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Pak SC order to block blasphemous content on internet | | The Supreme Court has directed the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulation
Authority (PEMRA) and the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) to block
blasphemous content on social media websites. The court's decision came in the
wake of widespread protests in Pakistan and other countries with sizeable Muslim
populations against an anti-Islam film available on the Internet, which was made
by an Israeli-American, reports The Dawn. The apex court issued the order after
taking a suo motu notice of blasphemous content on the website. The court had
taken a suo motu notice of the blasphemous film and ordered the registrar office
to prepare a notice on it. Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said PEMRA
and PTA should exercise greater caution regarding the material that is present
on the Internet. Moreover, the chief justice remarked that the PTA chairman would
be summoned to court. |
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