Govt unlikely to lift ban on Prepaid Internet Services Archives

Even though situation has improved in the Valley to a larger extent, the government is unlikely to restore internet services on prepaid mobile connections. The mobile phone services were suspended in the Valley after the killing of 21-year-old popular Hizbul Mujahideen Commander Burhan Muzaffar Wani on July 8, 2016. Government restored the services of post-paid mobile phones first but it continued ban on internet services. Authorities later lifted the ban on postpaid internet services on November 18, 2016 after remaining suspended for 133 days. However, the ban on pre-paid mobile…