Pakistan government on Saturday has blocked Youtube.com a popular video-sharing website, for having blasphemous content & material considered offensive to Islam. The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority has directed all the providers of Internet service of the country to block access to Youtube.
The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority has ordered all the Internet service providers of the country to block access to Youtube. The order, issued by the director of the enforcement agency, claimed the ratio of “non-Islamic objectionable video†has increased on the website.
The inter-ministerial committee has decided to block YouTube.com alleged having it contained blasphemous content. A senior official from Pakistan said, “The site would remain blocked till further orders from the PTA”. The website contained a controversial cartoon of Prophet Mohammed (Sallalah-o-Alaih-e-Wa'alehi Wasallam) which was republished by 17 Danish newspapers.
