LHC moved for permanent ban on Facebook
LAHORE: A petition has been filed in the Lahore High Court, seeking a complete ban on access to the Facebook, a social networking website, in Pakistan, and registration of a criminal case under Section 295-C of the PPC against its owners for committing blasphemy.
The petition was filed by Muhammad Azhar Siddique, chairman of the Judicial Activism Panel (JAP), whose application for registration of an FIR had been turned down by the Civil Lines police.
The petitioner also prayed that direction should be issued to the government functionaries that no material with respect to blasphemy of any religion be published, displayed, visualised or aired in Pakistan.
Azhar said the government authorities were not acting in accordance with the law and not following the Islamic injunctions and also violating article 2-A and other provisions of the Constitution.
He requested the court that the website ëFacebookà might permanently be blocked/banned in the country. In the interest of justice and to protect the Islamic injunctions, the government might be directed to agitate the matter at the forum of the United Nations, Organisation of Islamic Countries and International Court of Justice, the petitioner prayed.
Source: The News
Date:5/30/2010
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