IHC seeks replies on U-16 social media ban plea

ISLAMABAD:

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has issued notices to the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) and the Social Media Protection and Regulatory Authority, seeking their responses to a plea to make them parties to a case seeking ban on social media use by children under 16.

Chief Justice Sarfraz Dogar heard the miscellaneous application.

The petitioner, Waqas Nasir, was represented by lawyers Muhammad Jalal Haider and Yahya Fareed Khawaja, who requested the court to include NADRA and the Social Media Protection and Regulatory Authority as respondents in the main case.