PTCL says internet services fully restored following countrywide disruption – Pakistan

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTCL) said Wednesday that internet services have been fully restored, one day after Pakistan faced a nationwide disruption following a failure in its submarine cables.

In a statement from the PTCL spokesperson, the company regretted any inconvenience caused by the interruption of services.

A spokesman for the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) also confirmed the restoration of internet services, adding that SEAMEWE 4 was restored at 1:35 a.m.

in a Send Shared on Twitter on Tuesday, PTCL had said: "We regret to inform you that due to the international failure of the submarine cable, internet services are affected throughout Pakistan."

"Our technical teams are working to completely restore Internet services. We apologize for any inconvenience caused and thanks for your patience."

According to ProPakistani, two submarine cables had been disconnected, disrupting the Internet in the country.

"IMEWE and SEAMEWE 4, which carry almost 50 percent of Pakistan's Internet traffic, were disconnected due to a fault in a location that has not yet been determined," he said.

Internet users across the country would experience reduced speeds until the fault is resolved, ProPakistani He had informed, adding that, Internet service providers were "in the process of moving the cargo to other underwater systems, which will balance the load to some extent."

In a post shared on Twitter, PTCL clarified today that the AAE1 submarine cable "was never idle" during the cut. They added that some had reported this wrong.

There was also an Internet outage earlier this year, in June, when services were interrupted due to "multiple cable cuts."