Karachi: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday directed the authorities concerned to ensure uninterrupted access to the internet to all citizens till February 8 general elections.
The SHC, in its order on a petition filed by advocate and human rights activist Jibran Nasir, directed the authorities to restrain from suspending internet services. The court also directed the respondents to submit their response on January 29.
The petitioner had challenged the frequent suspension of internet services in the country.
The development came after the political canvassing picked up pace ahead of the general elections, users have experienced internet outages multiple times in recent days.
The outage of social media platforms including Facebook, X, Instagram and YouTube was the second in two weeks on January 20.
Following an hours-long disruption last week, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) blamed a “technical fault” in its optic fibre network for the nationwide internet outage.