PTA to decide on lifting PUBG ban today

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority will decide today either to extend or lift the the ban on popular online game PUBG.

A temporary ban was imposed on the game on 1st July. over numerous complaints against PUBG wherein it is stated that the game is addictive, wastage of time and poses a serious negative impact on the physical and psychological health of children.

Several petitions were filed against the ban in the Sindh High Court and the Islamabad High Court. On 6th July, the Islamabad High Court sent the petition against the suspension of the PUBG to the PTA.

PUBG is a game of the South Korean company designed in  2017 in which players are dropped onto an island to battle it out against others.

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The multiplayer game allows players from all over the world to compete against each other or in teams. Players attack and kill each other in the game and the more you win, the higher you rank. It has garnered 34.2 million downloads worldwide so far.

As many as two cases of suicide in Lahore have been linked with young adults playing this online game.