The extreme decision was made during a meeting of high-ranking civil and military officials chaired by Punjab Health Minister Yasmin Rashid.
Rashid said that the policy would disable SIM cards belonging to those who fail to get vaccinated “beyond a certain time.”
“We are doing all we can to compel people to get vaccinated… The government cannot allow individuals, who do not want to get vaccinated, to risk lives of those who are already vaccinated,”the health minister told Pakistan’s Express Tribune. She said that the provincial government would devise a timeline for the policy’s implementation once it received formal approval from the National Command and Operation Center, which coordinates Pakistan’s national response to Covid-19.
Punjab’s Primary and Secondary Health Department announced the measure on Thursday in a tweet detailing the outcome of the meeting.
“Mobile SIMS of people not getting vaccinated may be blocked,” the department wrote.
Officials later signaled that the plan was moving forward.
“[A] final decision has been taken to block the mobile SIM cards of people not getting vaccinated,”Punjab Specialized Healthcare Department spokesman Syed Hammad Raza told Dawn, a Pakistani daily.
Citing a senior health department official, the paper said that the Punjab government will seek help from the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) in order to implement the policy.
The measure is designed to counter “negative propaganda” about the jab and ensure that vaccination targets are met, Dawn reported, citing the official. The provincial government is aiming to vaccinate 40 million residents by November.
In addition to the SIM card restrictions, authorities might also ban unvaccinated people from going to parks, restaurants and malls, according to media reports.
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It's looking like the beast system is setting itself up more & more every day. So much easier for them if everyone just co-operated and volunteers to accept their culling of the herd. And if you question any part of it, you will continue to be condemned to further coercion until you run out of options. I was watching a movie called "Divergent" recently (was a series from a few years ago) & it shamelessly borrowed from 1984, The Matrix & Logan's Run. Only we are seeing the same familiar pattern taking shape in real life, right before our very eyes. The walls are closing incrementally, towards a Totalitarian agenda. Yet the harder they push, the Holy Spirit is resisting those who recognize the Truth. We are truly living in remarkable times. Maranatha!
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