<p>Mobile phones have now become a "weapon of terrorism" as most bombings in Pakistan are conducted through them, Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>He said that during the month of Muharram, mobile phone services were suspended in many cities which helped in avoiding blasts, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported.<br /><br />"Mobile phones are now a weapon of terrorism as all improvised bombings are conducted through them," Malik said.<br /><br />The minister said legislation should be brought to ban the sale of illegal mobile phone SIM cards.<br /><br />The South Asia Terrorism Portal, which compiles reports of terror attacks, says more than 1,000 people were killed and 2,700 injured in bomb attacks in Pakistan in 2012.</p>
<p>Mobile phones have now become a "weapon of terrorism" as most bombings in Pakistan are conducted through them, Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>He said that during the month of Muharram, mobile phone services were suspended in many cities which helped in avoiding blasts, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported.<br /><br />"Mobile phones are now a weapon of terrorism as all improvised bombings are conducted through them," Malik said.<br /><br />The minister said legislation should be brought to ban the sale of illegal mobile phone SIM cards.<br /><br />The South Asia Terrorism Portal, which compiles reports of terror attacks, says more than 1,000 people were killed and 2,700 injured in bomb attacks in Pakistan in 2012.</p>