ISLAMABAD (MEDIA REPORT)
Following a request by the federal government, Twitter has suspended Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) chief Khadim Hussain Rizvi’s official account on the social media platform on Sunday.
The error notification states the account has been suspended “for violating Twitter rules”.
Earlier, Federal Minister of Human Rights Shireen Mazari on Sunday revealed that social networking giant, Twitter, has rejected the government’s request to block Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) chief Khadim Rizvi’s account.
Mazari took to Twitter, stating that, “Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) was asked to do this by the relevant minister on Friday and I am shocked it hasn’t happened as I was present when PTA bureaucracy was finally found available and tasked!”.
After double checking with the response provided to information minister, Mazari stated that Twitter had refused to comply with government’s request to turn down TLP central leader’s account.
The move came after TLP’s supreme Khadim Rizvi led the nation-wide protest against the acquittal of Asia Bibi, a death row inmate, by the Supreme Court of Pakistan.