Pak to block sim cards of over half a million tax defaulters

The government led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has instructed the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and other telecom companies to deactivate the mobile phone SIM cards of more than 500,000 individuals who have failed to submit their tax returns. The development came a day after Shehbaz Sharif pledged at the closing plenary session of the World Economic Forum (WEF) special conference in Riyadh.