No fundamental right of the petitioner has been deprived, therefore the petition should be dismissed, the petition against the closure of X is contrary to law and facts and is not admissible.
Islamabad (News Era Network) The Federal Ministry of Interior has submitted a report to the Islamabad High Court on the petition against the closure of social media site X, in which it has been said that the petitioner has no basis. The right has not been denied, so the application should be dismissed, the application against the closure of X is against the law and facts and is not admissible.
The report states that X is registered in Pakistan and is not a party to the agreement to abide by Pakistani laws. It was necessary to ban X.
It has been said by the Ministry of Interior that the FIA cyber crime wing requested X to ban the account propagating against the Chief Justice of Pakistan, the X officials ignored the cyber crime wing’s request and did not even respond. , non-cooperation is a justification for regulatory measures against X, including temporary closure.
The report states that the government has no other option but to temporarily close X. On the request of the intelligence agencies, the Ministry of Interior ordered the closure of X. The decision to close X is to maintain national security and law and order. done for In the report of the Ministry of Interior, it is said that social media platforms are being used to spread extremist ideas and false information, X is being used by a few miscreants to harm law and order, instability. X is being used as a tool to promote
In the report of the Ministry of Interior, it is said that the purpose of the closure of X is not to restrict freedom of expression or access to information, the purpose of the closure of X is the responsible use of social media platforms in accordance with the law. The report states that previously the social media platform Tik Tok was also banned by the government, the ban was lifted after Tik Tok signed an agreement to abide by Pakistani law. had gone.
In the report of the Ministry of Interior, it has been said that the closure of X is not against Article 19 of the Constitution, social media platforms are banned worldwide for security reasons, the petition against the closure of X should be dismissed. It should be noted that today the Sindh High Court has ordered to submit a response regarding the shutdown of the social media website “X” formerly Twitter within a week “X” and the hearing of the petition against the shutdown of the Internet, Chief Justice Sindh High Court Aqeel Ahmed. Abbasi and Justice Abdul Mubeen Lakho.
During the hearing, the lawyer of the petitioner, Gibran Nasir, Abdul Moez Jafari, Advocate, said that the Ministry of Interior has admitted that they had written a letter to the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) for the closure of “X”, but there are no reasons for it. Neither the law nor the conditions related to it have been stated. During the hearing of the case, the Chief Justice Sindh High Court inquired as to why “X” has been closed. Additional Attorney General Zia Makhdoom Advocate said that “X” was running yesterday, the Chief Justice inquired whether it is still running today or not? The Additional Attorney General replied that I take instructions that “X” is running. Or not, Advocate Abdul Mueez Jafari Advocate, while continuing his arguments, said that despite the court orders of February 22, the closure of “X” is contempt of court, it has finally been recognized that “X” will be closed on the day the Commissioner Rawalpindi said that in the elections. “X” has been closed since the day of rigging because the media has been controlled but there are comments on X.
Later, Additional Attorney Zia Makhdoom Advocate read the notification of the Ministry of Interior regarding the closure of X, and the Chief Justice Sindh High Court remarked that there is no place in the law that the Ministry of Interior should take action on the reports of sensitive institutions, some people are thinking that The work they are doing is fine, they are so powerful that they are running the country, but what is being gained by shutting down small things? The whole world will laugh at us.
The petitioner’s lawyer took the position that the mobile phone service was stopped on February 8 so that there would be no explosion. The petitioner Gibran Nasir said that explosions do not happen by using X or social media. Justice Abdul Mubeen Lakho remarked that X Doesn’t using it cause virtual explosions? The Chief Justice said that no justification has been presented for the ban on X in Badi Nizar. The court has directed the PTA to submit a response stating the reasonable reason for the closure of X within a week. The court ordered that March 20. The response submitted to the court should be re-examined. Later, the Sindh High Court adjourned the hearing till May 9.
