Pak govt suspends mobile phone service in Karachi, Quetta
November 16, 2012  21:44
Pakistan government today shut down the mobile phone network in the nation's biggest city Karachi and troubled Quetta city to thwart any terror attack on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Muharram.        

Interior Minister Rehman Malik yesterday ordered the shutting down of cellular networks and services in Karachi and Quetta, the provincial capital of the troubled Baluchistan province.        

People in the two cities were without cellular services since 10 am today until they were restored by late evening.
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