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 Abdur Rehman,
 Adnan Akmal†,
 Asad Shafiq,
 Azhar Ali,
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 Faisal Iqbal,
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Pak bans cell phone packages on moral grounds

Pakistan’s telecom regulator has directed all companies to discontinue voice and text chat packages to stop youth from indulging in activities "contrary to the moral values of society". The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) acted after the federal government received complaints 

from lawmakers and hardline groups about mobile phone packages that allow users to make cheap calls late at night.

In a communication, PTA told cellular companies that the packages should be stopped forthwith as they are "contrary to the moral values of our society".

"Stop all kinds of chat packages (voice and SMS) irrespective of 'time of the day' and submit compliance by September 2 positively," said the directive signed by PTA director general Muhammad Talib Dogar.

A PTA official said: "We had sent the telecom companies a letter in November 2012 to comply with our directions but they have still not complied and are offering these packages."

Leaders of hardline groups and parliamentarians from religious parties and the ruling PML-N had demanded that the government should ban such mobile phone packages as young boys and girls were using them to indulge in "immoral" activities.

Speaking in the Punjab assembly recently, PML-N legislator Sheikh Allauddin said: "Boys and girls talk the whole night on mobile phones and these packages are destroying the moral character of our youth." The packages also came under fire in the National Assembly or lower house of parliament, with some lawmakers claiming they were against the moral values of Pakistani society.

On the other hand, cellular companies like Mobilink, Ufone, Zong, Telenor and Warid have reacted strongly to the PTA's directive and said the ban on packages provided during the day is beyond their comprehension.

A large number of people are availing of packages that allow them to call a selected number of friends and relatives at lower rates, officials of the mobile companies said.

"One wonders how these are contrary to the moral values of our society. On the demand of extremists, night and day mobile packages are banned. YouTube is already banned," said an official of a cellular company who did not want to be named.

"These extremists may demand a ban on Facebook and social media as well, as these are also considered by many in our society as instrumental to spreading obscenity," he said.

Pakistan's telecom industry is one of the most profitable in the world. In the past five years, the country has witnessed a boom in the cellular industry with the number of mobile phone users increasing dramatically.

A senior official of a telecom company said the PTA's decision is likely to further strain an industry already burdened with heavy taxation.

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Zimbabwe players agree to play first Test

Zimbabwe's players have decided against boycotting the Test series against Pakistan, easing some of the uncertainty over whether the matches would take place. The players had been protesting against late payments, and had set Zimbabwe Cricket a Monday deadline to transfer the money to their accounts.

The players haven't received their dues yet butBrendan Taylor, the captain, told ESPNcricinfo they were willing to "take the word of ZC that they will pay before the second Test."

The only Zimbabwe player who has refused to play the first Test, which starts on Tuesday, is Sean Williams, who decided he wouldn't take part unless he was paid. Wilfred Mukondiwa, the MD of Zimbabwe Cricket, said the board was working with its bankers to ensure players received their payments at the earliest.

Other than Williams, the only Zimbabwe player to miss Monday's training session was Taylor, who was away on paternity leave. He was expecting the birth of his son on Monday, and Taylor had not yet decided whether he would play the first Test.

Zimbabwe's players had aborted their training session ahead of last Friday's ODI against Pakistan, and there had been doubts over whether that game would go ahead. The players and their newly-formed union decided against boycotting the ODI but the Test series was in danger till today's decision.

The latest pay dispute first reared its head two weeks ago, before the start of the Pakistan tour, when the players formed a union and refused to train until their demands were met.

This is not the first time salaries have caused problems in Zimbabwe cricket this year. The players threateneda boycott before their April series against Bangladesh in protest over what they considered an unsatisfactory daily allowance for non-centrally contracted players.