Pakistan is testing a China-style internet firewall to monitor and control online content. This move could impact online freedoms, economic growth, and political expression. Digital and economic experts warn that it may lead to significant job losses and hinder the country's digital economy.

Pakistan’s government downplayed the outages, dismissing concerns about the firewall situation as “blown out of proportion.”

KARACHI: Internet users on Monday continued to face significant internet connectivity issues across the country, especially in the port city as they struggled to browse, download or share

Noor Ul Huda is a JURIST staff correspondent in Pakistan and a recent graduate of Punjab University Law College. She files this dispatch from Lahore.  The last week of November was a troubling time