KATHMANDU, April 19 -- The Supreme Court has issued interim order in the name of the government not to implement the decision to ban PUBG, a popular first person shooter multiple-player online game.

A single bench of Justice Ishwar Khatiwada issued the interim ruling on Friday. On April 11, the government had banned the PUBG after the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) requested the government to direct Nepal Telecom to ban the game.

The SC issued the interim ruling after a group of lawyers filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) at the apex court against the government decision to ban the PUBG.

Earlier, the Kathmandu District Court had ordered to ban the game at the request of the Metropolitan Crime Division.

PUBG is an online multi...