Pakistani TikTok star Hareem Shah speaking about the ban. While stars like her are aplenty on the app, TikTok also offers a platform for the poor to make their voices heard. — AP
A COUPLE of weeks back, on Oct 9, Pakistan banned the digital application TikTok. The irony was that the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) announced the ban on another digital application, Twitter. After 10 days, the PTA lifted the ban. The ban itself was not well thought out in the first place.
To ban anything, the government must be just. In all just decisions, rigorous detail about a matter is laid out in a logical, clear and prudent manner. To announce such a ban in only 13 lines of text did not display prudence. Thirteen lines are not enough if they reflect all the thinking done by those employed by the regulatory authority that has the power to ban anything that can deprive millions of their voices. Lest we forget, this same PTA is funded by the citizens.
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