There was a recent news item suggesting that the ministry or governmental authority or whatever had declared that the ban on YouTube was not going to be lifted in Pakistan any time soon. The reason given was that improper content could not be removed from it. By improper content we all know what is meant. […]
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Sheikh Aftab Ahmed Thursday informed the House that Google did not accept the Ministry of Information Technology’s request to remove the blasphemous contents from the You-Tube. In a written reply in the National Assembly, Sheikh Aftab said that Ministry of Information Technology had imposed ban on You-Tube in September […]
The many freedoms the Pakistani press and media enjoy today are a result of years of vibrant activism and struggle by journalists and civil society. The state (and all its various manifestations) unable to have direct control (of privately owned media) because of decent media laws, now employs subversive tactics to keep things under control. […]
A renewed debate on the YouTube ban has been heating up as the Nawaz Sharif government settles in, with hopes raised that the new administration would work to restore the video-sharing website as a matter of priority. Nine months have passed since authorities in Pakistanslapped a ban on YouTube for hosting a blasphemous video. While the […]
LAHORE: The proceedings on a petition challenging the ban imposed by the former government on YouTube for exhibiting blasphemous material could not be held on Thursday as Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah who was hearing this case was not working at the principal seat. Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah at present is working at the […]
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