Overview

• CCP chairman Kabir Sidhu told a Senate committee the commission expects to issue a comprehensive order on the PTCL–Telenor merger within two weeks.
• The kistan TeTelecommunication Authority said the planned December 5G spectrum auction cannot proceed until the Ufone–Telenor consolidation is completed.
• Telenor warned that a 21‑month approval delay is eroding confidence, citing a telecom investment drop of more than 60% and projecting the merged operator would hold about 36% of subscribers and 32% of revenue.
• CCP officials said recent delays stemmed from late data submissions and procedural complexities, noting they sought further clarifications from PTCL last month.
• Lawmakers were briefed on a Ministry of Interior probe into large‑scale personal data theft and referred a disputed Rs6 billion tariff collection by Jazz to the Public Accounts Committee.