Internet censorship in Pakistan
Pakistan (PK) · · Atom
7
Censorship Score
Level
freeRisk Tier
T2HighTrend
− stableGlobal Rank
#16Incidents
—Overview
Pakistan filters content on religious and political grounds. Social media platforms are frequently restricted.
Evidence provenance
No evidence records attached to this country yet. Once probes or upstream alerts fire, attribution appears here.
7-Day Risk Forecast
Predictive AIMachine learning prediction of censorship risk based on historical patterns and political events. Calibrated 2026-05-20 via isotonic refit on 810 live outcomes. See drivers + similar past events →
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ML Intelligence
Atlas models · 2026-05-21Composite signals from Voidly Atlas's ML model suite — censorship intensity, contagion follow-risk, expected shutdown duration and behavioral peers. Model changelog →
Expected shutdown duration
~5days
If a critical shutdown occurs · IQR ±2d
Try-first circumvention tool
Generic commercial VPN bootstrap · commercial-vpn-aggregate · 42% probe success (mostly-blocked)
Recent Incidents
No incidents recorded for Pakistan.
ISPs in Pakistan
Known blocked services
Some social mediaBlasphemous contentPolitical sites
Recommendations
- Use Voidly VPN
- Enable encrypted DNS
- Use secure messaging apps
Data
Measurements706,714
Blocked count84,106
Block rate11.9%
Last updated2026-08-13
API endpoint
/data/country/PKProtocol breakdown
691K
Web
8K
Telegram
8K
WhatsApp
Frequently asked questions about censorship in Pakistan
Q01Is the internet censored in Pakistan?
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Voidly classifies Pakistan as free (censorship score 7/100, risk tier 2: High). Pakistan filters content on religious and political grounds. Social media platforms are frequently restricted.
Q02What websites are blocked in Pakistan?
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Recent measurements show blocking or interference for: Some social media, Blasphemous content, Political sites. The block-rate across all measured domains is 11.9% over 706,714 samples. Live per-domain status: https://api.voidly.ai/v1/accessibility/check?domain={domain}&country=PK.
Q03How does Pakistan's censorship compare globally?
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Pakistan ranks #16 on the Voidly Global Censorship Index. The current trend is stable — no significant change in block rates.
Q04What blocking methods are used in Pakistan?
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Voidly's pipeline detects DNS poisoning, TCP-RESET, blockpage injection, TLS-RESET / SNI-based blocking, and ASN-level outages. The exact method per domain is in each evidence permalink (https://api.voidly.ai/data/incidents?country=PK). Methodology: https://voidly.ai/methodology.
Q05How fresh is the data for Pakistan?
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Voidly probes Pakistan every 5 minutes from 37+ global probe nodes. Upstream OONI, IODA, and CensoredPlanet feeds refresh every 6 hours. The country snapshot was last regenerated 2026-08-13.
Q06How can I check if a specific website is blocked in Pakistan?
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Three options. (1) REST: GET https://api.voidly.ai/v1/accessibility/check?domain=twitter.com&country=PK. (2) MCP: npx @voidly/mcp-server, then call check_domain_blocked with domain="twitter.com" country="PK". (3) CLI: npx @voidly/cli check twitter.com PK. All three return current status, blocking method, and evidence permalinks.
Q07Can I use a VPN to bypass censorship in Pakistan?
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Use Voidly VPN Enable encrypted DNS Use secure messaging apps The full per-country recommendation list is on this page below.
Q08How do I cite Voidly's data on Pakistan in a paper or article?
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Use the BibTeX or RIS export at https://voidly.ai/cite/PK (also linked from the Citation section below). Permanent incident IDs (e.g., PK-2026-NNNN) are issued for every confirmed event. License: CC BY 4.0 — credit Voidly Research and link back.
Cite this data
Voidly Research. (2026). Pakistan Censorship Profile. https://voidly.ai/pk
License: CC BY 4.0 — free to use with attribution.