Telecom Companies Pledge to Block SIMs of Non-Filers After Meeting with FBR
Pakistan’s telecom firms have assured the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) that they’ll deactivate the mobile phone SIM cards of more than 500,000 non-filers. However, they’ve requested a timeframe of one to 1.5 weeks to accomplish this task. In a series of meetings over three days, FBR Chairman Malik Amjed Zubair Tiwana convened with telecom…