shutdown of social media and instant messaging platforms after days of violent anti-France protests. In a notice to the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, the Interior Ministry requested a "complete blocking" of Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube and Telegram until 3pm. It gave no reason for the ban, but it came a day after French citizens and companies in Pakistan were advised by their embassy to temporarily leave after rallies led by an extremist party paralysed large parts of the country and left two police officers dead. Pakistani security officials arrest TLP supporters blocking a road in Rawalpindi. EPA TLP supporters attacked police in Lahore. Reuters