The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) informed the Islamabad High Court that the government made repeated attempts over the past three and a half years to have the X (formerly Twitter) account of Imran Khan suspended, but the social media platform declined to comply with the requests.

According to details submitted in court, the PTA contacted X on several occasions between 2022 and 2025, seeking action against the account of the PTI founder. The disclosure highlights ongoing challenges faced by Pakistani authorities in enforcing local legal requests on global digital platforms.

Timeline submitted to Islamabad High Court

Court documents show that the PTA first wrote to X on August 21, 2022, requesting the suspension of Imran Khan’s account. A second request was sent on April 18, 2024, in which the authority cited convictions in the Toshakhana, cipher, and iddat cases as grounds for blocking the account.

The PTA again approached X on November 27, 2025, asking the platform to block 47 specific posts rather than suspending the account entirely. X did not act on the requests, effectively rejecting the authority’s submissions.

The PTA’s report detailing these communications has been formally submitted to the Islamabad High Court as part of proceedings related to a petition seeking restrictions on Imran Khan’s social media activity. The authority did not provide further details on X’s responses beyond stating that the requests were not accepted.