Internet Services Suspended In 80pc Area Of Balochistan: PTCL.

QUETTA -- General Manager PTCL Shaukat Khaaja Khel on Tuesday said that the torrential rains and flash flood have damaged the fiber optic cable and internet services were suspended in 80 percent area of the province.

Voice and data services have badly been affected after heavy downpour and floods. In Balochistan, 2 out of 3 fiber optic cables were washed away in flash floods at several places. However, PTCL landline and internet services have been partially restored in some districts of the province. He said the third cable near Mastung district was also broken due to sinking into the ground and due to fiber optic failure internet service was completely suspended in Quetta.

However, it was later partially restored, and it may take several days to fully restore Internet and landline services as repair work on two other damaged fiber optic cables will take time.

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