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- Operations of expired LDI licensees not suspended or shutdown.
- No such subject of non availability/ closure of LDI networks: PTA
- Fake information circulated on WhatsApp, social media in Pakistan.
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Saturday issued clarification in regards to the pretend information of automated teller machines (ATMs) going through closures in Pakistan.
The telecommunication physique, in its clarification, acknowledged that there was no subject of the provision or closure of long-distance worldwide (LDI) networks that might have an effect on the IT or monetary sector together with ATM networks.
In an announcement issued, PTA mentioned: “In response to the pretend information circulating within the media about potential closure of ATMs, it’s clarified that at present there is no such thing as a such subject of non availability/closure of LDI networks which will probably affect IT or monetary sector together with ATM networks.”
The authority added that operations of the expired LDI licensees usually are not suspended or shutdown.
A day earlier, a banking consortium, which manages the nation’s main e-payment gateway, additionally denied the “pretend” experiences concerning ATM closures.
“The public is suggested to not pay any consideration to such hoaxes and seek the advice of their banks for any steerage,” the consortium acknowledged.
Earlier this week, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) spokesperson Noor Ahmad advised Geo Fact Check that the claims are false.
He then referred to an announcement from the consortium denying the experiences as nicely.
It must be famous that pretend information circulating on WhatsApp and social media in Pakistan had warned folks to keep away from utilizing ATMs and on-line banking for the following few days because of an alleged “ransomware assault”.
