DNA
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday stopped the government from blocking the SIMs of non-filers.
IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq issued a stay order till May 27 as the court took up the petition today filed by a mobile phone company challenging the government’s decision to block sims of non-filers.
The development came days after the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and telecom operators agreed on blocking of SIMs of non-filers as part of the government’s bid to curb tax evasion to improve revenue generation amid dire economic indicators.
The FBR had announced that telecom companies have agreed to commence the manual blocking process of SIMs in small batches until their systems are fully equipped to automate it.
