Though cutting off access to vital services including access to one’s SIM card may not go as planned. According to the government, the province of Punjab is blocking access to SIM cards used by locals in an effort to demand that they get vaccinated. Unvaccinated residents are also being blocked from almost every walk of life including entering other buildings that aren’t their homes.
Dunya News has more amid an outcry from locals who argue that such may be a step too far.