<p>A Pakistani court on Friday suspended a temporary ban on the popular online game PUBG and ordered the country's telecom watchdog to restore the game.</p>.<p>Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA's) on July 1 banned the Player Unknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) on complaints by some parents who said it was a source of addiction for the kids.</p>.<p>The ban was challenged in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) and the hearing was scheduled for July 24.</p>.<p>After hearing the case, Justice Amir Farooq declared the move as unlawful and ordered the telecom watchdog PTA to restore the game.</p>.<p>In his short order, the judge asked PTA to undo the ban.</p>.<p>The detailed judgment would be issued later on.</p>.<p>The court order came hours after PTA last night announced that the game would remain blocked in the country.</p>.<p>Earlier, PTA said after banning the game that it had received several complaints about the game being "addictive", a waste of time and its potential negative impact on children's physical and psychological health.</p>.<p>However, several people including Science Minister Fawad Chaudhry had opposed the ban.</p>.<p>The minister also tweeted that he was against all such bans because “such attitude is killing the tech industry.”</p>
<p>A Pakistani court on Friday suspended a temporary ban on the popular online game PUBG and ordered the country's telecom watchdog to restore the game.</p>.<p>Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA's) on July 1 banned the Player Unknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) on complaints by some parents who said it was a source of addiction for the kids.</p>.<p>The ban was challenged in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) and the hearing was scheduled for July 24.</p>.<p>After hearing the case, Justice Amir Farooq declared the move as unlawful and ordered the telecom watchdog PTA to restore the game.</p>.<p>In his short order, the judge asked PTA to undo the ban.</p>.<p>The detailed judgment would be issued later on.</p>.<p>The court order came hours after PTA last night announced that the game would remain blocked in the country.</p>.<p>Earlier, PTA said after banning the game that it had received several complaints about the game being "addictive", a waste of time and its potential negative impact on children's physical and psychological health.</p>.<p>However, several people including Science Minister Fawad Chaudhry had opposed the ban.</p>.<p>The minister also tweeted that he was against all such bans because “such attitude is killing the tech industry.”</p>