Khothi Lalikulu ku Pakistani lasintha chigamulo cha Marichi 11 cholamula kuti Pakistani Telecommunications Authority iletse TikTok ku Pakistan. Kuletsedwaku sikukuyamba m'zaka zaposachedwa pomwe pempholi laperekedwa pomwe gulu laku China lidayimbidwa mlandu wosatsata kapena kupondereza zachiwerewere. PTA kale idaletsa izi mu Okutobala 2020. Patadutsa masiku khumi, chiletsocho chidachotsedwa ndikutsimikiza kuti eni ake a TikTok, ByteDance, azichita nawo zinthu zowonongera pa pulogalamu yapa media. 
Mtsogoleri wamkulu wa Pakistani Telecommunications Authority adauza khothi pamlandu ku Peshawar Lachinayi kuti TikTok yagwirizana kuti ikhazikitse wotsogolera yemwe azitsogolera ndikuwongolera zinthu zonyansa monga zamanyazi, zamaliseche komanso zamwano. papulatifomu ya TikTok. Woweruza Woweruza Wamkulu ku Khothi Lalikulu Kaiser Rashid Khan adati pakumvetsera kuti zomwe PTA ikudzudzula zonyansa zithandizira kuti a TikTok azikhala ndi ulemu wabwino.
M'mawu ake Lachinayi kutsatira lingaliro la khothi, TikTok idavomereza PTA ndi kuthandizira kwawo panthawi yoletsedwa. TikTok idatsimikiziranso kuti imayamikira kukhala tcheru kwa owongolera ndikukhudzidwa ndi chidziwitso cha digito cha ogwiritsa ntchito Pakistani ambiri.
Mlandu waukulu wopemphana ndi TikTok umveka ndi khothi mukadzakumananso pa Meyi 25. TikTok yakulitsa ogwiritsa ntchito ku Pakistan, zomwe zidakopa chidwi cha mamiliyoni aku Pakistanis omwe amagawana ndikuwona zamitundu yosiyanasiyana papulatifomu yapa media.
