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Article

29 Nov 2015

Author:
Ashley Carman, The Verge

Pakistan: BlackBerry leaves following government backdoor demands

BlackBerry is pulling out of Pakistan entirely next year, saying it won't sell devices or services there because the government has demanded access to BlackBerry Enterprise Service emails and BBM chats. Pakistan issued a shutdown order on BlackBerry services in July of this year, telling the country’s mobile phone operators the company would no longer be allowed to operate in the country after Nov. 30 due to "security reasons."..COO Marty Beard said that while the company would prefer not to leave the market, "remaining in Pakistan would have meant forfeiting our commitment to protect our users’ privacy" and that was "a compromise we are not willing to make."