India has raised the ban on Pakistani YouTube channels and artists’ social media accounts, allowing Indian viewers to once again access Pakistani content.
Ahad Raza Mir, Mawra Hocane, Yumna Zaidi and Danish Taimoor are among the celebrities whose accounts have been reintegrated.
However, several accounts are still inaccessible to Indian users, including those of Mahira Khan, Fawad Khan, Wahaj Ali, Iqra Aziz, Farhan Saeed and Hania Aamir.
After the shooting of April 22, which targeted tourists in Pahalgam, located in Jammu-et-Cachemire occupied in Indian and left 26 dead civilians, India had imposed restrictions on the Pakistani YouTube channels and the profiles of the social media of several Pakistani actors and celebrities. Tensions between India and Pakistan increased in May, when the Pakistan Air Force shot six Indian jets in retaliation for missile strikes on its territory.
The conflict also disrupted the release of Fawad Khan’s film ABIR GULAALWith Vaani Kapoor, with a ban.
Posters featuring Pakistani stars Mahira Khan and Mawra Hocane have also been removed from Bollywood films posters on streaming platforms.
Read: Instagram accounts of Mahira Khan, Hania Aamir, Ali Zafar blocked in India
Indian social media users have confirmed that the ban had been lifted by sharing screenshots of the Pakistani channels and accounts previously blocked.
Not even 3 months in the Pakistani ban and channels are not back, many Insta accounts of Pakistani actresses without the match in India, according to reports pic.twitter.com/j0vscz50zg
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Before that, Indian users trying to see the profiles of the Pakistani actors met a message indicating: “Account not available in India. This is because we have respected a legal request to restrict this content ”.
Several Indian media, including India today And Hindustan timeAlso reported the lifting of the prohibition, confirming that access to Pakistani YouTube channels and certain Instagram accounts of celebrities has been restored.
Earlier, Sardaar Ji 3A Punjabi horror comedy with Diljit Dosanjh, has become the center of controversy due to the involvement of Hania Aamir.
The Federation of Cine Employees of Western India (FWICE) and the India film Federation would have urged the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to block the release of the film because of its participation.
Before the international release of the film, actress Neeru Bajwa would have abandoned Hania on Instagram and would have deleted all the promotional content linked to her profile film.
Many interpreted him as an answer to increasing criticisms in India on the inclusion of a Pakistani actor, in particular in the midst of the nationalist feeling renewed after the attack of Pahalgam in Iiojk.
