Postpaid mobile phone services restored in Kashmir

Postpaid mobile phone services  were restored tonight in unrest-hit Kashmir, seven days after  these service were snapped as a precautionary measure.        

SRINAGAR: Postpaid mobile phone services  were restored tonight in unrest-hit Kashmir, seven days after  these service were snapped as a precautionary measure.        

"With the improvement in the situation, it has been  decided to restore postpaid mobile telephony from tonight," a  police spokesman said.     

The mobile telephone service (voice calls and SMS  facilities) were restored at 9.30 pm.     

These services were suspended on September 12, a day  ahead of Eid-ul Azha in view of the separatists' call for  march to the local office of UN military observers group.         

Mobile internet services, however, continue to remain  suspended for third consecutive month.  These services were snapped in July in the aftermath of  killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani in an  encounter with security forces.

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