PTCL says teams working 'hard' to resolve internet disruption issue

Islamabad: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTCL) on Friday said teams were “diligently” working to resolve the matter of disruptions faced by users since last night.

The internet disruptions followed a fault in one of the subsea internet cables connecting Pakistan which slowed down the network speed in the country.

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) said that the fault developed in the Asia-Africa-Europe-1 (AAE-1) cable near Qatar.

The Africa-Asia-Europe (AAE)-1 cable, which began operations in 2017, connects Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Pakistan, India, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Greece, Italy and France.