Pakistan Block Facebook – court directs authorities
The Lahore High Court has directed Pakistani authorities to block access to all websites, includingFacebook, 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 Facebook 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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