India Bans 16 Pakistani YouTube Channels After Pahalgam Attack; Dawn, Geo News In The List

The action has been taken as they were "disseminating provocative and communally sensitive content, false and misleading narratives and misinformation against India", an statement said.

The action was taken on the recommendations of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Source : PTI

India has banned 16 Pakistani YouTube channels on the recommendations of the Ministry of Home Affairs following a terror attack on tourists in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam. The action has been taken as they were "disseminating provocative and communally sensitive content, false and misleading narratives and misinformation against India, its Army and security agencies".

YouTube channels of news outlets like Dawn, Samaa TV, ARY News, Bol News, Raftar, Geo News and Suno News have been banned. Other banned channels include channels of journalists Irshad Bhatti, Asma Shirazi, Umar Cheema and Muneeb Farooq. The Pakistan Reference, Samaa Sports, Uzair Cricket and Razi Naama have also been banned.

While clicking on these channels, YouTube showed this message: "This content is currently unavailable in this country because of an order from the government related to national security or public order. For more details about government removal requests, please visit the Google Transparency Report".

India Warns BBC

The government also rapped BBC for its reporting on the terror attack in the Kashmir valley last week. India has written a letter to BBC India head, Jackie Martin, for terming terrorists as "militants". BBC referred to the error attack as a "militant attack" in an article titled "Pakistan suspends visas for Indians after deadly Kashmir attack."

After the dastardly attack, India has already taken a slew of measures, including the suspension of decades-old Indus Waters Treaty.

The treaty brokered by the World Bank governed the distribution and use of the Indus river and its tributaries between India and Pakistan since 1960. The Indus river system comprises the main river, the Indus, and its tributaries. The Ravi, Beas, Sutlej, Jhelum and Chenab are its left-bank tributaries, while the Kabul river, a right-bank tributary, does not flow through Indian territory.

The Ravi, Beas and Sutlej are collectively referred to as the eastern rivers, while the Indus, Jhelum and Chenab are known as the western rivers.

The water of this river system are crucial to both India and Pakistan.