Social Media Banned For 6 Days In Pakistan government is set to ban all social media platforms, including YouTube, WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok, from July 13 to 18 to control “hate material” during Ramadan. This decision follows a four-month block of X, formerly Twitter.
Chief minister Maryam Nawaz’s cabinet committee on law and order recommended the ban during 6 to 11 Muharram to “control hate material, misinformation to avoid sectarian violence” in Punjab, a province with over 120 million people, according to a Punjab government notification issued late Thursday night.
Late Thursday night stated that the cabinet committee on law and order, led by Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, has recommended banning all social media platforms—including YouTube, X, WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok—during the period of 6 to 11 Muharram (July 13–18) in Punjab, a province with over 120 million people.
Maryam Nawaz’s Punjab administration has asked her uncle Shehbaz Sharif’s government at the Center to issue an announcement suspending all social media platforms on the internet for six days, from July 13 to 18.