India blocks X accounts of former Pakistan PM Imran Khan, Bilawal Bhutto

A screenshot of Imran Khan and Bilawal Bhutto's X account showed a message that it was withheld in India in response to a legal demand.

The X accounts of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan and former Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto have been blocked in India amid rising tensions between the two countries.

A screenshot of Imran Khan and Bilawal Bhutto's X account showed a message that it was withheld in India in response to a legal demand. The profile picture and the cover image of the Pakistani politicians' X account are blank.

As tensions between India and Pakistan continue to escalate over the heinous terror attack in Pahalgam where 26 tourists were killed, India has blocked the social media accounts of prominent Pakistani politicians, media personalities and celebrities, including actor Fawad Khan and singers Atif Aslam and Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan.

Over a week after the Pahalgam attack, Imran Khan had called the incident “deeply disturbing and tragic" while emphasising that India needs to act responsibly. “Loss of human life in Pahalgam incident is deeply disturbing and tragic. I extend my deepest condolences to the victims and their families," he said on his X account.

He said India, being a country of 1.5 billion people, needs to act responsibly instead of messing with a region already known as “nuclear flashpoint". The former PM said peace was Pakistan’s priority and it has all the capabilities to give a befitting response to any Indian misadventure, while appealing for unity.

Following the Pahalgam attack, India initiated a series of diplomatic offensives against Pakistan, including the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty. Reacting sharply, Bilawal Bhutto said Pakistan was the true custodian of the Indus civilisation and warned India that “either their water will flow in the Sindh or else Indians’ blood will flow through it".

“The Indus is ours and will remain ours. Either our water will flow through it, or their blood will," the PPP chief had said at a rally. Bhutto later said he was conveying how Pakistanis were feeling after India’s suspension.