{"id":324,"date":"2026-06-06T13:38:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T13:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressly.com.pk\/?p=324"},"modified":"2026-06-06T13:38:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T13:38:34","slug":"pta-warns-citizens-against-sharing-sim-cards-with-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pressly.com.pk\/index.php\/2026\/06\/06\/pta-warns-citizens-against-sharing-sim-cards-with-others\/","title":{"rendered":"PTA warns citizens against sharing SIM cards with others"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alli Abbas Shah:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lahore:<strong>The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has issued an advisory warning citizens that giving their SIM card to another person is a criminal offence and may result in legal action.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the PTA, the use of a SIM card registered in another person&#8217;s name is also unlawful. The PTA has stated that responsibility for any illegal activity carried out through a SIM card will rest with the individual in whose name the SIM is registered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The PTA advised citizens to remain aware of all SIM cards registered against their national identity card and to have any unknown or unnecessary SIMs blocked without delay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moreover, the advisory stated that new SIM cards should only be obtained through authorised franchises or customer service centres to reduce the risk of illegal use and fraud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The PTA urged the public to ensure the safe and responsible use of their SIM cards to help prevent cybercrime and other unlawful activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alli Abbas Shah: Lahore:The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has issued an advisory warning citizens that giving their SIM card to another person is a criminal offence and may result in legal action. According to the PTA, the use of a SIM card registered in another person&#8217;s name is also unlawful. The PTA has stated that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressly.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressly.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressly.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressly.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressly.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pressly.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":326,"href":"https:\/\/pressly.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324\/revisions\/326"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressly.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressly.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressly.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressly.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}