According to the details, the SHC reverses the decision on banning TikTok and directed the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to restore the application.
The court, however, has directed the PTA to expedite the disposal of LGBT-related applications.
Moreover, the PTA has promised to dispose of the complaints by July 5.
On Thursday, Tik Tok issued a response message to the Sindh High Court’s (SHC) order to ban the app across Pakistan.
On June 28, a single-judge bench of SHC headed by Justice Kausar Sultana Hussain had issued notices to the ministry of information technology and telecommunication, PTA, TikTok through its directors and the deputy attorney general for the next hearing after it suspended the app.
TikTok also issued a statement on July 1, assuring the growth of its local-language moderation capacity, diligence to take action on content in violation of community guidelines, and cooperation with regulators.
The court, in its order, stated that TikTok had not abided by “the constant undertakings and assurances” given by it before various courts and the PTA to block accounts spreading vulgarity.
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry had slammed the high court’s decision on Wednesday. In a tweet, the minister said the country would never be able to come out of an economic crisis unless judicial reforms were implemented.
Around 15 per cent of the removed videos were “adult nudity and sexual activities”. A spokesman said the Pakistan-made videos were banned as a result of both user and government requests.
The actions came as the app faced a fresh court battle in Karachi, where an SHC judge asked the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to suspend TikTok for spreading “immoral content against Islamic Laws”.
