Popular tracks such as Maand, Jhol, Faasle, and others have disappeared from the platform.
All Pakistani Songs Removed from Spotify India: Here’s Why! Pakistani songs have been removed from the popular streaming platform Spotify in India on Wednesday night following a government advisory.
The move came amid India’s recent boycott campaign against Pakistan following the Pahalgam attack and military aggression.
Popular tracks such as Maand, Jhol, Faasle, and others have disappeared from the platform, NDTV reported.
As per details, the Indian government on May 8 issued an advisory directing all OTT platforms, media streaming services, and digital intermediaries to immediately cease the streaming of content originating from Pakistan.
The platforms were advised to discontinue the web series, films, songs, podcasts, and other streaming media content, whether made available on a subscription-based model or otherwise, having their origins in Pakistan, with immediate effect, the advisory read.
The advisory, citing national security concerns following “Operation Sindoor” and the recent terrorist attack in Pahalgam, invokes Part II of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.
The advisory explicitly instructed platforms operating in India to discontinue all Pakistani web series, films, songs, podcasts, and other streaming media content, regardless of their availability model.
