Pakistan mobile network being restored after day-long election blackout

Polling staff count ballots at a polling station after polls closed, during the general election, in Lahore, Pakistan, February 8, 2024. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar
Mobile phone services were being gradually restored across Pakistan on Thursday, the interior ministry said, after a day-long blackout during voting in general elections.
"Mobile phone services are being gradually restored in different parts of the country," a ministry statement said.