It has nothing to do with your fundamental rights. They haven't banned mobile service after 12 a.m but late night packages. If you want to talk-- pay the bill. Simple!


I welcome this move wholeheartedly.

Thanks for all the comments, I personally think, its a non issue. Yes, its violation of basic human rights as well. There are many people who are far from their home town and they make call in night after their duties.
If there is something like moral decline, then eliminate the packages at day time also.
The real issues are poverty, hunger , unemployment , corruption and injustice prevailing and increasing day by day in our society.
Moreover , why government is charging huge tax on mobile services. It is no where in the world that you charge Rs. 100 and get 84 . Not just that , there is further taxation on the calls, packages and even calling the helpline; which is not available generally.

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Correction: Duty ends at 5 pm whereas packages end at 12 am. They do have still 7 hours to talk. Isn't it an ample time?

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Yes, but people are not necessarily free just after duty nor the family is free all the time.

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I am amazed that Mr. Rehman Malik is talking about the morality and ethics. This ban has nothing to do with the Moral Values and other such crap. Instead of educating and training your youth to use the technology productively and providing them healthy activities you are banning everything . Its such an irrational and irresponsible thing which is definitely a product of Malik's filthy mind. This ban will only affect the middle and poor class and elite (Which is the hub of immorality ) would not be affected by it. I wish Mr.Rehman Malik could ban the luxurious foreign tours of the families of MNAs and MPAs and many other "Immoral " activities.

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Then its not Govt headache to provide incentives 24/7.

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Universal declaration of Human rights states..

Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right
includes the right to hold opinions without interference and to seek,
receive and impart information and ideas through any media and
regardless of frontiers.


Restriction means a limitation on the use or enjoyment of a property or a facility.

So by putting a ban on late night packages Govt. has limited the use of a facility through which we can receive and impart information and ideas.I consider this as a violation of our basic right.

What i am looking at is not the short term effects of this ban but my eyes are on long term implications of such restrictions.

If it is not Govt.'s headache to provide incentives 24/7 then they should not take pains to put a ban on them if someone else is doing it for us.


Last thing is that late night packages are not free of cost.We were already paying bills and taxes for that.

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Best govt is that governs the least.I think this society is just moving in opposite direction when in other cultures people are reducing intervention of govt into their lives ,we have more and more day by day.I wonder whether this country will be liveable in next two decades or not. We can learn from the experience of others so it is not that mandatory for us to pass through the dark ages and Renaissance to become part of modern civilization.

Can somebody with an insight tell me the actual difference between Taliban Religious Police and one that is headed by 'the Joker' Rehman Malik & Co??????

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Originally Posted by mjkhan Universal declaration of Human rights states.. Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes the right to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. Restriction means a limitation on the use or enjoyment of a property or a facility.

I am overjoyed to read this interpretation of Universal declaration in context to mobile night packages. Great..

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Originally Posted by mjkhan So by putting a ban on late night packages Govt. has limited the use of a facility through which we can receive and impart information and ideas.I consider this as a violation of our basic right. What i am looking at is not the short term affects of this ban but my eyes are on long term implications of such restrictions. If it is not Govt.'s headache to provide incentives 24/7 then they should not take pains to put a ban on them if someone else is doing it for us. Last thing is that late night packages are not free of cost.We are already paying bills and taxes for that.

Cellular companies are going to offer those night packages again but before 12 am. Be happy Bro & enjoy liberty of your rights.

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For telecom companies, its getting more difficult every day to maintain their businesses profitable in Pakistan. Ban on prepaid sims, additional taxes on cell phone recharge cards, temporarily shutting down the networks during religious days , is having its toll on these telecom companies which have made huge investment in Pakistan. If we keep on discouraging the foreign investors, it will just keep on damaging our economy.