Pakistan suspends cell phone service in 53 cities, districts
Pakistan January 3 suspended cell phone service in 53 cities and districts to prevent terrorist attacks on the eve of Chehlum, which honours the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain, media reported.
Phone service, both landline and cell, was disrupted for much of Monday in Far West Texas after a fiber-optic line just south of Monahans got cut by mistake, an AT&T spokeswoman said.