Times of Islamabad

Facebook takes down the official page of the Pakistani political party

Facebook takes down the official page of the Pakistani political party

ISLAMABAD – Facebook has taken down the official page of Jamaat-e-IslamiKarachi for expressing support for the repressed Kashmiris in the IndianOccupied Kashmir (IOK).

Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Karachi, Naeem-ur-Rehman, has confirmed thesuspension of the official page to the media outlets. The official page hadmore than 0.5 million followers, said Naeem-ur-Rehman while stronglycondemning the act.

Naeem-ur-Rehman took to twitter to register his protest saying Facebookcannot suppress our right of free speech in support of Kashmiris.

Jamaat-e-Islami Karachi was actively promoting the party’s ‘Kashmir March’on their official page that is going to be held on December 22.——————————

Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Karachi demanded that the government of Pakistanshould take action against Facebook over the suspension of the officialpage.

Naeem-ur-Rehman called for immediate restoration of the suspended officialpage of the party’s Karachi chapter.

Earlier, Twitter had been accused of being biased for suspending accountsof numerous Pakistanis who criticized the Indian government’s act of August5.——————————

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Information Technology Board(NITB), Sabahat Ali Shah, met with Twitter representatives over the issue.Twitter authorities agreed on not suspending accounts of Pakistanis raisingtheir voice for Kashmiris in the future.

Jamaat-e-Islami will stage ‘Kashmir March’ on 22nd December in Islamabad tocompel the government to shun its silence and extend material support tothe oppressed Kashmiris.