{
  "id": 4608008,
  "title": "IHC seeks replies from ministries, Pemra, PTA on plea seeking regulation of social media use by children",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/ihc-seeks-replies-from-ministries-pemra-pta-on-plea-seeking",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T08:56:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
    "slug": "dawn",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2026379/ihc-seeks-replies-from-ministries-pemra-pta-on-plea-seeking-regulation-of-social-media-use-by-children"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has sought responses from various ministries and authorities regarding a petition that seeks to regulate social media use by children under 16 years of age. Filing the petition, Waqas Nasir through advocates Muhammad Jalal Haider and Yahya Farid Khawaja, is seeking legislation on the matter and the introduction of an effective age-verification mechanism for social media accounts. The court, presided over by Chief Justice Sardar Muhammad Sarfaraz Dogar, directed the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Law and Justice, PTA, and Pemra to submit their replies within 15 days. The petition argues that children are increasingly exposed to harmful effects of social media, including cyberbullying, online harassment, and inappropriate content, and that the state must introduce a comprehensive legal and regulatory framework for their protection.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Dawn - Pakistan",
        "title": "IHC seeks replies from ministries, Pemra, PTA on plea seeking to regulate children's social media use",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/ihc-seeks-replies-from-ministries-pemra-pta-on-plea-seeking-to",
        "published": "2026-08-31T09:00:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Times",
        "title": "IHC seeks response on social media curbs for children",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/ihc-seeks-response-on-social-media-curbs-for-children",
        "published": "2026-08-31T09:30:20.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}