KARACHI: India has blocked access to X accounts of former prime minister Imran Khan and former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari amid rising tensions between the two countries, Indian media reported on Sunday.

Users accessing both accounts in India see a message stating the accounts were withheld `in response to a legal demand`.

PPP condemned India`s move to block the account of the party chairman. In a statement on Sunday, a PPP spokesperson said India`s action was a retaliation for Mr Bhutto-Zardari`s `unequivocal and bold stance on the Pahalgam incident` which he had presented before the international community.

The press release issued by the Bilawal House media cell said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was afraid of Mr Bhutto-Zardari. `It also proves that India is an undemocratic country and its prime minister is an extremely cowardly person,` the statement added.

Mr Bhutto-Zardari`s narrative on the Pahalgam attack `unsettled the Indian prime minister`, the PPP spokesperson said, adding that it was Mr Bhutto-Zardari who first exposed the `Butcher of Gujarat` before the world, and he would continue to hold up a mirror to Mr Modi`s war-mongering mindset.

Since the Pahalgam attack on April 22, the Indian government has blocked a number of social media accounts belonging to the Pakistan government, news channels, content creators, film stars, sportspersons and journalists. The accounts were blocked on YouTube, X and Instagram.

X, formerly Twitter, has been banned in Pakistan since February 2024.

Syed Irfan Raza in Islamabad also contributed to this report