The Punjab government has recommended to the federal interior secretary to ban from 6th to 11th Muharram to control spread of hate material and misinformation to avoid sectarian violence. It is learnt that the Punjab government has decided to tighten security arrangements along with suspending the during Muharram. However, the provincial Home Department wrote a letter to the interior ministry’s secretary after a meeting recommending suspension of “social media applications Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, YouTube, X (Twitter), TikTok, etc. across the province from Muharram 6 to 11 to control hate material, misinformation and to avoid sectarian violence”. Sources said that the Punjab government had initially planned suspension of days of Ashura –Muharram 9 and 10.

Source: The Nation July 05, 2024 09:29 UTC