Made-in-China cellphones blocked in Pakistan

The Chinese cellphones that flooded Pakistan markets over the past one year, and are in great demand for being cheaper than the branded phones, have suddenly been blocked allegedly by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), though the Authority denied having done so.
According to the Dawn, hundreds of Chinese mobile phones of one particular serial number or International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) 135790246811220 suddenly went dead in Pakistan.
Over the past two days, hundreds of users of the Chinese mobile sets had been fighting to get their phones activated after they mysteriously became non-functional, added the paper.