The Sindh High Court ordered the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to restore social networking site “X” across the country.
The court said that the “X” service should be restored without any disruption or interruption.
The Sindh High Court has sought a detailed response from the PTA and other parties on the upcoming hearing.
The court restrained the PTA from unjustifiably shutting down the Internet, websites X and other social media platforms.
Report of the hearing
Earlier in the Sindh High Court, a case related to the shutdown of internet and social media across the country was heard, in which a 2-member bench headed by Chief Justice High Court Justice Aqeel Abbasi expressed regret over the shutdown of internet service.
The Sindh High Court issued a 2-page written order and said that it is regrettable to say that the internet has been shut down despite the court orders. The relevant institutions should ensure the restoration of internet throughout the country.
The court ordered that public access to social media platforms should be ensured in accordance with the law, and said that action would be taken against the relevant authorities if no concrete reasons were given for the internet shutdown. Shouldn’t, nor slow down.
The Sindh High Court directed that if this situation persists, the court should be informed at the next hearing.
PTA’s counsel told the court that on the day of the election on February 8, the Internet was blocked on the report of the Ministry of Home Affairs and various agencies, to be given time to submit additional responses and take instructions from the authorities concerned.
The Sindh High Court said that the lawyer of the federal government and the Sindh government have also sought time for the reply, so the further hearing of the case will now be held on March 5.