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ISLAMABAD ( Web News ) Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has degraded Wikipedia services in the country on account of not blocking / removing sacrilegious contents. Wikipedia was approached for blocking / removal of the said contents by issuing a notice under applicable law and court order(s). An opportunity of hearingRead More →

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ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar has met with Facebook’s Vice President of Global Public Policy, Joel Kaplan, and discussed “various steps and actions being taken to remove blasphemous content that is illegal in Pakistan,” a statement released by the Interior Ministry said Friday. In what couldRead More →

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ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) Interior Secretary Arif Khan argued in the Islamabad High Court on Monday that shutting down social media such as Facebook is not the solution to blasphemy. During hearing of a case regarding blasphemous content on social media, the Interior Secretary said that as much asRead More →

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ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) A forum of ambassadors from Muslim countries on Friday unanimously decided to protect the sanctity and dignity of Islam and the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and said the entire Muslim ummah is united for the same. The meeting, announced earlier in the week by Interior MinisterRead More →

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ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Friday arrested three individuals in connection with a case pertaining to the publishing of blasphemous content on social media being heard by the Islamabad High Court (IHC). The three were presented before an anti-terrorism court and handed over toRead More →