Pakistan, July 26 -- The government on Friday called on global social media organisations to immediately block the accounts of proscribed terrorist groups disseminating propaganda on their platforms.

Addressing a joint press conference in Islamabad alongside Minister of State for Law and Justice Barrister Aqeel Malik, Chaudhry said: "I want to request social media operators and platforms to cooperate with us on the blockage and removal of accounts, taking measures to stop mirror accounts and to share information of account holders who are operating these accounts."

Chaudhry said terrorist groups and individuals, including those banned in the United States, the United Kingdom and sanctioned by the United Nations, were operating accounts ...