Blackberry Services of Foreign Diplomats blocked
157 viewsBy jazbablog - Mon Jan 31, 8:28 pm
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has blocked the Blackberry Services for foreign diplomats and other staff working in Pakistan without letting know the exact reason.
This has been learnt from private TV channels on Monday where it is told that Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has placed this ban.
According to details, PTA has issued notices to all Mobile Services Providers in Pakistan to halt the Blackberry Services of all foreign diplomats, missions and workers performing their professional duties from Pakistan.
PTA sources have confirmed this information telling raising the notion that they are facing some problems in Blackberry Enterprise Server.
Sources have also told that this decision is taken in context with firing incident which happened in Lahore where two Pakistani citizen were killed by an American national deployed in US Consulate in Lahore.
“Pakistan has never allowed foreign diplomats and envoys to use the blackberry services in Pakistan”, sources added.
On the other hand one of the mobile services providers has said that rationale to put ban on the blackberry services for foreigners is to ensure the security of information.
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has been under pressure from the Pakistan government to provide access to data on its secure networks, as it wants to monitor the company’s corporate email and messenger services, sources said.
BlackBerry devices use an advanced encrypted email system and are preferred by business people because of the secure communication they offer.
Several governments, especially in the Middle East and Asia, have been pushing RIM to provide access to data on the secure networks.
