Plea filed in LHC for ban on TikTok
A civil miscellaneous application filed in the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday sought a ban on online video-sharing application ‘TikTok’ for allegedly promoting immorality.
Advocated Nadeem Sarwar filed the application in the LHC, contending that the mobile-based application is harming youth on a large scale.
He implored the court that TikTok is coercing the youth to act selfish and resort to anything to gain popularity in the online realm.
“They are not only wasting their precious time but are also crossing all moral limits,” he complained.
Moreover, the counsel asserted that the mobile application had resulted in the death of more than 10 people, whereas a girl was molested by her TikTok friends when she went to meet them for a video shoot.
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A large number of lewd and immoral incidents have been recorded in Pakistan, he contested in the petition.
The civil miscellaneous application also claimed that the use of TikTok allegedly violates the Islamic and constitutional norms of the country.
The petitioner prayed the court to order a ban on Tiktok till the pendency of the petition for the sake of securing wellbeing of the people of Pakistan and carrying out the constitutional mandate.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 15th, 2020.