Govt decides to launch fingerprint verification for buying SIMs

Govt decides to launch fingerprint verification for buying SIMs.The government has decided to launch fingerprint verification system for the issuance of cellular SIMs. Currently, the government is addressing with the  unofficial or unregistered SIMs issue and had previously blocked thousands on illegal SIMs.  Pakistan is facing a grave war and terror situation and government is of the view that the illegal SIMs are the biggest cause of bloodshed and terrorist activities in the country.Pervez Rashid,  Information Minister, said that the cellular operators in the country are equally responsible for the bloodshed being carried out in the country through bomb blasts.

Therefore, the government decided to introduce the fingerprint verification system for the issuance of the mobile phone SIMs.
In this regard a meeting of the Standing Committee on Interior Affairs was held under the leadership of Senator Talha Mehmood on Wednesday. During the meeting the information minister said that cellular companies are equally responsible critical condition in the country and the CEO of the company should be arrested and bring under the anti-terrorism laws if his company’s SIMs are used for terrorist activities.
The voters’ data list were being used for the purchasing illegal SIM, director General of NDRA told to the committee. He was of the view that for the issuance of new SIMs the fingerprints of the consumers would be taken and compare with the data of NDRA. On the other hand the Director General National Crisis Management told the meeting that lots of cell phones were being used without IMEI number in the country.
The Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan were not present in the meeting. The committee chairman expressed anger over his absence and said the minister never bothered to attend the meeting since he took oath of his office.
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Courtesy by Geo Tv