The new arrangement, proposed couple of years ago will help government improve overall security situation of the country as use often illegal SIMs are used in terror related activities. Fearing a drop in sales, cellular companies were resisting the proposal.
Under new arrangement, cellular operators will be liable to procure and deploy biometric machines on their franchises and retail outlets while NADRA will charge Rs10 for each verification.
“Biometric-based SIM verification will provide better technological support to law enforcement agencies, thus improving security in the country,” interior minister Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan said while talking to media.
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Sonia Rana
Quelle/Source: Pakistan Tribune, 24.05.2014
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