The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has blocked all social media platforms, including Twitter, WhatsApp, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, for a few hours, Samaa News reported, quoting sources.
A temporary ban has been imposed on Facebook, Twitter, Tiktok, WhatsApp, and YouTube. They will resume working at 4 pm.
The decision has been taken to maintain the law and order situation in the country.
The step comes a day after Pakistan imposed a ban on the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan. PEMRA even blocked all TV channels from providing any coverage to the banned organization.
The Ministry of Interior said in its notification that the government has reasonable grounds to believe that the TLP “engaged in terrorism, acted in a manner prejudicial to the peace and security of the country”. The group “intimidated the public, caused grievous bodily harm, hurt and death to the personnel of law enforcement agencies and innocent bystanders”, it said.
The party has been proscribed under section 11B of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997. It empowers the government to ban an organization involved in terrorism.
This is a breaking story.
Source: Samaa.tv
