Pakistan- Govt blocks cellular service in Red Zone

(MENAFN- The Peninsula) The government of Pakistan has blocked services of cellular phones in Red Zone of the federal capital owing to security concerns related to sit-ins by PTI and PAT workers. According to PTA high-ups, all cellular companies were directed to block their services in the Red Zone of the federal capital till further orders.

The government, according to the sources, received information about possible terrorist attacks on continuous sir-ins of PTI and PAT protestors'. The service of cellular phones was mainly blocked in the specific area where the two sit-ins continued.

In the wake of security concerns, the government had taken precautionary measures to avoid any unwarranted situation in the Red Zone.