Following the announcement on Thursday by the Pakistani government that a two-month ban was in place due to security concerns, social media site X stated it would work with them “to understand its concerns.”
In their first remarks since the site’s disruption, X’s Global Government Affairs team stated, “We continue to work with the Pakistani Government to understand their concerns.”
After a government official admitted to manipulating votes in the February election, the PTI called for protests on February 17. Since then, the platform—formerly known as Twitter—has hardly been accessible.
According to a report given to the Islamabad High Court, where one of several challenges to the ban is being examined, the Interior Ministry stated on Wednesday that X was prohibited for security reasons.
The government was given a week to restore access to social networking site X by the Sindh High Court on the same day.
A lawyer opposing the ban, Moiz Jaaferi, told AFP that the government has been given a week by the Sindh High Court to retract the letter; if they don’t, they would issue the necessary instructions on the following date.
This week is when the court’s ruling is anticipated to be released.
