Cell phone services will be suspended in 31 cities due to security threats on the occasion of Pakistan’s 70th Independence Day on Sunday.
According to Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), cellular phone services will remain suspended in Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Faisalabad and other cities from 6am to 2pm on August 14.
It said that mobile phones could also go off in some major cities tonight for a few hours.