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Actors Fawad Khan and Mahira Khan are among Pakistani celebrities whose social media accounts have been again geo-blocked in India, hours after they became briefly accessible to users in India.
Some of the previously restricted profiles became visible on Wednesday, reportedly due to a technical glitch. The content was once again geo-restricted and is no longer accessible in India,
Following April 22 attack in Pahalgam in Indian Occupied Kashmir – after which India attacked Pakistan on May 7 — the Indian Union Ministry of Home Affairs recommended the move to block 16 You Tube channels based in Pakistan.
The list includes prominent media outlets such as Dawn News, ARY News, Samaa TV, Bol News and Geo News along with other channels such as Irshad Bhatti, Raftar, The Pakistan Reference, Samaa Sports, GNN, Uzair Cricket, Umar Cheema Exclusive, Asma Shirazi, Muneeb Farooq, Suno News, and Razi Naama.
Besides, social media profiles of Pakistani public figures — including actors Mahira Khan, Saba Qamar, Ahad Raza Mir, Danish Taimoor, Yumna Zaidi, Fawad Khan, Mawra Hocane, and Hania Aamir — as well as cricketers such as Shahid Afridi, Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Wasim Akram, Shan Masood, Hasan Ali, Naseem Shah, Imam-ul-Haq, Shadab Khan, and Shoaib Akhtar — remain geo-blocked in India.
While blocking the accounts and channels, India claimed that the platforms spread provocative and communally sensitive content the backdrop of the tragic Pahalgam terror incident in Jammu and Kashmir.
