{"id":46184,"date":"2024-08-25T13:11:37","date_gmt":"2024-08-25T08:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=46184"},"modified":"2024-08-25T13:11:37","modified_gmt":"2024-08-25T08:11:37","slug":"pta-debunks-rumors-of-atm-closures-in-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/pta-debunks-rumors-of-atm-closures-in-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"PTA debunks rumors of ATM closures in Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/pta-warns-atms-closure-countrywide-details-inside\/\">Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA)<\/a> has debunked rumors circulating on social media about the potential closure of ATMs in Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the PTA clarified that there are no issues with the availability or closure of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/internet-slowdown-in-pakistan-due-to-this-reason-details-inside\/\">long-distance international (LDI)<\/a> networks that could impact the IT or financial sector, including ATM networks.<\/p>\n<p>The authority also stated that operations of<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/lhc-reserves-verdict-scolds-state-counsel-for-lack-of-knowledge-on-internet-disruptions\/\"> expired LDI licensees<\/a> have not been suspended or shut down. This confirmation comes after a banking consortium, which manages the country&#8217;s major e-payment gateway, and the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) also denied the fake reports.<\/p>\n<p>The public has been advised to disregard such hoaxes and consult their banks for guidance. The rumors had falsely warned of an alleged &#8220;ransomware attack&#8221; and advised people to avoid using ATMs and online banking for several days.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, a rumor spread on social media stating that the PTA has warned of ATM closure countywide due to LDI license expiry affecting both online banking and internet speed in Pakistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has debunked rumors circulating on social media about the potential closure of ATMs in Pakistan. In a statement, the PTA clarified that there are no issues with the availability or closure of long-distance international (LDI) networks that could impact the IT or financial sector, including ATM networks. The authority [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":45719,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4210,599,20826],"class_list":["post-46184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-pta","tag-state-bank-of-pakistan","tag-atm-closure-in-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46184"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46185,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46184\/revisions\/46185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}