Social media and internet services are reported to be down in some parts of Pakistan


Netizens are complaining about the inability to connect to popular social media sites, including X, Facebook and Instagram.

The Facebook, TikTok, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram apps are seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken on July 13, 2021. – Reuters

Internet services and popular social media apps were hit by outages on Sunday night, as users across almost the entire country reported errors and connection interruptions.

Netizens complained about their inability to connect to social media sites, including X (formerly known as Twitter), Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and streaming giant YouTube.

According to downdetector.pk, Google services and internet service provider PTCL also suffered disruptions around 5 pm on Sunday.

— Fall detector
— Fall detector

The downdetector graphs showed a sharp increase in connection interruptions on YouTube, X and Facebook.

The reason for the outage is still unclear as the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has not issued any statement in this regard till filing this report.


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