WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook face brief outages in Pakistan
Meta-owned social media platforms were restored within minutes of outage

WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook are facing outages in Pakistan, it emerges on Wednesday evening.
As reported, Meta-owned social media platforms WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook could not be accessed by users in Pakistan despite the news of being restored.
The development comes a day after Instagram went down briefly across the globe.
According to Downdetector.com, hunderes of people had reported that they could not access the platforms.
However, the social media platforms were restored within minutes of the outage.
Many users flocked to Twitter to inquire if they were the only ones having issues with their WhatsApp:
واٹس ایپ چل رہا ہے کیا آپ کے پاس؟ #WhatsAppDown
— Farooq Abdullah (@AbudllahFarooq) November 2, 2022
Anyone facing this issue #WhatsAppDown pic.twitter.com/6WOZBzkjtc
— Ali Abbas SEO (@aliabbasagha) November 2, 2022
Me after turning my wifi on and off for the 103937th time without knowing that whatsapp is down #WhatsAppDown #Pakistan #Anonymous
— 𝐌𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐞 🕷️🏴☠️ (@team_insane_pk) November 2, 2022
Social platforms were down last week as well.
According to Downdetector, more than 11,000 users across Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger had reported issues with accessing the apps, sending messages, and logging into their accounts,