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A Pakistani Minister has warned that the authorities whitethorn see banning societal media platforms if they bash not cooperate with authorities.
Minister of State for Law and Justice Barrister Aqeel Malik made these remarks connected Thursday (December 11, 2025), according to a Dawn report.
The societal media level X, which astir 4.5 cardinal radical successful Pakistan use, was blocked successful February 2024, astir 10 days aft the wide elections.
Speaking connected Dawn News programme, Barrister Malik, responding to a question astir a imaginable prohibition connected incarcerated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) laminitis and erstwhile Prime Minister Imran Khan’s X account, said “investigations are ongoing.” He added that portion the authorities has contacted X, the level has shown the slightest practice compared to different societal media networks.
Criticising X, the Minister said the level should not run with treble standards.
“Posts related to Palestine are removed, and accounts blocked, wrong 24 hours. Here, we are talking astir a substance of terrorism,” helium said.
He further noted that the authorities has issued reminders to societal media platforms and warned that those who neglect to cooperate oregon coordinate could look a ban, akin to actions taken by Brazil.
“Brazil’s courts had issued orders, which were past accepted, and a good of $5.2 cardinal was paid. All contented taken retired of discourse was removed,” Barrister Malik said.
X had 22 cardinal users successful Brazil earlier it was blocked connected August 30 by Brazilian Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes for failing to comply with a bid of tribunal orders aimed astatine combatting disinformation.
Barrister Malik said that contiguous the authorities again issued a reminder, emphasising that it had already warned that these platforms are being utilized for terrorism, misinformation, and disinformation.
“We person asked them to unfastened offices present successful Pakistan, but determination has been nary response. Some societal media platforms are cooperating well, but X is cooperating the least,” helium added.
Earlier, connected October 4, the Minister said that investigations regarding Khan’s X relationship were ongoing and that interaction with the level was underway.
He had said that immoderate measures regarding a imaginable artifact of Khan’s relationship would beryllium disclosed erstwhile further grounds comes to light.
According to an October station connected his authoritative X account, Khan was besides quizzed successful situation by Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) officials astir his “anti-state” tweets, captious remarks connected overseas argumentation and different topics.
A period earlier that, successful September, a petition was filed successful the Islamabad High Court (IHC) challenging the alleged inflammatory posts made from the authoritative X relationship of the PTI laminitis during his imprisonment.
The petitioner requested the tribunal to nonstop the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) and the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to behaviour a thorough probe to find who has been operating the PTI founder’s relationship portion helium remains incarcerated.
Khan, imprisoned since August 2023, is serving a condemnation astatine the Adiala Jail successful a £190 cardinal corruption lawsuit and besides faces pending trials nether the Anti-Terrorism Act related to the protests of May 9, 2023, reported Dawn.
