KARACHI: Mobile phone services will be suspended in parts of Karachi due to Muharram.
Some mobile tower sites were affected by heavy rain. Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) spokesperson claimed that it has received complaints of non-availability of cellular networks in parts of the city.
As per the PTA, some of the mobile towers were inundated with rain waters due to which some areas experienced network blackouts. It said that towers also lacked a supply of power from grid stations to continue their operations.
The authority said that technical teams of cellular companies have failed to make it to the affected areas due to water accumulation and thus could not restore operations. It added that mobile companies are putting in the effort to restore networks.
The PTA ordered the cellular companies to expedite the restoration process in the affected areas of the metropolis.
Following heavy downpour in Karachi, the cellular services in the city have also been affected after a prolonged power breakdown. The users of different telecom services providers are facing outages due to prolonged power breakdown after terrifying rain in the city since Thursday.
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