Imran Khan government in Pakistan blocked social networking platform Twitter and video conferencing platform Zoom for a couple of hours on Sunday. However, users were able to access the same through VPN (Virtual Private Network). Many Twitter users also took to the microblogging site to express that Twitter was blocked in Pakistan.
Many Pakistani Twitter users called it a tactic to suppress their voice. https://twitter.com/Qaiser__Khan/status/1262117485412835334?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Some claimed that Pakistan government shut down Twitter and Zoom because of the SAATH Virtual Conference. https://twitter.com/reedumaurier/status/1262127392375672832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/apnedostokijaan/status/1262100413383245824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Among other issues, Pakistanis discussed forced religious conversion of Hindu girls in Sindh. https://twitter.com/AWGoraya/status/1262089481039089669?ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwBaloch activist Sajid Hussain’s mysterious death was also discussed.
https://twitter.com/mazdaki/status/1262088346228178944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw The SAATH Virtual Conference was being held to discuss the atrocities carried out by Imran Khan government and Pakistani Army on Balochistan residents.However, a few hours later, the microblogging site Twitter and Zoom services were both restored in Pakistan.