SIMs | Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has taken immediate notice of the news regarding leakage of mobile phone SIMs data and formed a special team to investigate the matter within two weeks. “Following the interior minister’s directives, the National Cyber Crimes Investigation Agency has constituted a special inves­tigation team to probe into the matter and submit its report within 14 days,” says an official press rel­ease issued by the Interior Ministry here on Sunday. It said the team will thoroughly examine the circumstances and those involved in the data leakage will be identified and brought to justice through legal action. Media reports say that data of all SIM holders, including Interior Minister Naqvi, was sold at Google. They further said that information regarding mobile location was being sold for Rs500, mobile data record for Rs2,000 and details of foreign trips for Rs5,000. A couple of months ago, the National Cyber Emer­gency Response Team of Pakistan (PKCERT) iss­ued an advisory warning tha...

ISLAMABAD - A meeting held under the chair of Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Friday decided to block all cellular phone SIMs, in phases, either issued against the expired computerized national identity cards (CNICs) or under the names of deceased individuals.

The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has announced an immediate crackdown on mobile SIMs issued against expired or fake Computerised National Identity Cards (CNICs).