The Indian government has blocked the official YouTube channel of Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif amid the ongoing tension between the two nuclear-armed neighbours over the Pahalgam terror attack.
Visitors to the channel from India can see a message that reads: “This content is currently unavailable in this country because of an order from the government related to national security or public order. For more details about government removal requests, please visit the Google Transparency Report (transparencyreport.google.com).”
Sharif’s official Instagram account has also been blocked in India.
The Indian government recently blocked the Instagram accounts of popular Pakistani actors like Mahira Khan, Hania Aamir, and Ali Zafar, among others, days after the Pahalgam terror attack left 26 civilians dead.
The move to block the actors’ accounts followed shortly after the government banned 16 Pakistani YouTube channels for spreading provocative and communally sensitive content.
Hania Aamir, who has an Indian fanbase for her Pakistani dramas “Mere Humsafar” and “Kabhi Main Kabhi Tum”, earlier commented on the Pahalgam massacre and said that tragedy anywhere is a tragedy for all.
“My heart is with the innocent lives affected by the recent events. In pain, in grief, and in hope-we are one. When innocent lives are lost, the pain is not theirs alone-it belongs to all of us. No matter where we come from, grief speaks the same language. May we choose humanity, always,” she had said.
Mahira Khan made her Bollywood debut in Shah Rukh Khan’s film Raees in 2017.
Pahalgam attack
On April 22, the terrorists- belonging to The Resistance Front (TRF), an offshoot of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)- asked the victims (tourists visiting the scenic Pahalgam in Kashmir) to chant Islamic verses (kalma) and made them pull down their pants to be sure of their their non-Muslim religious identities (read circumcision) before gunning them down in front of their families, including wives and children.
The massacre triggered nationwide outrage and escalated India-Pakistan tensions as New Delhi vowed to avenge the killings.
