Pakistani SIM cards may be allowed access in India soon!

[IndianMascot]

India may soon allow mobile phone SIM cards issued in Pakistan to function in the country, a unilateral measure that could boost trade ties between the two neighbours that have so far cited security concerns to deny a longstanding demand of businessmen on both sides of the border.

Commerce Secretary Rajeev Kher has written to the home ministry asking that Pakistani SIM cards be allowed access in India, a government official told ET, adding, "Pakistanis coming on visas are not terrorists. Giving SIM card access will only enhance business ties between the two nations." Kher's letter comes ahead of a meeting between Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and her Pakistani counterpart Khurram Dastgir Khan on July 24.

This will be the first bilateral ministerial meeting since the Narendra Modi-led government took charge at the Centre. The two ministers are scheduled to meet on the sidelines of the South Asian Free Trade Area ( Safta) ministerial council in Bhutan and expected to discuss the road map for liberalisation of bilateral trade.


Boosting Business Ties: Pakistani SIM cards may be allowed access in India soon! - The Economic Times

 

[piinku1]

bad move from india govt.

 

[IndianMascot]

I think now it will be easy for Indian Intelligence to moniter sim and numbers.

 

[DashMajor]

Great !!!

now India will lived in High Alert

 

[NinadG]

It is mentioned in the news that its unilateral measure. So it seems Pakistan doesn't allow Indian SIMs.

 

[IndianMascot]

And why they doesn't allow? Any idea

 

[DashMajor]

Problem is with private telecoms if these SIMs onwers uses BSNL and MTNL then its ok security agencies will caught them but these private firms don't care they don't even allows monitoring then how we expect that these private agencies gonna caught these SIMs owners

 

[IndianMascot]

But i still feel that whenever a non Indian number with latch on our network, it will be easy to moniter them.