Islamabad: Pakistan Telecommunication
Authority (PTA) has introduced a new policy for issuance of cell phones’
sims, which will come into force from April 1.
According to sources, the PTA
investigated scandal of issuance of sims on the name of federal
interior minister Rehman Malik. After the scandal, the authority took
the decision.
As per the news policy, now sim will be
issued after submission of a photocopy of CNIC and the applicant will
be bound to produce the original CNIC too at the time of submission of
the application.
The sources said that all the cellular companies have agreed on the new policy for sim issuance .
