{"id":8349,"date":"2024-02-23T09:02:15","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T09:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/?p=8349"},"modified":"2024-02-23T09:02:16","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T09:02:16","slug":"the-united-states-urges-pakistan-to-remove-restrictions-on-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/?p=8349","title":{"rendered":"The United States urges Pakistan to remove restrictions on X"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"8350\" src=\"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GFFZoLfbQAAuMNZ-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GFFZoLfbQAAuMNZ-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GFFZoLfbQAAuMNZ-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GFFZoLfbQAAuMNZ-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GFFZoLfbQAAuMNZ.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Washington DC :&nbsp; The United States called on Pakistan to lift restrictions on X, formerly known as Twitter, after days of post-election disruptions marred by allegations of fraud. \u201cWe are concerned about any report of restrictions on the exercise of freedom of expression and association in Pakistan, including partial or total government-ordered shutdowns of the Internet,\u201d State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe continue to call on Pakistan to respect freedom of expression and restore access to all social media that have been restricted, including Twitter, now known as X,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have and will continue to emphasize the importance of respecting these fundamental freedoms during our discussions with Pakistani officials.\u201d X fell in Pakistan on Saturday night after a senior government official publicly admitted vote rigging in the February 8 election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two main dynastic parties, the military-backed Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan People\u2019s Party (PPP), announced late on Tuesday a coalition with smaller parties to govern the world\u2019s fifth most populous country. Candidates loyal to jailed former prime minister Imran Khan were excluded from the government. His supporters won the most seats, despite being forced to run as independents, and say they would have enjoyed a landslide victory without the machinations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington DC :&nbsp; The United States called on Pakistan to lift restrictions on X, formerly known as Twitter, after days of post-election disruptions marred by allegations of fraud. \u201cWe are&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8349"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8351,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8349\/revisions\/8351"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}