According to their latest announcement, the organisation is bringing Pakistan’s first 5G deployment to Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJ&K). SCO & The “5G Joke”The announcement, shared on SCO’s official channels, was met not with applause… but with a barrage of criticism. Another user added:Even 4G doesn’t work properly here… going after 5G is a strange joke. While SCO touts “smarter services”, users in areas like Mangla report that signals vanish the moment they cross into AJK. For the freelancers, students, and businesses in AJK who are currently struggling to send a simple WhatsApp message, a futuristic 5G promise feels less like progress and more like a distraction.