{"id":24243,"date":"2025-03-06T05:56:25","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T05:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/?p=24243"},"modified":"2025-03-06T05:56:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T05:56:25","slug":"pta-fia-crack-down-on-illegal-foreign-sim-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/?p=24243","title":{"rendered":"PTA &amp; FIA Crack Down on Illegal Foreign SIM Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"24244\" src=\"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PTA-illegal-sim-card-crackdown-smk-mojo-222-Sadaan.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PTA-illegal-sim-card-crackdown-smk-mojo-222-Sadaan.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PTA-illegal-sim-card-crackdown-smk-mojo-222-Sadaan-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PTA-illegal-sim-card-crackdown-smk-mojo-222-Sadaan-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Islamabad \u2013: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Zonal Office Rawalpindi, in collaboration with the FIA Cyber Crime Wing, conducted a successful raid in Gulshan Ali Colony, Lahore Cantt, targeting the illegal sale of pre-activated foreign SIM cards. Authorities recovered 68 UK SIMs and apprehended a key suspect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Initial investigations indicate the individual was sourcing foreign SIMs in bulk from networks in Lahore, Karachi, and DG Khan. The FIA has launched a detailed inquiry to dismantle the supply chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PTA remains committed to curbing illegal SIM sales and urges the public to report such activities to ensure a secure digital ecosystem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad \u2013: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Zonal Office Rawalpindi, in collaboration with the FIA Cyber Crime Wing, conducted a successful raid in Gulshan Ali Colony, Lahore Cantt, targeting the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[373],"class_list":["post-24243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-pakistan-telecommunication-authoritypta"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24243"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24245,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24243\/revisions\/24245"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}