A recent report by Top10VPN.com revealed that Pakistan suffered the highest financial losses worldwide from internet and social media outages in 2024, amounting to $1.62 billion. Given the country’s ...

Pakistan is cracking down on the use of virtual private networks (VPNs) that allow Internet users to circumvent government controls. The authorities have claimed they are targeting “unregulated VPNs,” ...

Millions of Pakistanis have for weeks experienced slow Internet connections and problems with accessing social media platforms. Activists say the authorities are installing a China-style national ...

Pakistani officials debate Starlink access and licensing, with conflicting claims about its presence in Balochistan.

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has issued 21 district-level licenses for the provision of internet services, ...

According to a recent report by Amnesty International, titled “Shadow of Control: Censorship and Mass Surveillance in Pakistan,” Pakistani authorities are monitoring more than 4 million citizens using ...

Pakistan experienced an internet disruption that made social media platforms such as Facebook, YouTube, X and Instagram inaccessible while jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party held a ...

Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram are reportedly inaccessible in Pakistan. A total blackout in specific regions and a mobile internet shutdown are also ongoing. Reading time 3 minutes People in ...

Bytes For All, an advocacy organization in Pakistan has released the first ever empirical-based research report on online hate speech in Pakistan (here are some of their key findings). In this piece, ...