SBP rebuts reports it withheld payments to Google

ISLAMABAD: Confusion continued to prevail over the central bank’s alleged decision to withhold certain payments to foreign service providers and thus put the citizens at risk of losing access to certain paid apps and services come next month.

While the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has dismissed as “baseless and misleading” reports that it had withheld payments to Google, the telecom industry and other stakeholders said all was not well and there were at least some “unannounced restrictions”...