Facebook has been banned in Pakistan

Facebook has been banned. Can any one access it in Pakistan?

LAHORE: Justice Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday

issued notice to the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority secretary to

reply until Wednesday (today), on a petition seeking a ban on Facebook,

which is holding a competition of caricatures of Prophet Muhammad

(PBUH). Islamic Lawyers Movement filed the petition through Chaudhry

Zulfiqar advocate, who stated that a competition was announced on

Facebook on April 20 which would continue until May 20, asking all the

members of the website to create their caricatures to participate in the

competition. Zulfiqar said under the law no practice against Islam

could be allowed in the country. He told the court that the website,

having various features against the injunctions of Islam, is banned in

various countries. Zulfiqar submitted that there were 45 million users

of Facebook in Pakistan, adding that the PTA was responsible for its

spread in Pakistan. He said the PTA has already blocked various websites

in the country but was reluctant to ban Facebook. He said students and

various segments of the society have already started protests in the

country, which could be harmful for the public property. He requested

the court to issue directions to PTA to put an immediate ban on the use

of Facebook in the Pakistan. staff report

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