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Published in TZ Latest News 30 November, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff

BlackBerry delays Pakistan shutdown as talks on government access continue

BlackBerry Ltd (BB.TO) will delay shutting down its operations in Pakistan until Dec. 30 as negotiations continue over government demands for access to users’ private data, the company and the telecoms authority said on Monday. The state-run Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) had in July demanded BlackBerry give it access to its BlackBerry Enterprise Services, which encrypt data such as emails and instant messages, or shut it down by Nov. 30. The PTA on Monday then suggested a one-month extension to that deadline, its chairman Syed Ismail Shah said.