Social media apps and websites have started shutting down in Pakistan and according to electronic media reports, social media has been temporarily banned in the country and this ban will last till 4 p.m.
Sources in the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority said that other social media platforms including Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube have been shut down from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., but it was not immediately clear if Why the ban? Some experts say the ban was imposed on an experimental basis, but the government's official position has not been known.