Internet outage after protests
Internet users witnessed the disruption while accessing social media websites. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE
Following nationwide protests and riots after the arrest of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan in Islamabad on Tuesday, the internet serves in the country was shut down.
According to the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), the internet service had been shut in Islamabad and Rawalpindi for the time being. The Punjab government also stopped the mobile phone service.
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The telecommunications watchdog told Reuters that mobile data services were being suspended on interior ministry orders, while Netblocks, a global internet monitor, said access to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube had been restricted.