<p>A high court in Pakistan on Monday ordered to temporarily suspend the popular Chinese video-sharing app TikTok for “spreading immorality”.</p>.<p>The Sindh High Court ordered the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to suspend the app until the next hearing on July 8.</p>.<p>The order was issued by the court on the petition by a citizen who alleged that TikTok was spreading "immorality and obscenity in the country".</p>.<p>It was for the second time that the app has been banned in the country this year. In March, the Peshawar High Court (PHC) had taken a similar action on a petition filed by several citizens.</p>.<p>However, the PHC, after a few weeks, had lifted the ban by asking the PTA to take measures so that no "immoral content" was uploaded.</p>.<p>Last year in October, the PTA for the first time banned TikTok after receiving complaints over indecent and immoral content but lifted the ban after 10 days.</p>.<p>The Chinese app has assured the PTA that it would operate as per the local laws to ensure that no “indecent content” was uploaded.</p>.<p>The app, owned by China's ByteDance, has been downloaded almost 39 million times in Pakistan.</p>
<p>A high court in Pakistan on Monday ordered to temporarily suspend the popular Chinese video-sharing app TikTok for “spreading immorality”.</p>.<p>The Sindh High Court ordered the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to suspend the app until the next hearing on July 8.</p>.<p>The order was issued by the court on the petition by a citizen who alleged that TikTok was spreading "immorality and obscenity in the country".</p>.<p>It was for the second time that the app has been banned in the country this year. In March, the Peshawar High Court (PHC) had taken a similar action on a petition filed by several citizens.</p>.<p>However, the PHC, after a few weeks, had lifted the ban by asking the PTA to take measures so that no "immoral content" was uploaded.</p>.<p>Last year in October, the PTA for the first time banned TikTok after receiving complaints over indecent and immoral content but lifted the ban after 10 days.</p>.<p>The Chinese app has assured the PTA that it would operate as per the local laws to ensure that no “indecent content” was uploaded.</p>.<p>The app, owned by China's ByteDance, has been downloaded almost 39 million times in Pakistan.</p>