Tag: Twitter
UN asks Twitter to explain suspension of Kashmir accounts
ISLAMABAD: In special reference to the occupied Kashmir, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression David Kaye has criticised India for expanding the...
Social media companies cooperated with Pakistan: Fawad
The federal government wants to prevent "hate speech and not to curb free speech", Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said Friday night, adding that "social...
Twitter warns global users their tweets violate Pakistani law
TORONTO: When Canadian columnist Anthony Furey received an email said to be from Twitter's legal team telling him he may have broken a slew...
Govt bans twitterati for ‘pointing out spelling mistake’ in official tweet
The official Twitter handle of the government (@pid_gov) has allegedly banned a user after he pointed out a spelling mistake in one of its...
Babar Azam slams Zainab Abbas for calling him ‘Mickey Arthur’s son’
Babar Azam on Sunday responded angrily to a cricket analyst for referring him as son-like to Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur.
It all happened when cricket...
Karachi terror attack: Twitter suspends BLA’s account
Twitter has suspended the official account of the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) after it claimed responsibility for the attack on Chinese consulate in Karachi on Friday.
The militant organisation...
Outrage in India over picture of Twitter CEO holding ‘Brahminical’ poster
NEW DELHI: Twitter Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jack Dorsey has been accused of inciting hate against India's highest caste after being photographed holding a...
Imran Khan hits back at Trump: Here’s what foreign media is...
With Prime Minister Imran Khan lashing out at United States (US) President Donald Trump and stating that his “baseless rhetoric” will no longer be...
Taking U-turn is ‘hallmark of great leadership’, PM insists
ISLAMABAD: Two days after his initial statement on U-turns, Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Sunday elaborated on his previous statement, saying that taking a...
Twitterati respond to PM Imran Khan’s U-turn remark
People on Twitter were quick to react when Prime Minister Imran Khan said that “real leaders take U-turns” while conversing with a select group...
Twitter cuts suspicious users from follower counts again, blames bug
SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter made another attempt to make users’ tallies of followers more accurate, subtracting millions of suspicious followers which had reappeared on the...
Protest not finished yet, warns Khadim Rizvi
Firebrand religious cleric Khadim Hussain Rizvi said on Saturday that the nationwide protest of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) is not concluded yet, warning that...
Old tweet ‘comes back to bite’ PM Khan
As Prime Minister Imran Khan reached China amid Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan’s (TLP) nationwide protests, an old tweet of his has gone viral over the social...
Journalist refutes Naeemul Haque’s statement, claims interview was on-record
--Foreign journalist reminds Haque interview for The Independent was recorded through devices kept next to PM
--Premier had drawn ire over ‘Pakistan is desperate’, ‘there...
‘Ko Ko Korina’ singer, PTI minister exchange blows on Twitter
Ahad Raza Mir and Momina Mustehsan’s rendition of the 1960s classic Ko Ko Korina did not go well with many Pakistanis who shared their disappointment...
Jamal Khashoggi’s fiancée shares touching video of slain Saudi journalist
With Saudi Arabia admitting that Jamal Khashoggi died in a "fist fight" at its Istanbul consulate, grieving fiancée of the slain journalist and author...
‘One of these Manshas is a bomb’, Shafaat Ali draws ire...
Impressionist and comedian Shafaat Ali has drawn the ire of social media users over a “sexist” tweet making fun of suspected land grabber Malik...
