Overview
- A provincial Home Department order sets a Nov 10–16 suspension of mobile internet across all 36 districts targeting rural areas, with Quetta district explicitly exempt.
- Authorities earlier confirmed outages in Quetta as security was tightened, though the formal order later clarified the district’s exemption.
- Travel on the Loralai section of National Highway N-70 is suspended until Nov 14, and notices paused passenger services from Quetta toward Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa via Loralai and Zhob/Dera Ismail Khan.
- Police and Frontier Corps deployments have expanded in and around Quetta, with strict checks at major entry and exit points.
- Temporary school closures through Nov 16 and widespread connectivity issues are disrupting education, media work, healthcare and commerce.