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Sindh high Court bars authorities from suspending internet till elections

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The Sindh High Court (SHC) has ordered the relevant authorities to guarantee that every citizen has continuous access to the internet  through the general elections on February 8. The high court ordered the respondents to submit their answer by  January 29 and prohibited the authorities from halting internet  services in its judgement on Wednesday. Jibran Nasir, human rights activist and advocate, had petitioned  the Supreme Court over the nation’s repeated suspension of internet connectivity. Users have encountered several internet interruptions in the past  several days as political canvassing intensifies in anticipation of the elections that will take place next month. On January 20, there was second outage of social media sites in  two weeks, including Facebook, X, Instagram, and YouTube.

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