ISLAMABAD:
Users of X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, were left grappling with a widespread outage on Saturday, leaving both the website and app inaccessible.
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) confirmed the outage, clarifying that the issue was not rooted in the country’s internet infrastructure.
“This disruption follows a similar global outage faced by the platform on Thursday, May 22, which lasted for several hours before being resolved by the platform itself,” the PTA stated.
The telecom regulator said its investigation found no faults within Pakistan’s internet gateways and noted that all other online services in the country were operating normally.
“The PTA’s investigation into the matter has confirmed that there are no technical issues at Pakistan’s internet gateways. All other internet services across the country remain fully functional,” it said.
The PTA also cited findings from the global internet observatory, NetBlocks, which attributed the disruption to a broader international issue rather than any specific national restriction.
“The PTA continues to monitor the situation and will keep the public informed of any significant updates,” the authority said.
Meanwhile, Reuters reported that tens of thousands of users in the United States also faced disruptions on Saturday.
The Elon Musk-owned social network began experiencing issues around 1:30pm on Saturday.
According to DownDetector.co.uk, user complaints surged from just 66 to over 11,000 within minutes, peaking at 1:39pm.
This marks the second major disruption in a matter of days. On Thursday evening, May 22, millions were affected by another outage that disrupted key features, including direct messages, login pages, and access to various parts of the platform across both mobile and desktop.
