{"id":72793,"date":"2025-05-02T18:35:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T13:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=72793"},"modified":"2025-05-02T18:35:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T13:35:35","slug":"startled-india-bans-isprs-social-media-accounts-amid-escalating-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/startled-india-bans-isprs-social-media-accounts-amid-escalating-tensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Startled India bans ISPR&#8217;s social media accounts amid escalating tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Startled India has been gradually blocking <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/startled-india-bans-prominent-pakistani-youtube-channels\/\">social media accounts<\/a> of several prominent personalities in Pakistan, including politicians and actresses.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent development, panicked India has blocked the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/india-bans-arshad-nadeems-instagram-account-amid-tensions\/\">Instagram<\/a> and X (formerly Twitter) accounts of Pakistan <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/coas-asim-munir-witnesses-exercise-hammer-strike-ispr\/\">Inter Services and Pubic Relations<\/a> (ISPR) after being exposed over false claims in the Pahalgam attack.<\/p>\n<p>The action follows the ISPR&#8217;s Director General&#8217;s unambiguous disclosure of facts and the exposure of Indian fabrications surrounding the Pahalgam scandal on April 29 and 30.<\/p>\n<p>According to sources, the Modi administration panicked when ISPR&#8217;s thorough rebuttal refuted India&#8217;s story with facts, making New Delhi look foolish in front of the world.<\/p>\n<p>Serious worries regarding freedom of expression and the dissemination of false information in the area have been highlighted by the Modi government&#8217;s efforts to stifle the truth.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, India banned the official YouTube account of Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif as well as blocked prominent <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/life-style\/youtuber-rajab-butt-apologizes-amid-blasphemy-controversy\/\">Pakistani YouTube channels<\/a>, stating that these YouTube channels were promoting provocative content in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and \u00a0Kashmir (IIOJK).<\/p>\n<p>According to Indian media, the ban came into effect on the recommendations of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/finance-ministry-releases-monthly-economic-outlook-report\/\">India\u2019s Ministry of Home Affairs<\/a>. The banned YouTube channels have more than 63 million subscribers.<\/p>\n<p>According to the list of major Pakistani news organizations, including Dawn, Geo News, ARY News, Bol News, Samaa TV, Suno News, and Raftar, have been banned in India.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, YouTube channels of prominent journalists YouTube channels including Irshad Bhatti, Asma Shirazi, Umar Cheema, and Muneeb Farooq, are also prohibited.<\/p>\n<p>Other websites that got hit by India included the Pakistan Reference, Samaa Sports, Uzair Cricket, and Razi Naama.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Startled India has been gradually blocking social media accounts of several prominent personalities in Pakistan, including politicians and actresses. In a recent development, panicked India has blocked the Instagram and X (formerly Twitter) accounts of Pakistan Inter Services and Pubic Relations (ISPR) after being exposed over false claims in the Pahalgam attack. 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