9 FAO No. 42 of 2016. under the Act of 1996 or to 'cause suspension of operations', functions or services of any licensee for such time as it may deem necessary. However, the power vested under section 54(3) has been expressly confined to the eventuality or happening of the 'proclamation of emergency by the President'. The proviso to sub section (3) of section 54 provides that the Federal Government may compensate any licensee whose facility and services have been affected on account of invoking the powers described ibid. The power to suspend or 'cause suspension of operation, functions or services of any licensee' is exclusively provided under section 54(3) of the Act of 1996. It is relevant to note that the Act of 1996, by no stretch of the imagination, independently vests power in the President to 'proclaim an emergency'. The power and jurisdiction vested in the President relating to the 'Proclamation of Emergency' is provided under Part X of the Constitution i.e. from Articles 232 to 237. 10. A plain reading of the Act of 1996 as a whole and the above highlighted provisions unambiguously shows that the said statute is a comprehensive special law covering, inter alia, all matters relating to the regulation of telecommunication industry and services. The rights of a licensee as well as a customer of telecommunication services, such as mobile service operations, are determinable and exclusively regulated under the Act of 1996. The power to suspend or cause suspension of operations, functions or