The ban on TikTok was lifted by the Sindh supreme court (SHC) on Friday after the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) gave assurances to the court that it'll address the petitioner’s grievances request by Monday.
The SHC had on June 28 ordered the PTA to suspend the services of the video-sharing site after a citizen, who was aggrieved by the "immorality and obscenity" on the mobile app, had filed a petition.
During today's hearing, the PTA apprised the court that it had blocked access to the app on June 30.
It had requested the court to review its decision and permit it to revive the services.
The PTA counsel assured the court that it might expedite the method on the petitioner's request and issue a ruling thereon by July 5.
After hearing the arguments, the SHC withdrew the suspension order and directed the PTA to form a choice on the matter till then.
The hearing was then adjourned till next Monday.
It is pertinent to say that TikTok was blocked for the third time within the past 12 months thanks to the content shared on the mobile app.
It was earlier banned in April by the Peshawar supreme court on an equivalent grounds. The PTA had also taken action against TikTok in October and blocked access thereto .
Why did SHC suspend TikTok, again?
The SHC's ruling came during a hearing on a petition filed to suspend the app Monday, where the court issued a notice to the attorney general of Pakistan and directed him to follow the orders and obtain the app suspended.
Presenting his arguments within the court, the petitioner's lawyer said the Peshawar supreme court had earlier banned TikTok as some videos uploaded on the platform are "immoral and against the teachings of Islam."
The lawyer had said his client had approached the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) before moving the court, however, the PTA didn't do anything during this regard.
Fawad slam ban
After the SHC ban on the app, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry had lashed out at the decision banning TikTok across Pakistan till July 8, terming it "judicial activism".
Taking to Twitter, Chaudhry had warned of consequences Pakistan will face just in case it didn't perform judicial reforms.
"Pakistan will never begin of its depression if judicial reforms aren't undertaken," he had said on Twitter.
"I'm baffled after reading yesterday's verdicts on suspension of TikTok and therefore the removal of the NBP president, and can not help but wonder: what are our courts doing?" asked the knowledge minister.
Chaudhry had noted that Pakistan, already, was affected by losses worth billions of dollars thanks to "judicial activism".
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