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Pakistan(National Times)- Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Senator and former federal minister Sherry Rehman’s X (formerly Twitter) has been blocked in India as hostilities between the two nations rise despite a ceasefire last week. Without presenting any evidence of involvement in the Pahalgam incident in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, New Delhi, on May 6, Delhi had waged an unprovoked war against Islamabad. In order to ensure its sovereignty, Pakistan was left with little option but to retaliate and bring the aggressor to its senses. In doing so, it also shocked the world by taking down six Indian fighter jets including three Rafael, an S-400 missile defense system, and hacking core installments. The ex-federal minister said being blocked on social media platform X at the request of the Indian government is \u201ca badge of honour,\u201d declaring that India has changed \u201cexistentially.\u201d The senator made the comments after receiving an official notification from X, informing her that her account had been withheld in India following a legal removal request from the Indian government under its Information Technology Act, 2000. Not only Rehman, but India has also blocked access to X accounts of former prime minister Imran Khan and former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari. In her statement posted publicly on X, Rehman sharply criticised the Narendra Modi-led government, calling it the \u201cHindutva Republic\u201d and said: \u201cCommunication is key for stable, mature states \u2014 but to be blocked by the #HindutvaRepublic is a badge of honour.\u201d She added that \u201cthere is little to say to people who question the existence of Pakistan.\u201d Still, she stressed the importance of continued dialogue between the two nuclear-armed neighbours, saying: \u201cSane people should still continue talking to each other in both countries to not erase history as well as options of normal coexistence for the future.\u201d Rehman noted that voices in India advocating for peace and coexistence have \u201cshrunk drastically\u201d and remain \u201cundisclosed for fear of serial abuse over there.\u201d She also reiterated that \u201cthere are no military solutions to Kashmir, the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), and a host of bilateral issues that undermine the peace of a nuclearised region.\u201d \u201cModi\u2019s India needs to get over this fact,\u201d she concluded, referencing the recent conflict by saying, \u201c#2025war proved that.\u201d According to the official communication from X shared by Rehman, the platform received a formal legal request from the Government of India claiming that her posts violated Indian law. While the content remains visible outside India, X has withheld it within the country in compliance with Indian regulations. The company also reiterated its commitment to informing users when content removal requests are received from official authorities. Meanwhile, popular Pakistani music has been abruptly removed from the popular streaming platform\u00a0Spotify<\/em>\u00a0in India, sparking concern and disappointment among music lovers.\u00a0 The Indian government also ordered the blocking of social media accounts of some Chinese state media \u2014 China\u2019s official state news agency Xinhua, and a tabloid, the Global Times \u2014 earlier this week. Turkey\u2019s\u00a0TRTWorld<\/em>\u00a0was also blocked.\u00a0 Independent news site The Wire, and Indian news platform, was also blocked inside India. The\u00a0social media platform X\u00a0said it had received executive orders to block over\u00a08,000 accounts\u00a0in India, including the Free Press Kashmir and The Kashmiriyat and\u00a0Maktoob Media, which focuses on human rights and minorities. In late April, the government\u00a0also blocked\u00a0one Indian and 19 Pakistani YouTube channels, one journalist was assaulted and two political commentators and satirists face legal action over their coverage of the Kashmir attack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pakistan(National Times)- Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Senator and former federal minister Sherry Rehman’s X (formerly Twitter) has been blocked in India as hostilities between the two nations rise despite a ceasefire last week. 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