The Indian government has banned 16 Pakistani YouTube channels on recommendations from its Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Pakistani and Indian media reported Monday.
The tensions have increased between the two Asian nations after a recent attack in the occupied basin pahalgama.
The April 22 attack in Pahalgam killed 26 people, mostly tourists, and is one of the most mortal armed attacks in the disputed Himalaya region since 2000. The responsibility was allegedly claimed by the Resistance Front until now unknown (TRF).
India, without offering any evidence, has involved the cross -border links of the attackers, while Pakistan has strongly denied any participation. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has requested a neutral investigation into the incident.
YouTube channels blocked by the Indian authorities include those of Dawn news, TV Samaa, Ary news, Geographical news, BOLA NEWSand Raftar.
The journalists whose channels were prohibited included Irshad Bhatti, Asthma Shirazi, Umar Cheema and Muneeb Farooq.
Dawn.com He confirmed that these YouTube channels could not be accessed in India.
No authority or official in Pakistan has commented on the matter so far.
Even the recognized former Bowling player from Pakistan Shoaib Akhtar was not saved.
Pakistan’s experience, a podcast channel from the Creator of content Shehzad Ghias, said he was also prohibited in India.
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“In my opinion, Uzair Younga and I made a quite sensible balanced discussion on the subject. There is nothing in this podcast that justified us to prohibit us in India,” GHias said in X, sharing a link to the video entitled ‘¿India and Pakistan are about to go to war? – The sequels of the Pahalgam incident ‘.
The Indian Interior Ministry said that these YouTube channels were pressing “false narratives” against India, their army and security agencies.
The Indian authorities also alleged that these channels were disseminating “provocative, communally sensitive” content destined to “incite communal tensions.”
On April 24, one day after India announced a series of measures, the Indian media reported that the regime led by Modi had blocked the Pakistani government X account in the country as tensions intensified among the neighbors.
