According to news sources, earlier this week, top military official announced a security risk indicating that some incoming and outbound internet traffic landed in India before being routed to its destinations.
Maj-Gen Amir Azeem Bajwa, Director General SCO (Special Communications Organisation), during a briefing to the National Assembly Standing Committee on Information Technology said:
“The network which brings internet traffic into Pakistan through submarine cables has been developed by a consortium that has Indian companies either as partners or shareholders, which is a serious security concern. We would like to propose a new alternative network system to be set up in Gwadar for the flow of internet traffic,”
Mr Bajwa was seeking approval for the establishment of a cross-border optic fiber connectivity network under the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP).
The project will include laying of over 800 kilometres fibre optic cables along the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) starting from Khunjerab to Rawalpindi to Gwadar and finally terminating in Karachi.
Source: Dawn News
