Youtube Restored In Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: YouTube has been restored after a temporary outage across Pakistan, the disruption occurring during PTI chairman and former Prime Minister Imran Khans address at a rally in Peshawar. Users reported not being able to access YouTube when the website shut down countrywide, The Express Tribune reported.

According to tweets by the users, YouTube was suddenly stopped in all the major and small cities of the country. YouTube has neither confirmed nor denied any service shutdown or interruption.

NetBlocks, an organisation that tracks internet outages, confirmed the reported outage of YouTube service and noted that the disruption came despite the fact that Islamabad High Court had lifted the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority's (Pemra) ban on Khan's live speeches, The Express Tribune reported.

"NetBlocks recommends against the use of network disruptions and social media restrictions to limit political speech, given their disproportionate impact to fundamental rights including freedom of expression and freedom of assembly," the organisation said in a statement. (IANS)

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