ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Army has prohibited the use of social media networks(SMN) among all personnel, irrespective of their ranks or departments.

A notification issued from the General Headquarter (GHQ), has revealed thatdespite several notices, dissemination of ‘sensitive information’ has beenobserved on different social media groups, which is highly dangerous fornational security.

“Policy Guidelines have been issued in the past lo sensitize all ranks onthe subject. However, breaches of security and violations in use of SMNapps (applications) continued,” the notification said.link

The document, available with ProPakistani, adds that despite the warning,use of various SMNs for official correspondence has been observed which isa severe risk.

It, therefore, directs all active and retired military personnel to exitsocial media groups, pages and other platforms having military signaturesor identity.

All serving Army/civilian employees and retired Army personnel or employeesin other mil setups/ organizations, irrespective of rank, to exit all typesof SMN-groups without exception.

It further directs the admins of all such pages and groups to immediatelyclose such platforms until January 30th (today) or face the consequences.

It also suggested the army officials educate their families to refrain fromjoining/visiting such groups and social media pages.

“All ranks are responsible for educating their families to refrain fromjoining any SMN group having a military signature/identity. Any violationwill be considered as misconduct, liable to strict disciplinary action,” itfurther added.

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