*ISLAMABAD – Twitter blocked near 178 Pakistani accounts for raising voicefor Occupied Kashmir.*
*The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority said on Tuesday thatmicro-blogging website Twitter apparently blocked Pakistani accounts underthe influence of Indian lobbies.*
The PTA wrote a letter to Twitter administration after the micro-bloggingwebsite blocked over 150 Pakistani accounts for raising voice for theKashmiri people.
The regulatory authority has raised its concerns with Twitteradministration, PTA spokesperson Tayyaba Iftikhar confirmed.
In its letter to Twitter, the PTA said that at least 178 users of themicro-blogging website had approached it after their accounts were blockedfor “advocating Kashmiri rights and condemning Indian forces’ atrocities inIndian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir”.
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The PTA has sent a list of 178 accounts to Twitter and urged themicro-blogging website to restore them.
“It appears that Twitter administration under [the] influence of Indianlobbies is depriving Pakistani users,” the letter read.
