X says 'continue to work' with Pakistan govt to understand its 'concerns'Pakistan banned X for security reasons. Twitter, owned by Elon Musk, remains suspended. Concerns of rigging in the February 8 elections led...
18 Apr, 2024, 02.34 PM IST
Pakistan High Court orders government to restore X in one weekThe platform, formerly known as Twitter, has been rarely accessible since February 17, when jailed former prime minister Imran Khan's party...
17 Apr, 2024, 04.36 PM IST
Twitter relocates Gilgit-Baltistan users to Jammu and Kashmir, shocks PakistanAs per the Pakistan English-language newspaper, even after the users turn the location feature on the app, tweets sent from the region are ...
10 Jul, 2023, 08.08 AM IST
Pakistan government's Twitter account withheld in IndiaWhen anyone tries to access the Twitter account of the Pakistan government, it says, "Account Withheld @GovtofPakistan's account has been w...
30 Mar, 2023, 09.47 AM IST
India bans Pakistan-based OTT platform Vidly TVGovernment's action against Pakistan-based Vidly TV follows the web series "Sevak: The Confessions" which was "determined to be detrimental...
12 Dec, 2022, 08.03 PM IST
Government of Pakistan's twitter account withheld in IndiaThe twitter handle shows that the account has been withheld in response to a legal demand. It is not yet clear what prompted the move again...
01 Oct, 2022, 11.34 AM IST
Pakistan likely to remove restriction on air space usagePakistan fully closed its airspace on February 27 after an IAF strike on a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terror camp in Balakot.
01 Jun, 2019, 05.13 PM IST
Pak telecom authority threatens to ban TwitterTwitter has been warned by Pakistan's telecom authority that the micro-blogging site could be banned in the country for not complying with ...
16 Aug, 2018, 02.16 PM IST
Gurinder Chadha calls Pakistan ban on 'Partition: 1947' release 'unfortunate'The film has been banned of over 'misrepresentation'of Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
21 Aug, 2017, 07.12 PM IST
Government non-committal on action against Islamist preacher Zakir NaikRohan Imtiaz, son of an Awami League leader, ran a propaganda on Facebook last year quoting controversial Indian Islamic preacher Zakir Nai...
05 Jul, 2016, 08.10 PM IST
Pakistan bans Islamic State militant groupThe group -- which is banned under a UN sanctions regime -- is believed to have gained a foothold in the border regions of Pakistan and Afg...
29 Aug, 2015, 12.31 PM IST
Pakistan blocks WordPress, outrage erupts onlineInternet users in Pakistan see a message, 'this website is not accessible' when trying to access blogs and sites hosted on wordpress.com.
23 Mar, 2015, 02.14 PM IST
Mumbai terror attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed's Twitter account suspendedThe micro-bogging site apparently on its own took the action against the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief.
08 Dec, 2014, 08.27 PM IST
Twitter restores access to blasphemous material in PakistanTwitter said it had now dropped the ban because the watchdog had not followed up its initial requests with further documentation.
18 Jun, 2014, 06.04 PM IST
Pakistan ban on YouTube stays even after one yearIt was September 17, 2012 when then PM Raja Pervez Ashraf ordered Information Ministry to block YouTube in Pakistan.
17 Sep, 2013, 04.30 PM IST
Pakistan to lift ban on YouTube: Rehman MalikThe government to lift the ban on YouTube and Twitter last night, precautions would be taken to filter blasphemous material and pornography.
29 Dec, 2012, 03.26 PM IST
- Pak blocks 800 URLs over Facebook cartoon row
Pakistani authorities have blocked 800 URLs that feature "blasphemous" and "sacrilegious" content in the wake of the ban on Facebook and Yo...
22 May, 2010, 10.09 PM IST