A senior Pakistani official, Rawalpindi Commissioner Liaquat Ali Chatta, has resigned, admitting to widespread election rigging where 13 election results in his area were fraudulently manipulated. The official's confession has sparked nationwide protests against the rigged elections, with the official acknowledging electoral manipulation amidst the unrest. As a result, social networks, including Twitter, have been blocked in Pakistan by the government, leading to concerns over censorship and free expression. The situation has escalated with reports of prolonged internet restrictions and continued protests, highlighting the public outcry over the alleged vote manipulation.
⚠️ Update: Metrics show that X/Twitter remains largely restricted in #Pakistan past the four-day mark; imposed on Saturday as disclosures relating to election fraud circulated on the platform, the measure significantly hinders the exercise of democracy and media freedom 📉 https://t.co/cq2UXlLnRC
#PAKWatch🇵🇰: AN AI-GENERATED IMRAN KHAN = PAKISTAN'S MOST POPULAR POLITICIAN. Three cheers for AI. https://t.co/5nybl5EHSh
How you tweeting, Mr Minister? I hear Twitter remains suspended in Pakistan for 5 consecutive days now. https://t.co/TGlN9X6x42
NEWS: 𝕏 has now been blocked for Pakistani users for 4 days. The government has not explained the block, but it follows protests around the highly contended election in Pakistan earlier this month. https://t.co/xXfcVYFanq
#PAKWatch🇵🇰: The PML-N & PPP parties have struck a deal to form a coalition gov't. Where’s PAK’s most popular politician Imran Khan? He’s behind bars. PAKISTAN = MILITARY RUNS THE SHOW = HOLDS THE KEYS TO KHAN’S JAIL. https://t.co/WWHrEAxn8e
#PAKWatch🇵🇰: PAK’S ELECTION = A FARCE. Massive protests have engulfed the streets of Moro, Pakistan. Pakistanis continue to express their outrage against PAK's rigged election. https://t.co/egfJ29WSw4
⚠️ Update: Metrics indicate that X/Twitter remains restricted for many users in #Pakistan past the 72 hour mark, with access now intermittently restored on some providers; the incident is the longest of several internet censorship measures tracked through the election period https://t.co/HJFWLd9mDt
US officials silent as Pakistan's regime keeps X blocked 'It signals the bad intention of the state' 'Not only did they shut off the internet on election day, they also turned off X now as allegations of "rigging and evidence of rigging are surfacing on Twitter"' -@UsamaKhilji https://t.co/68lphLqtyU https://t.co/wXDXs7cJJg
#PAKWatch🇵🇰: PAKISTAN = GOV'T CENSORSHIP = MILITARY RUNS THE SHOW. According to @netblocks, @X is experiencing a “national-scale disruption” in Pakistan in the aftermath of widespread protests triggered by PAK vote rigging. https://t.co/NrBiDHU338
#PAKWatch🇵🇰: As protests rock Pakistan, Senior PAK Official Liaquat Ali Chatha has admitted to RIGGING ELECTION RESULTS. PAKISTAN = MILITARY RUNS THE SHOW = RIGGED ELECTIONS. https://t.co/r8DTQ96MRH
Pakistan's regime blocks X/Twitter for over 2 days. Pro-democracy activists have used X/Twitter to get around regime media censorship. The silence of @StateDeptSpox @State_SCA is deafening, given their immediate & aggressive response to internet censorship in other places: https://t.co/4gJBqdq5P1 https://t.co/moUURU208c
Twitter/X has now been restricted in Pakistan for 48 hours in the aftermath of what is likely a fraudulent election. If this were Iran, or most any other country, the State Department would have by now expressed some concern about this unlawful restriction…even in a tweet.…
⚠️ Update: Metrics show X/Twitter has now been restricted in #Pakistan for over 48 hours as concerns mount over election fraud; authorities have failed to provide a lawful basis for the measure, which violates the public's fundamental right to free expression at a critical moment https://t.co/Zwb2CkhLev
X, formerly known as Twitter, continues to be inaccessible to users in Pakistan since Saturday amid protests against alleged vote manipulation during the election https://t.co/VRmOJVE0vT https://t.co/87aY1MMbLm
