10 FAO No. 42 of 2016. services of a licensee is explicitly provided under sub section (3) of section 54 ibid. There is no other provision in the Act of 1996 which vests the power or jurisdiction in either the Authority or the Federal Government to suspend or cause suspension of operations, functions or services of a licensee on the ground of “National Security”. The legislature, by using clear and unambiguous language, has confined the power and jurisdiction of the Federal Government to issue policy directives by using the expression "not inconsistent with the provisions of the Act' in sub sections (1) and (2A) of section 8 of the Act of 1996. The Federal Government, therefore, cannot issue any policy directive on matters relating to telecommunication policy referred to in sub section (2) of section 8 which would be inconsistent with the other provisions. The power under section 8 is neither independent nor exclusive, rather the language used by the legislature makes it obvious that it has been made subject to the other provisions of the Act of 1996. Sub section (1) of section 8 has an overriding effect over sub section (2) and, therefore, the latter provision cannot be read in isolation. Clause (c) of sub section (2) of section 8 is, therefore, to be read with sub section (1) ibid. A plain reading of the Policy Directive and SOP unambiguously shows that they are inconsistent with sub section (3) of section 54 of the Act of 1996. As already noted above, the only eventuality contemplated under the Act of 1996 to cause the suspension of operation of a licensee is when the President has proclaimed an Emergency in the