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On 14 August 2021, Ayesha Akram, a social media celebrity, was sexually assaulted by a crowd at Minar-e-Pakistan, Lahore, Pakistan. [1] [2] [3] In a video recording of the incident that went viral days later, the crowd was seen picking up the woman, throwing her up in the air between them, tearing off her clothes, and assaulting and groping her.
In February 2021, 19-year-old Islamabadian Dananeer Mubeen made a short video with her friends portraying a mockery of "burger people", which is Pakistani slang for those who try to emulate Western culture, [12] saying, "Yeh hamari car hai, aur yeh hum hein aur yeh hamari pawri ho rai hai!"
In May 2021, TikTok appointed Shou Zi Chew as their new CEO [47] who assumed the position from interim CEO Vanessa Pappas, following the resignation of Kevin A. Mayer on 27 August 2020. [48] [49] [50] In September 2021, TikTok reported that it had reached 1 billion users. [51] In 2021, TikTok earned $4 billion in advertising revenue. [52]
"Zaroori Tha" by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan is the most-viewed Pakistani video on YouTube. It is also the first Pakistani video to reach 1 billion views. On the American video-sharing website YouTube, "Tajdar-e-Haram" sung by Atif Aslam became first Pakistani music video to cross 100 million views.
Khan later began posting videos on TikTok. By 2020 she had gained 2.8 million followers. [6] Khan has criticized proposals to ban TikTok in Pakistan, instead calling for stricter moderation of the app's content. [6] She began her career as actor in 2020, when she appeared in the drama serial, Masters. [7]
On 9 October 2020, TikTok was banned by the PTA for "immoral content" [52] On 16 April 2021, various social media applications were banned. The Ministry of Interior ordered the PTA to restrict access of Pakistani users to Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube, and Telegram. [53]
Khan was born in 1993 and was a first-generation child of Pakistani Muslim immigrants. [1] [4] [13] Khan was born to Haider Farooq Khan and Shazia Khan. [4]Her hometown was Chattanooga, Tennessee [3] where she graduated from the Chattanooga School for the Arts & Sciences. [3]
In October 2020, TikTok users in Armenia reported a loss of app functionality, although it has not been confirmed whether this was the result of any intervention by the Armenian government in response to the use of the app by Azerbaijani sources to spread misinformation during the Second Nagorno-Karabakh war.