{
  "id": 4614683,
  "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-4614683",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T09:00:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
    "slug": "dawn",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2026379/ihc-seeks-replies-from-ministries-pemra-pta-on-plea-seeking-to-regulate-childrens-social-media-use"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday sought responses from relevant ministries and authorities on a petition seeking a framework to regulate social media use by children under 16 years of age. The plea, filed by petitioner Waqas Nasir through advocates Muhammad Jalal Haider and Yahya Farid Khawaja earlier this month, seeks legislation on the matter and the introduction of an…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-08-31T08:56:37.000Z"
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      {
        "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"
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  "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."
}