ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira said Wednesday that Federal Cabinet has proposed Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to enter into an agreement with Youtube website to for blocking any sacrilegious material. Replying to media persons questions after the cabinet meeting,Kaira said that the government has blocked the entire Youtube in the country […]
LAHORE: Expressing anger and rage over the sacrilege movie made in the US, Islami Jamiat Talaba’s (IJT) Punjab chapter organised a demonstration outside the American consulate on Wednesday. Their march towards the consulate was, however, stopped by 1,500 policemen who had blocked roads leading to the building. Hundreds of students affiliated with Jamaat-e-Islami’s student wing, […]
ISLAMABAD: Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting on Wednesday condemned sacrilegious film and urged the government to raise the issue at annual United Nations General Assembly session scheduled to begin later this month. The meeting held here under the chairmanship of Senator Kamil Ali Agha unanimously adopted three resolutions on the anti-Islam movie. In […]
By: Ahmed Quraishi The real test for President Zardari, who has many good friends in the United States, would have been to ask the US government to control and restrain American hatemongers, who have continued a crude campaign of deliberate insults and humiliation against Islam for several years now. Certainly his confidante Husain Haqqani could […]
KARACHI: The Daily Times office, located in the Sindh Industrial Trading Estate (SITE) area of the metropolis, was targeted by some criminal elements during the strike called by Jamaat-e-Islami, here on Wednesday. Some armed men opened aerial fire and entered the premises of the Daily Times press office. A bullet hit the roof of the […]
LAHORE: THE Lahore High Court on Wednesday directed Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to immediately stop telecasting videos or movies on internet and cable networks about all prophets, including Hazarat Muhammad (PBUH). The court also summoned the chairmen of PTA and Pemra for October 5 for explanation as to […]
KARACHI: Condemning hate speech on the internet in general and the anti-Islam film “Innocence of Muslims” in particular, the Bytes for All (B4A) Pakistan said it believes that banning “channels of communication [YouTube], limiting access to information platforms and steps to curtail free expression only serve to pave the way for politics-based control systems that […]
After a high-level meeting in Islamabad involving the interior ministry, the information technology ministry, the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority and the Federal Investigation Agency, the government decided to block the video sharing website YouTube and prevent access to the blasphemous anti-Islam film, which has caused fury and violence across the Muslim world. The sense of outrage […]
KARACHI: Agitation in the city and protests from various organisations continued on Tuesday as a large number of people took to the streets to record their anger over the anti-Islam film. Rallies were organised by the Sunni Tehreek (ST), Karachi City Alliance, Anjuman Talba-i-Islam and the Pakhtun Students Federation in different parts of Karachi. The […]
By: A B SHAHID No one can deny the importance of freedom of expression – the fundamental human right. But what many forget is a bigger reality: one’s freedom ends where the tip-off his nose ends because exercise of freedom must not hurt the feelings of others. But, in recent years, exercise of this freedom […]
PESHAWAR: Police on Tuesday used teargas to drive off the people proceeding on Hayat Avenue towards the US consulate in the capital city during a rally against the anti-Islam film. The protesters also pelted stones, but no damage was reported. The rally was taken out by Jamaat-i-Islami workers from Darvesh Masjid. It ended near the […]
By: Amanullah Kasi QUETTA: The Balochistan Assembly on Tuesday admitted an adjournment motion for a debate on an anti-Islam film made in the US and demanded a worldwide ban on it. Sheikh Jaffar Khan Mandokhel of the PML-Q tabled the motion soon after the session started with Deputy Speaker Syed Matiullah Agha in the chair. […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has requested people to bring it to its notice if any anti-Islamic video is available for viewing through any ISP or mobile operator in Pakistan. According to a press release issued by the PTA on Monday night, the chief justice of Pakistan has ordered the PTA to block access […]
HYDERABAD: Protest demonstrations were held, rallies taken out and shutterdowns were observed in all major cities of Sindh including Hyderabad, Sukkur, Nawabshah, Mirpurkhas, Khairpur, Mithi and Sanghar for a second consecutive day on Monday to condemn the anti-Islam film and its maker. A shutterdown was observed in almost entire Hyderabad district and large groups of […]
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