Islamabad: Pakistani authorities on Friday banned access to the popular video-hosting website YouTube for
allegedly featuring blasphemous cartoons of Prophet Mohammed.
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority directed
Internet service providers across the country to block access
to youtube.com.
A statement issued to customers by Micronet Broadband,
one of Pakistan's leading Internet service providers (ISPs)
said: "Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (www.pta.gov.pk)
has directed all ISPs of the country to block access to
www.youtube.comwebsite for containing blasphemous web
content/movies."
The website would remain blocked till further orders from
PTA.
Micronet urged Internet users to "write to youtube.com to
remove the objectionable web content/movies because this
removal would enable the authorities to order un-blocking of
this website".
The blasphemous cartoons had triggered widespread
protests across Pakistan when they were originally published.
Pakistan's foreign ministry recently registered a strong protest with the Danish government for the republication of the cartoons in that country.
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