Last Updated on: 28th June 2021, 02:52 pm
Almost three months after Govt of Pakistan lifted the TikTok ban, the Sindh High Court (SHC) ordered Monday to ban the TikTok video-sharing app across the country for the third time.
The Sindh High Court’s decision came at a hearing in which the court sent a notice to the Pakistani attorney general instructing him to obey the orders and prohibit the motion.
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The petitioner’s lawyer took his case to court, saying the Peshawar High Court had previously banned TikTok because some of the videos uploaded to the platform were “immoral and contrary to the teachings of Islam”.
The attorney said his client contacted the Pakistani Telecommunications Authority (PTA) before going to court, but the PTA did nothing about it. The court summoned the parties involved in the proceedings on July 8th.
Man go to Supreme Court and demands TikTok ban
An application was made to the Supreme Court earlier this morning to ban Tiktok. Ali Zeb, a Pakpattan resident, said TikTok encourages crime by allowing people to consume drugs, guns, and uploading videos, while TikTok use in educational institutions leads to bad news for students.
The petitioner said that individuals also recorded attempts such as an attempted suicide to seek opinions on TikTok despite the content violating Pakistan’s Islamic laws.
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The petitioner called for effective policy-making by partially closing TikTok and asking the government to put in place a mechanism to censor content.
