Pakistan Block Facebook – court
directs authorities
The Lahore High Court has directed
Pakistani authorities to block access
to all websites , including Facebook,
that are involved in “spreading
religious hatred ” and to submit a
compliance report by October 6.
In an order issued yesterday , Justice
Sheikh Azmat Saeed directed the
Information Technology Ministry to
“ deny access to all websites in
Pakistan involved in spreading
religious hatred ”.
However , the judge directed the
ministry that access to Google or other
search engines should not be denied.
He directed the authorities to submit a
report on the implementation of the
court ’s order by October 6.
The judge issued the order in
response to a petition seeking a
permanent ban on US- based
Faceboo k for hosting a competition
on blasphemous caricatures of
Prophet Mohammed.
Lawyer Muhammad Azhar Siddique ,
who had filed the petition, said Islamic
values were being insulted in the
name of access to information and
this was hurting the feeling of billions
of Muslims across the world.
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