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    Pakistanis watch 560Mn You. Tube videos, make 1Bn Whats. App calls daily: PTA Chairman

    Bilal Abbas•November 3, 2026• 2 min read
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    Pakistanis watch 560Mn You. Tube videos, make 1Bn Whats. App calls daily: PTA Chairman
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    “PTA Chairman Hafeez Ur Rehman says Pakistan leads globally in You. Tube viewing, with 560 million daily video views, while Whats. App users make one billion calls d…”

    IISLAMABAD —Pakistan ranks first globally in You. Tube video viewing, with 560 million videos watched daily in the country, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Chairman Major General (retd) Hafeez Ur Rehman. The PTA chairman briefed the National Assembly Standing Committee on Information Technology on social media usage and digital trends in Pakistan.

    He said around 96 million Pakistanis currently use You. Tube, while 560 million videos are watched on the platform every day. He added that Tik.

    Tok has 100 million user accounts in Pakistan, while 150 million Pakistanis watch videos on the platform. Regarding Whats. App, Hafeez Ur Rehman said the platform has around 100 million user accounts in the country.

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    Pakistanis make approximately one billion calls and send 12 billion messages through Whats. App daily, he added. Shaza Fatima highlights 5G expansion.

    Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Shaza Fatima Khawaja said the use of social media and artificial intelligence (AI) had significantly increased data consumption.

    She said no spectrum auction had been held since Nawaz Sharif's tenure, adding that his government had introduced 4G services, while the current government had conducted a spectrum auction for 5G.The minister said around 1.8 million people were using 5G services in Pakistan, which were being introduced in 24 cities.

    She added that measures were being taken to improve telecommunications services. Theft behind telecom service disruptions. Shaza Fatima said several factors contributed to disruptions in telecom services, including theft of infrastructure.

    She pointed out that entire mobile towers, diesel supplies and generators were sometimes stolen, affecting the provision of telecommunications services.

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    Written by Bilal Abbas

    Aman-e-Pakistan Senior Journalist & Bureau Reporter

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