LHC directs PTA to decide over banning PUBG

A petition has been filed in the Lahore High Court (LHC) seeking a ban on the online multiplayer battlefield game PUBG in the country.

Petitioner Faizan Maqsood, a citizen of Lahore in his petition demanded a ban to be placed on the PUBG for its negative impact on children.

The petitioner in his petition stated that the game has a harmful and disturbing effect on the personalities of children around the country as it promotes violence.

The petitioner added that PUBG is also negatively affecting the decision-making ability of children and requested the LHC to remove the game from the Google Play Store.

After a division bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) headed by Justice Atir Mahmood heard the petition, PTA was directed to decide on the matter of whether to ban PUBG in Pakistan within six weeks.

If Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) does go forward with the ban, Pakistan would not be the first country to take such action against the game as some other countries have already banned the popular online game.

Jordan is one of the countries which ban on PUBG back in 2019 after citing the game having negative effects which eventually led to the game being banned in the country.

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