railways department and now the jobs will be given on the basis of merit.
Imran Khan while addressing to the Railway Minister said “Sheikh Rasheed you should see who is being hired on merit and who isn’t. You should expel those not hired on the basis of merit.” Prime Minister Imran Khan was set to inaugurate two trains via video link on Friday.
Prime Minister also inaugurated Sindh Express and Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai Express in Karachi and Sukkur via a video link.
Sindh Express will travel from Karachi to Sukkur while the Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai Express will run from Karachi to Mirpurkhas.
