
27 YouTube Channels Banned in Pakistan by Court
On July 8, 2025, an Islamabad judicial magistrate, Abbas Shah, granted a request from the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Cyber Crime Wing (via the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency, NCCIA) under Section 37 of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA), 2016, resulting in YouTube channels banned in Pakistan—specifically, 27 channels accused of disseminating “misleading”…