Cable & Internet in Karachi to remain shut for 3 hours

KARACHI: Cable TV and Internet services in the port city will remain down for 3 hours from 7pm till 10pm under protest according to the Pakistan Telecommunications Access Provider Association (PTAPA) cable operators.

Pakistan Cable Operators Association Chairman Khalid Arain said that cable & internet operators will continue their strike against K-Electric by suspending cable tv & internet services in 5 cities across Sindh – Arain said that that instead of suspending services for 2 hours, cable & internet operators will suspend services for 3 hours from 7pm to 10pm in Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Nawabshah and Larkana.

Internet Karachi — Internet and cable TV services to remain shut for 3 hours in Karachi.

The three hour protest is against K-Electric removing cables from their electric poles and disrupting cable and internet services in Karachi.

UPDATE: Services will remain suspended in Karachi from 7PM to 10PM to record our protest against K-Electric Cable Infrastructure damaging operations.

Cable TV and Internet Services Suspended in Karachi

#Karachi: Cable Operators Association announces three-hour protest against #KElectric for removing the cables from electric poles.

Cable TV and Internet services will remain shut from 7pm to 10pm today. #KHIAlerts
— SherY (@SherySyed2) July 14, 2020

Yesterday, cable operators protested for two hours shutting down cable and internet services in the port city from 7pm till 9pm.

Cable TV and internet operators include Stormfiber, WorldCall Telecom, DoDear, FiberLink, QConnect and local cable and Internet service providers in Karachi.

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