Pakistan suspends services of social media platforms following violent protest
Pakistan had suspended social media services on Thursday following violent protests by a radical religious group.
By PTI| Posted by Nikita Venkatesh | Updated: 16th April 2021 2:30 pm IST
Islamabad: Pakistan on Friday temporarily suspended the services of social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp to stop their use to organise demonstrations following violent protests by a radical religious group that has now been banned by the government.
The government banned Tehreek-i-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) on Thursday following three days of violent protest by it to force the government to expel the French ambassador over a blasphemous caricature published in France last year.
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Outgoing Chinese consul general says PML-N will always remain a great friend of Communist Party of China
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE
ISLAMABAD:
Outgoing Chinese consul general has heaped praise on incarcerated Leader of Opposition in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif, saying his contributions as Punjab’s chief minister for CPEC projects was “impressive”.
Long Dingbin, Chinese consul general posted in Lahore in a letter dated January 25 addressed to the PML-N president termed the former Punjab CM an “old friend of China” and added that he was impressed by his devotion for the CPEC projects.
“You have made the CPEC projects realised, which not only created impressive ‘Punjab Speed’ but embodied the profound bilateral friendship,” he wrote in a farewell letter.
Interior minister says main entrances to Islamabad will be closely monitored
Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed talking to media in Lahore. PHOTO: PID
ISLAMABAD:
Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid on Tuesday visited the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to oversee security arrangements, ahead of the Pakistan Democratic Movement s (PDM) protest against a delayed verdict by the authority in the foreign funding case involving the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
The interior minister, alongside Home Secretary Yousuf Naseem Khokhar visited the control room and said, everything will be monitored to maintain law and order in the city.
He maintained that entrances to Islamabad will be closely monitored, adding that he hopes the opposition parties maintain peace outside the election commission.