- Pakistan restored access to X across the country on May 7, 2025
- Since February 2024, residents of Pakistan have not had access to X without VPN service
- The ban was applied after being “used to draw attention to alleged electoral fraud cases”.
Pakistan has restored access to X across the country after a 15 -month ban.
Restored on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, the authorities blocked access to the popular social media platform in February 2024. The blocking forced citizens to turn to the best VPN service to continue to access the application.
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“The metrics show access to X (formerly Twitter) has been restored in Pakistan,” the Internet Netblocks Watchdog confirmed on Wednesday.
The Pakistani authorities began to block the popular social media platform on February 17, 2024. The block came a week after having completely restricted the Internet before and during elections as the alleged “security measure”.
However, according to Netblocks, “the platform was limited by the authorities in February 2024 after being used to draw attention to the cases of alleged electoral fraud”.
In addition, while the large -scale disturbances of the Internet connection lasted only a few days, the prohibition X persisted for almost 15 months.
From now on, residents of Pakistan can finally access X without connecting to a virtual private network (VPN) to usurp their real IP address location.
ℹ️ Confirmed: metrics show access to X (formerly Twitter) has been restored in #Pakistan while conflicts erupt with Neigbourring India. The platform was limited by the authors in February 2024 after having been used to draw attention to the cases of alleged electoral fraud pic.twitter.com/nvwgpfja8oMay 7, 2025
X, however, was not the only victim of Pakistan Internet censors.
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and even Bluesky tastes have also been briefly restricted in the past. Although all these platforms are now accessible without VPN, Netblocks has confirmed to Techradar that Telegram is still blocked in the country at the time of writing.
What is certain is that VPN services remain a crucial tool for Pakistanis.
According to Access Now Data, in fact, Pakistan imposed 21 closures in 2024. This is the largest number of people for the country.
Recent reports also suggest that China helps Pakistan build an excellent internet censorship system similar to a firewall. This project should considerably increase the blocking and monitoring capacities of the two authorities.
At the same time, a new license category for VPN suppliers was introduced in December as the last attempt to regulate the use of Pakistani VPN.
