Internet outages hit Pakistan, disrupting social media platforms

Lahore: The extensive service interruptions impacted internet services and popular social media platforms nationwide on Sunday evening, causing frustration among users who reported connection errors and disruptions.

The  users faced difficulties accessing platforms such as X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube, experiencing widespread connection errors and outages.

As of now, the cause behind the widespread outage remains unclear, with no statement issued by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) at the time of this report.

Downdetector.pk reported disruptions in Google services and the PTCL internet service provider around 5 pm on Sunday. The graphs from Downdetector revealed a significant surge in connection outages for YouTube, X, and Facebook.