The Pakistani government has shut down Al Jazeera\u2019s website across Pakistan over its coverage of public boycott in Kashmir elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Qatari broadcaster\u2019s English website has been inaccessible across Pakistan after the Pakistani Ministry of Information declared Al Jazeera\u2019s coverage of the elections in Kashmir as \u2018yellow journalism\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Journalist Benazir Shah posted a picture on X that read: \u2018This website is not accessible.\u2019 According to Benazir Shah, the message appeared when she tried to open the Al Jazeera English website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another Pakistani journalist, Aamir Zia, also asked on the social media platform X: \u2018Has Al Jazeera\u2019s website been shut down in Pakistan? I am unable to access it.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Al Jazeera had reported that residents of the city of Muzaffarabad in Pakistani-administered Kashmir have boycotted the elections due to a strike. The report also claimed that several people were killed in Rawalakot and included the opinions of several people who said they had boycotted the voting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reacting to this, Pakistan\u2019s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting called Al Jazeera\u2019s reporting \u201cyellow journalism\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a statement issued on social media platform X yesterday, the ministry said: \u201cWe have taken notice of the one-sided reporting by Al Jazeera from a few specific polling stations in Muzaffarabad today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting alleged that Al Jazeera had tried to misrepresent the elections and voting process in Pakistan-administered Kashmir through \u201cpre-arranged statements by specific individuals\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The statement on X added: \u201cThis type of yellow journalism only validates the agenda of external elements with vested interests who are trying to damage the credibility of this electoral process.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Al Jazeera has not yet issued a statement on this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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