Chairman of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), Major General Retired Hafeez ur Rehman, has said that Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) can be blocked nationwide, but doing so may harm businesses.
While giving a briefing on telecommunication issues to the a Senate Standing Committee, he said, “The government is allowing VPNs, after which unauthorized VPN in Pakistan will not work.”
Talking about controversial content on social media, the PTA chairman said, ” If any post is against the laws of Pakistan, we close the social media platform on the request of the government. Blocking a specific post is impossible.”
Earlier, he said that PTA will unblock X (formerly Twitter) the day the government allows it.
The government of Pakistan banned X in February during elections. Users can access it only by using VPNs.
