Popular social media platform X, formerly Twitter, is still inaccessible to thousands of users across Pakistan, with the government still yet to reveal the reason behind the unannounced shutdown since Saturday.
While boasting of being among the top internet user population globally, Pakistan struggles with internet availability, ranking low compared to its peers, while reportedly authorities intermittently disrupt access to social media platforms.
Ahead of the February 8 general elections, users were unable to access several social media sites, for which authorities concerned blamed an error. However, on the polling day, the internet was shut down to avoid terrorism, according to the caretaker government. Following the sought-after polls, there were repeated disruptions in accessing X.
