<p>US Republican candidate Donald Trump recently won the US Presidential Elections 2024 and wishes came pouring in. The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif, also wished Trump on a decisive victory. The thing to be noted here was that Sharif wished Trump on X whereas X has been banned in Pakistan. This means that the Pakistani PM must have used VPN to access X to post this congratulatory message. </p>
<p>The community notes on Sharif’s post also noted this. A community post on the topic read, “Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has banned X (formerly Twitter) in Pakistan. He is using a VPN to access X, which is unlawful according to the Pakistani law.” Sharif’s original tweet read, “Congratulations to President-elect Donald Trump on his historic victory for a second term! I look forward to working closely with the incoming Administration to further strengthen and broaden the Pakistan-U.S. partnership.”</p>
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<p dir=”ltr” lang=”en”>Congratulations to President-elect Donald Trump on his historic victory for a second term! I look forward to working closely with the incoming Administration to further strengthen and broaden the Pakistan-U.S. partnership. <a href=”https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@realDonaldTrump</a></p>
— Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) <a href=”https://twitter.com/CMShehbaz/status/1854079880218222857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>November 6, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<h2><span style=”color: #ba372a;”><strong>Pakistan’s Ban On X</strong></span></h2>
<p>Earlier this year, Pakistan’s Information Minister Attaullah Tarar declared a ban on the social media platform X, citing concerns over national security. Tarar stated that members of the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) were allegedly using the platform to promote anti-national activities.</p>
<p>Despite the continued ban, a post by Prime Minister Sharif on X has sparked criticism from the online community.</p>
<p>A user while reacting to Sharif’s post wrote, ”If hypocrisy had a human face, it would be Shehbaz Sharif.”</p>
<p>Another user wrote, “Mr. Trump, this joker using VPN to congratulate you… Btw, Elon Musk plate form has been banned in Pakistan !!!”</p>
<p>A third user wrote, “The government has imposed a ban on Twitter in Pakistan, with reports suggesting that even ministers are accessing the platform using VPNs, which is quite an irony for a government that’s restricting public access while using the same tools to bypass their own rules.”</p>
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<p dir=”ltr” lang=”en”>The government has imposed a ban on Twitter in Pakistan, with reports suggesting that even ministers are accessing the platform using VPNs, which is quite an irony for a government that’s restricting public access while using the same tools to bypass their own rules. <a href=”https://t.co/pWuBLktUaZ”>pic.twitter.com/pWuBLktUaZ</a></p>
— Chulbuli 👑 (@farahdurranii) <a href=”https://twitter.com/farahdurranii/status/1854096405616607306?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>November 6, 2024</a></blockquote>
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