PTCL Ownership: Passing on Call Information to CIA?

January 13th, 2012 | Posted by Ammar Faheem in Controversies | Government | Legal Issues | Pakistan | PTCL | Telecom News

Mubasher Lucman - Anchorperson

Renowned Pakistani anchor and journalist, Mubasher Lucman, has thrown things into a tailspin by making a massive claim using Twitter.

He believes that due to the UAE based ownership of the PTCL, the organization is passing on sensitive information to CIA – implying a Shamsi air-base like scenario where the base was leased to UAE who further sub-leased it to the US Air force.

Etisalat Group (UAE) has a controlling stake of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL).

Following is a snapshot of his tweets:

He claims:

UAE company owners of PTCL are reportedly passing sensitive information to CIA. Will Imran Khan take up this matter??

Pakistan’s security under serious threat due to PTCL ownership. All calls monitored and emails hacked for CIA- Claims an insider

PTCL owns UFONE a large advertiser thus television chs dont wish to loose revenues by probing in these allegations.

Who is the insider? How has he come to know of these details? Well, he is a journalist and that is what they are paid to – find out such things and report.

It is worth mentioning here that the PTCL was acquired by Etisalat Group, a large sum of the acquisition money is still pending payment.

It is also worth mentioning here that on Twitter, Mubasher Lucman has tweeted only 21 times and his profile isn’t verified by Twitter either which leaves room for discussion UNTIL he goes live with the allegations on television himself.

Disclaimer: Please note this report is based on Public Tweets published by Mr. Mubasher Lucman and Telecomistan.com bears no responsibility of his claims and allegations.

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  • http://www.telecompk.net/ Arsalan Mir

    Ammar he also tweets on Jan 9 that he shall be more active on Twitter henceforth…

    • Ammar Faheem

      I agree, Arsalan. It was important to mention from a balanced reporting point of view.

      • http://telecompk.net/2012/01/13/mubasher-lucman-burns-telephone-sets-claims-ptcl-passing-sensitive-information-to-cia/ Arsalan Mir

         Indeed important. Also noteworthy is his attitude towards PTCL in an earlier show.

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