LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday overruled its registraroffice’s objections to a writ petition seeking ban on a number of socialmedia applications, including TikTok, Bigo Live and Likee.

Justice Abid Aziz Sheikh of the LHC admitted the petition and ordered thatthe case be fixed before a bench for hearing.

Advocate Waqas Anwar Gujjar moved the petition, stating that theapplications like TikTok, Bigo Live, Likee and others are becoming a sourceof waste of time for youngsters.

Naming the Pakistan Telecommunication Authoritylink (PTA), the FederalInvestigation Agency (FIA) and others respondents in the case, he said thatbesides this, TikTok has claimed the lives of many youngsters who whiletrying to shoot short videos for the app had lost their lives.

The petitioner submitted that these social media applications have become asource of promoting vulgar content and no action had been taken despitebringing the matter to the notice of the authorities concerned includingthe PTA.

He pleaded that the apps should immediately be banned and the authoritiesbe directed to introduce laws for monitoring of such applications.