ISLAMABAD (The Thursday Times) — Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) ki darkhwast par Meta ne recycle shuda Pakistani mobile numberon par registered taqreeban 1 lakh 76 hazar WhatsApp accounts block kar diye hain, taake dhokebaaz mansookh SIMs par active purane accounts istemal na kar saken.
Masla yeh hai ke jab koi SIM band hoti hai aur baad mein wohi number kisi naye sarif ko jari kiya jata hai to us par registered purana WhatsApp account aksar active rehta hai. PTA ke mutabiq use aise numberon ke zariye WhatsApp par cyber fraud ki mutaddid shikayaat milin, jis ke baad us ne Meta se rabta kiya.
PTA ne taqreeban aik crore recycle shuda number Meta ko faraham kiye hain taake un se munsalik active accounts ki janch ki ja sake. Mulk mein telecom companiyon ke paas taqreeban 1 crore 60 lakh recycle shuda number hain. Dono idaron ne aik mustaqil nizam par ittefaq kiya hai jis ke tehat PTA har mah naye recycle shuda number share karegi aur Meta marhala waar accounts band karega. PTA ke mutabiq guzishta saal Meta ne us ki janib se bheji gayi 82 feesad shikayaat hal kin.
Aap kya karen: agar aap ne apna number badla hai to WhatsApp ka “Change number” feature (Settings > Account > Change number) istemal karen taake aap ka account purane number par na reh jaye. Apne shanakhti card par registered SIMs janne ke liye CNIC number 668 par SMS karen aur jo SIM istemal nahin ho rahi use block kara den. Agar nayi SIM par kisi aur ka WhatsApp account khul jaye to use istemal na karen aur apna naya account banayen.
