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The Monexus
Vol. I · No. 169
Thursday, 18 June 2026
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Pakistan's Fiber-Optic Infrastructure Under Siege as Cable Theft Disrupts Lahore Connectivity

A wave of fiber-optic cable thefts in Pakistan's Punjab province has exposed acute vulnerabilities in the country's digital infrastructure, raising questions about surveillance capacity and the resilience of telecommunications networks relied upon by millions.

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This publication covered the Lahore outages as a physical infrastructure security story, treating telecommunications vulnerabilities as distinct from but related to cybersecurity concerns. Wire services focused primarily on consumer impact; this article foregrounds the structural factors enabling recurring cable theft.

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