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As the country held its provincial, national, and presidential elections today, Pakistan authorities ordered mobile Internet and phone services to be suspended nationwide to “maintain law and order”. The shutdown began around 02:00 UTC and connectivity was restored after the election starting around 15:00 UTC. Read our Pakistan Election 2024 report on the Pulse Blog for more details.
- Duración total 13 hours
Pakistán
- Población
- 251 269 164
Freedom House clasifica la libertad en Internet como No libre
Impacto local
Mientras el país celebraba hoy sus elecciones provinciales, nacionales y presidenciales, las autoridades pakistaníes ordenaron suspender los servicios de Internet móvil y telefonía en todo el país para "mantener la ley y el orden". El cierre comenzó hacia las 02:00 UTC y la conectividad se restableció tras las elecciones a partir de las 15:00 UTC. Lea nuestro informe sobre las Elecciones de Pakistán 2024 en el blog Pulse para obtener más detalles.
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El radar de Cloudflare muestra que el tráfico de Internet de los operadores de telefonía móvil Mobilink (Jazz), Telenor Pakistán y CMPak (Zong) descendió significativamente el 8 de febrero de 2024 entre la 1:45 y las 2:30 UTC y comenzó a regresar alrededor de las 15:00 UTC.
Redes sociales
Disruptions to #mobile #Internet connectivity in #Pakistan have been observed on @telenorpakistan, @Zongers, and @jazzpk starting at 0200 UTC, despite assurances from @PTAofficialpk that mobile services would remain active on Election Day, February 8.https://t.co/pDxw6qjMmE pic.twitter.com/cfyn3Efy3H
— Cloudflare Radar (@CloudflareRadar) February 8, 2024
We and our partners in the #KeepItOn coalition have written to the Pakistan authorities earlier this week asking them to ensure open and secure internet access throughout the 2024 electionshttps://t.co/ueLIPqJCte
— Beh Lih Yi 馬麗怡 (@behlihyi) February 8, 2024
No phone service to know your polling station and family number, No Internet to use google maps to find the polling station, a wait of two hour outside and so many more hurdles but had to make Pakistan win. Pakistan Zindabad!! pic.twitter.com/wmGeTIHQll
— Mustafa Zahid (@Mustafology) February 8, 2024
We’re a digital first, digital only news platform, a startup in Pakistan. What are we supposed to do when all mobile and internet services are closed in Pakistan? What are we supposed to do when the WiFi is barely working? What? @TheCurrentPK #Elections2024 pic.twitter.com/dThdVfZbOy
— Marium Chaudhry (@MariumCh) February 8, 2024