- Pakistan Restored Access to X all over the country on May 7, 2025
- Since February 2024, people in Pakistan have not had access to x without VPN service
- The ban was enforced after it was “used to draw attention to cases of alleged election fraud.”
Pakistan has restored access to X across the country after a 15 -month long ban.
Restored Wednesday, May 7, 2025, authorities blocked access to the popular social media platform back in February 2024. The blocking forced citizens to turn to the best VPN service to keep access to the app.
No more need for Pakistan VPN to use x
“Metrics is showing access to X (formerly Twitter) has been restored in Pakistan,” confirmed Internet Watchdog Netblocks Wednesday.
Pakistani authorities began to block the popular social media platform on February 17, 2024. The block came about a week after completely limited the Internet before and during Election Day as an alleged “security measure.”
However, according to Netblocks, “the platform was limited by authorities in February 2024 after it was used to draw attention to cases of alleged electoral fraud.”
Although the major disturbances in the Internet connection lasted only a few days, it was only a few days.
Now people in Pakistan can finally access X without connecting to a virtual private network (VPN) to decay their real IP address location.
ℹ Confirmed: Metrics shows access to X (formerly Twitter) has been restored in #pakistan as the conflict breaks out with Neigbouring India. The platform was limited by authorities in February 2024 after it was used to draw attention to cases of alleged electoral fraud pic.twitter.com/nvwgpfja8oMay 7, 2025
However, X has not been the only victim of Pakistan’s Internet censors.
Like Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and even Bluesky has also been short limited in the past. While all these platforms are now available without a VPN, Netblocks confirmed to Techradar that Telegram is still blocked in the country at the time of writing.
What is certain is that VPN services remain a crucial tool for Pakistanis.
According to Access Now Data, Pakistan actually introduced 21 shutdowns in 2024. This is the highest number ever for the country.
Recent reports also suggest that China helps Pakistan build a fantastic firewall-like internet censorship system. This project is expected to significantly increase the blockage and monitoring ability of the authorities.
At the same time, a new license category for VPN providers was introduced in December as the latest bid to regulate Pakistan VPN use.
