A statement posted by the National Assembly’s official account on the social media platform X said that reports regarding the shutdown of its YouTube channel were “incorrect”.

The statement came after the media reports emerged alleging that the YouTube channel had “disappeared”. The reports also said that NA proceedings, which are typically shown live, had not been broadcast on the official YouTube channel or on state television over the past few days.

The reports had emerged as a joint sitting of Parliament was held in Islamabad on Friday.

In the statement posted on X, the NA’s official account said, “It is hereby clarified that reports published and broadcast in newspapers and television channels regarding the shutdown of the NA YouTube channel are incorrect.

“Furthermore, the YouTube channel was not shut down at any point,” the statement said.

“Temporary technical issues occurred due to a social media server outage, which affected accessibility for a limited period have been resolved after Friday, following which the YouTube channel became fully operational again,” the statement said.

It added that the proceedings and the speeches of the joint session of Parliament held earlier in the day had been “duly uploaded” and were available on the YouTube channel.

The channel was accessible on Friday night, with videos from the joint parliament session uploaded to it.