‘X is banned amid security concerns,’ reveals Attaullah Tarar

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaulah Tarar reiterated on Friday that the ban on social media platform X (formerly Twitter) has been imposed amid security concerns in Pakistan.

Speaking to Voice of America in New York, he cleared that this particular step taken by the previous interim government should not be perceived as an attempt to curb freedom of expression.

The Information Minister pointed out that X was being used by separatist and terrorist groups, which were propogating against the country.

“Terrorists broadcast their terrorist activities on social media,” he said.

Tarrar stressed on the need to establish a mechanism to regulate social media to avoid its misuse.

“As Pakistanis, we can request the management of X to remove anti-state content uploaded by terrorists,” he added.