Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) said on Sunday it will “restore transmission of all television channels shortly.

Hours after police and paramilitary forces launched a crackdown on protesters on Saturday, the media watchdog shut down transmission of all private news channels, accusing them of violating media regulations by airing live coverage of the operation.

Furthermore, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) was ordered to block popular social media networking sites Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and video-sharing websites YouTube and Dailymotion.