X, formerly known as Twitter, continues to be inaccessible to users in Pakistan since Saturday amid protests against alleged vote manipulation https://t.co/VRmOJVE0vT https://t.co/IT5w9CDePT
#PAKWatch🇵🇰: IMRAN KHAN = CAPTAIN PAKISTAN = MOST POPULAR POLITICIAN IN PAK. Imran Khan is everywhere. Listen as the crowd erupts into Imran Khan chants during a cricket match in Lahore, Pakistan. https://t.co/hNzxl752cl
> A senior Pakistani official confessed on Saturday to helping manipulate results in the country’s elections — a startling claim strengthening a sense that the vote was among the least credible in Pakistan’s history via @nytimes https://t.co/DfJRaV1nHa
A top election official in Pakistan has publicly admitted that he rigged votes under duress in the February 8th election to take away support from the PTI. In a normal country this would result in some kind of revistation of the results: https://t.co/uboBkKLruk
As expected: Senior Pakistani Official Admits to Helping Rig the Vote https://t.co/5Qez46W2B7
#PAKWatch🇵🇰: PAKISTAN = RIGGED ELECTIONS = MILITARY RUNS THE SHOW. Rawalpindi Commissioner Liaquat Ali Chatha on PAK's election rigging: “We converted the losers into winners, reversing margins of 70,000 votes in 13 national assembly seats.” https://t.co/htdeNeqyHH
⚠ Update: Metrics show that X/Twitter has now been restricted in #Pakistan for 24 hours, the latest and longest in a series of nation-scale internet censorship measures imposed by authorities as reports of election fraud emerge 📉 https://t.co/ZKIhINj3Pc https://t.co/XAsM39sBb5
Users Report X Down In Pakistan After Official Admits Election Rigging https://t.co/EkYpDjD4HI https://t.co/T6g33wTVKe
🚨🇵🇰BREAKING: X BLOCKED IN PAKISTAN, AGAIN After Election Official Rawalpindi admitted to election fraud, X and other social networks have reportedly been blocked in Pakistan by the government, again. Source: X https://t.co/mi3pYaiMTp https://t.co/ApNPajMiHL
"A senior official in Pakistan has admitted to election rigging" as part of an effort to reduce the margin of victory for Imran Khan's party. https://t.co/KExbTOmViP
#PAKWatch🇵🇰: Storm clouds are gathering. Thousands have taken to the streets of Islamabad, Pakistan, to protest the rigged election results. https://t.co/GVwoYfZobT
#PAKWatch🇵🇰: In Islamabad, Pakistan, massive protests RAGE against last week’s rigged election. PAK’S ELECTION = A FARCE. https://t.co/38hWMkXqXJ
🔴 Senior Pakistani official admits helping to rig election https://t.co/EbygO0Ms5M
A senior bureaucrat in Pakistan has said he helped rig Pakistan’s elections, a week after polls marred by allegations of manipulation returned no clear winner https://t.co/F6ue2edxjs https://t.co/XLB2WWKIJl
A senior bureaucrat in Pakistan says he helped rig the country's elections, a week after polls marred by allegations of manipulation returned no clear winner. https://t.co/7SjCnZMyaT
High-ranking Pakistani official acknowledges electoral manipulation amidst nationwide protests https://t.co/h0YQNidjlk https://t.co/vxWHFdhOlt
#PAKWatch🇵🇰: PAK’S ELECTION = A FARCE. Pakistani outrage over the rigged elections has SPAWNED protests in the Sindh region. https://t.co/oljcUNRDUD
Senior Pakistan official admits election rigging as protests grip country https://t.co/gRS2U9mKuK
NEW - Senior official says he helped rig Pakistan elections https://t.co/XPbmXKWBFY
'Converted losers into winners': Senior Pakistan official admits to poll-rigging under his watch, resigns https://t.co/xuPjz2m4x3
🚨🇵🇰BREAKING: PAKISTAN COMMISSIONER RESIGNS, CLAIMING WIDESPREAD ELECTION RIGGING Rawalpindi Commissioner Liaquat Ali Chatta is handing himself over to the police, saying that 13 election results in his area were fraudulently manipulated. The returning officers changed the… https://t.co/4ZNHmIwSko https://t.co/vUk3GS1s5T
#PAKWatch🇵🇰: In PAK, the MILITARY RUNS THE SHOW. https://t.co/Mh7lJ71oIC