PTCL forces subscribers to buy internet package or lose landline in Karachi

KARACHI: With Pakistan Telecommunications Corporation Limited (PTCL) laying new fibre optic cables in Karachi, residents with landlines in many areas, including Defence Housing Authority (DHA), are being told by the phone utility to buy their internet package or lose their landline. “Our landline has been dead for over a month. Now I received a phone call on my cell phone from the PTCL to inform me that they have done away with their copper wire system and laid new fibre optic lines, which is wh...