Instagram accounts of Babar Azam, Rizwan and plenty of different Pakistani cricketers blocked in India

Pakistan’s captain Babar Azam together with Mohammad Rizwan.
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India on Friday (Could 2, 2025) blocked Instagram accounts of main present and former Pakistani cricketers together with Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and Wasim Akram, intensifying its digital crackdown on influential personalities throughout the border within the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror assault.

The checklist of restricted accounts additionally contains Take a look at captain Shan Masood, pacers Hasan Ali and Naseem Shah, batter Imam-ul-Haq, all rounder Shadab Khan and former stars Shoaib Akhtar and Shahid Afridi.

Moreover, the account of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister and cricket captain Imran Khan can be now inaccessible in India.

Customers trying to entry their Instagram web page from India are met with the message: “Account not accessible in India. It is because we complied with a authorized request to limit this content material.”

“We acquired a authorized request to limit this content material. We reviewed it towards our insurance policies and carried out a authorized and human rights evaluation. After the overview, we restricted entry to the content material within the location the place it goes towards native legislation,” added the word from Instagram.

Nevertheless, the accounts of World Cup-winning captain Waqar Younis and former skipper Misbah-ul-Haq haven’t been withheld but.

Pakistan’s Olympic gold-winning javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem’s Instagram account was blocked on Wednesday.

These restrictions come within the wake of the April 22 terror assault close to the favored vacationer vacation spot of Pahalgam in south Kashmir, the place 26 individuals — principally vacationers — have been killed and a number of other others injured in a focused capturing.

Within the wake of the lethal assault, the Indian authorities has taken steps to dam entry to Pakistani social media accounts, citing nationwide safety issues.

Earlier this week, a number of Pakistani YouTube channels have been additionally restricted in India for “disseminating provocative and communally delicate content material, false and deceptive narratives and misinformation towards India, its Military and safety businesses”.

That ban impacted the likes of Shoaib Akhtar, Basit Ali, and Shahid Afridi.