QUETTA:

The Balochistan government on Friday suspended mobile internet services across Quetta for 24 hours in response to intelligence-based security alerts, officials from the provincial Home Department confirmed.

The decision, aimed at preventing any potential unrest, will remain in effect until midnight. Authorities said the measure was part of broader efforts to maintain law and order in the provincial capital, where security has been placed on high alert.

The city's Red Zone — housing key government offices and installations — has been heavily fortified, with police, Frontier Corps (FC) and paramilitary units deployed at sensitive points across Quetta.

The move followed a letter to the Ministry of Interior, in which the provincial government requested the suspension of 3G and 4G s

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