BR100 Decreased By (-0.25%)
BR30 Decreased By (-0.64%)
KSE100 Decreased By (-0.41%)
KSE30 Decreased By (-0.67%)
BECO 5.83 Decreased By ▼ -0.20 (-3.32%)
BML 57.90 Increased By ▲ 5.15 (9.76%)
BOP 33.79 Decreased By ▼ -0.46 (-1.34%)
CNERGY 8.15 Decreased By ▼ -0.01 (-0.12%)
DCL 11.79 Decreased By ▼ -0.55 (-4.46%)
FCCL 53.49 Decreased By ▼ -0.40 (-0.74%)
FCSC 5.40 Increased By ▲ 0.18 (3.45%)
FFL 17.84 Decreased By ▼ -0.19 (-1.05%)
FNEL 1.30 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
HUMNL 11.11 Increased By ▲ 0.11 (1%)
KEL 8.02 Decreased By ▼ -0.09 (-1.11%)
KOSM 5.45 Increased By ▲ 0.07 (1.3%)
MLCF 87.40 Decreased By ▼ -0.65 (-0.74%)
NBP 184.24 Decreased By ▼ -2.24 (-1.2%)
PACE 11.62 Increased By ▲ 0.90 (8.4%)
PAEL 40.25 Increased By ▲ 0.31 (0.78%)
PIAHCLA 26.12 Decreased By ▼ -0.05 (-0.19%)
PIBTL 17.14 Decreased By ▼ -0.18 (-1.04%)
PPL 228.73 Decreased By ▼ -4.05 (-1.74%)
PRL 34.49 Decreased By ▼ -0.46 (-1.32%)
PTC 67.54 Decreased By ▼ -0.02 (-0.03%)
SEARL 90.93 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
SSGC 26.83 Decreased By ▼ -0.34 (-1.25%)
TELE 8.53 Decreased By ▼ -0.04 (-0.47%)
THCCL 66.14 Increased By ▲ 6.01 (10%)
TPLP 9.33 Increased By ▲ 0.57 (6.51%)
TREET 24.51 Decreased By ▼ -0.03 (-0.12%)
TRG 71.61 Decreased By ▼ -0.14 (-0.2%)
WAVES 10.98 Increased By ▲ 1.00 (10.02%)
WTL 1.28 Increased By ▲ 0.02 (1.59%)

imageISLAMABAD: On the recommendations of National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA), the Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA) permanently blocked 75 Sims of the spam callers who misused the Counter Terrorism Helpline 1717 facility by generating false alarm for the Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs).

NACTA 1717 Helpline was established to facilitate public for quick response from LEAs against any emergent terror threat and moving immediately to help save the precious human lives, NACTA news release here stated.

The action of blocking Sims was initiated over irresponsible attitude on part of handful people who hindered the efficiency and effectiveness of the facility established for countering terrorism despite of having inbuilt warning messages of legal consequences for those who may use the helpline with irresponsible attitude.

NACTA took up the issue with PTA which subsequently blocked 75 SIMS of those individuals who have made more than 50 Spam and frivolous calls on the NACTA Helpline.

NACTA appealed the Public to use the Helpline with responsibility since it's about saving human lives and countering terrorism.

Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2016

Comments

Comments are closed for this article.