Tech Desk 
Sep 12, 2025
As Pakistan continues to face intermittent internet slowdowns, prompted by the recent damage to undersea cables in the Red Sea, experts have announced that restoring these damaged cables could take weeks.
Besides Pakistan, the ongoing internet disruptions have also affected Asia, the Middle East and a few more countries.
The disruption was allegedly caused by a ship’s anchor, as figured out by experts, TechJuice reported.
The International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC) report outlined that around 15 vital subsea cables crossing the Bab el-Mandeb Strait are susceptible to maritime accidents.
During the Red Sea cable incident, three major systems—SEA-ME-WE-4, IMEWE, and FALCON GCX—were damaged, leading to connectivity issues in the region.
The same discord led to a widespread blackout on Microsoft's Azure cloud network, which suffered increased latency on September 6.
Microsoft Azure outage was attributed to the cable cuts, which then resulted in ongoing internet slowdowns.
It was also reported that global internet traffic has not completely collapsed, yet users in Pakistan and other affected regions are experiencing severe disruptions.
According to connectivity watchdog NetBlocks, which tracked issues across at least ten countries, customers of telecommunications providers such as Etisalat and Du were particularly affected.
