September 30, 2017 6:07 PM

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Mobile phone services shut down in Karachi on Muharram

In Pakistan, Mobile phone services were totally shut down in Karachi, the biggest city of the country today as a security measure for Muharram processions taken out by Shia Muslims. <br/><br/>Sindh Home Minister Anwar Siyal said mobile phone services would be shut down totally in Karachi and some parts of the province today and tomorrow from morning to night on the recommendation of paramilitary rangers and police. <br/><br/>Internet services were also only partially operational in Karachi and other parts of Sindh. A senior police official said Karachi remains the most sensitive part of Pakistan as far as terrorist attacks on Muharram processions are concerned.

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