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<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">After violent protests broke out across the province on May 9 in response to the detention of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, the Internet service was shut down for four days.</p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">Therefore, the interior ministry decided to stop providing Internet access nationwide.</p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">The violence resulted in four fatalities and several injuries, and the state of law and order appeared precarious as a result of several protesters breaking into and vandalizing property in high-security areas.</p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">Read more here: <a href="https://gospeedcheck.com/article/facebook-twitter-and-youtube-were-not-accessible-in-pakistan-for-three-days-1171" target="_blank"><strong>Why were Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube Blocked in Pakistan</strong></a>?</p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center"><img alt="Social media apps remain suspended across Pakistan" src="http://gospeedcheck.com/filemanager/data-images/imgs/20230525/Pakistan-Telecommunication-Authority-Restored-Internet-Service-1.jpg" style="display:block; height:500px; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; width:960px"><em>Social media apps remain suspended across Pakistan</em></p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">The PTA declared in a statement that Internet access had been restored nationally, but the social media apps had been suspended and that a decision had yet to be taken about whether to reinstate them.</p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">The suspension of social media apps like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram has continued to stir up controversy despite the restoration of Internet connectivity.</p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">Government officials initially enforced the suspension, citing worries about the propagation of false information and its possible impact on public order and safety.</p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">The PTA also stated that Rana Sanaullah, the Minister of Interior, would decide whether to reinstate social media.</p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">The Global System for Mobile Communication (GSMA) had previously raised concerns regarding Pakistan’s suspension of broadband Internet.</p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">The GSMA urged the government to stop Internet outages in an urgent letter to the Federal Minister of Information Technology and Telecommunication Syed Aminul Haq.</p>

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