The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Zonal Office in Faisalabad, in collaboration with the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Cyber Crime Circle Faisalabad, successfully conducted raids on two telecom franchise outlets in Jhang City and Garh Moor, District Jhang. Both franchisees were found to be involved in the illegal issuance of SIM cards.
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During the first raid in Jhang City, FIA officials apprehended the franchise owner and seized a number of items, including one mobile phone, two Ufone biometric verification system (BVS) devices, and 57 suspicious SIM cards. In the second raid in Garh Moor, two individuals were arrested, and authorities confiscated 39 suspicious SIM cards, two mobile phones, one laptop, two Jazz BVS devices, 32 original CNICs, 800 photocopies of CNICs, and 161 signed stamp papers with thumb impressions.
This crackdown is part of PTA’s ongoing efforts to combat the illegal issuance of SIM cards and reinforces the Authority’s commitment to eliminating this unlawful activity.
