LHC Orders to Lift Ban on Facebook
Geo News confirms that LHC has ordered PTA to lift ban on facebook. The ban on facebook prolonged for nearly two weeks after the popular social networking website was blocked nationwide in a row over blasphemy. Furthermore GEO states, facebook has assured not to conduct these kind of contests in future.
Justice Ejaz Chaudhry of the Lahore High Court issued the directive, reversing a May 19 order on the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) to block Facebook over “blasphemous” drawings of Prophet Mohammed on the website.
“Restore Facebook. We don’t want to block access to information,” Chaudhry told the court.
A contest organised by a Facebook user calling on people to draw the Prophet Mohammed to promote “freedom of expression” sparked a major backlash in the conservative Muslim country of 170 million.
Chaudhry on Monday asked the government to develop a system to block access to “blasphemous” content on the Internet, which he said was already in place in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
“It is the government’s job to take care of such things, which spark resentment among the people and bring them onto the streets. They should take steps to block any blasphemous content on the Internet,” Chaudhry said.
The court Monday adjourned until June 15 the petitions from the Islamic lawyers.
Mudassir Hussain, an official from the information technology ministry, told the court that all links to “blasphemous” content on the Internet would remain blocked in Pakistan.
There can be different outcomes and consequences regarding the lift as majority is in favor of ban, but still it is unpredictable, what to come. What really is public opinion and response regarding lifting the ban, everyone has freedom of speech and liking/disliking but the anticipated protests are not anyone’s legitimate rights.
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