Pakistan president gets Twitter notice for his Kashmir tweet

ISLAMABAD

: Twitter has served a notice to Pakistan president

Arif Alvi

regarding a tweet he posted on Saturday on Kashmir. The notice by Twitter refers to a tweet of Alvi which he had posted along with a video and says that the microblogging site received a complaint against his account.


Alvi had tweeted: “This is Srinagar yesterday despite curfews, bans, blackouts, teargas & firing. No amount of oppression & brutality can suppress the resentment of the Kashmiris against India. They want freedom at all costs. Please retweet and let the world know.”

However, TOI could not verify the date and location of the video that Alvi had posted.

Pakistan’s human rights minister Shireen Mazari posted the notice received by Alvi on her Twitter handle and criticized the microblogging site saying its move was in “bad taste and simply ridiculous”.

On Sunday, Pakistan communication minister Murad Saeed said he has also received a notice from Twitter saying one of his tweets has violated Indian laws.

Twitter recently suspended over 200 Pakistani accounts commenting on the Kashmir situation.

Pakistan army’s spokesperson Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor said in a tweet last week: “Pakistan authorities have taken up the case with Twitter and Facebook against suspending Pakistani accounts for posting in support of Kashmir. Indian staff at their regional headquarters is the reason.”