Popular social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, has successfully restored its services in Pakistan after experiencing an outage that lasted for over 12 hours. The disruption caused inconvenience for millions of users across the country.
The outage, which started at 9 p.m. on Saturday, impacted users who reported difficulties accessing tweets and new posts. Attempts to load the site resulted in a ‘this site can’t be reached’ notification.
Downdetector.pk, a real-time internet and social media outage monitoring service, recorded at least 185 reports of X outages by 9:01 p.m., with the number increasing to 239 by 9:24 p.m. Users took to social media to express their frustration during the downtime.
Cybersecurity watchdog NetBlocks also confirmed the shutdown of X in Pakistan. This incident adds to a series of recent internet service disruptions, including social media sites, in the country. The situation is particularly noteworthy given the ongoing context of the 2024 general elections, where most services have been affected.
Notably, X had previously experienced a global outage in May 2023, prompting widespread complaints from users worldwide. The recent disruption in Pakistan underscores the significance of reliable internet services, especially during critical events such as elections.
