Pakistan has expressed concerns over the blocking of access in India to the Twitter handles of its missions abroad by the Indian government.
In a statement, Foreign Office spokesperson Asim Iftikhar said India has withheld access to the twitter handles of Pakistan’s embassies in Iran, Turkiye, Egypt and the Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York and many others.
The Spokesperson urged Twitter to immediately restore access to the Pakistan missions’ accounts and ensure adherence to democratic freedoms of speech and expression.
He said the social media platforms must abide by the applicable international norms.
Meanwhile, The Director General of Strategic Communication Division, of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Saima Syed has said that it is concerning development in which India blocked the Twitter handles of Radio Pakistan as well as of Pakistan’s Foreign Missions abroad.
Talking to Radio Pakistan’s News and Current Affairs Channel on Tuesday, she said overall, India has withheld eighty social media accounts, of which four are Twitter handles of Pakistan’s embassies in Iran, Turkiye, Egypt and the Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York.
Saima Syed said being an international company, Twitter has its own code of conduct and values while freedom of expression and access to information is critical for public’s right to know the truth.
She said the Indian step is against the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as well.
The DG Strategic Communication Division said India cannot hide truth to reach people through such oppressive measures.
Source: Radio Pakistan