Blogger blocked in Pakistan?!
I always thought the reason my fiancee couldn't access my blog was because of a technical error with her computer.
Turns out that the Supreme Court of Pakistan has banned all weblogs on blogger.com
Consequently, the government blocked a number of websites hosting the cartoons deemed to be sacriligous. This ban included all the weblogs hosted at the popular blogging service blogger.com, as some bloggers had put up copies of the cartoons – particularly many non-Pakistani blogs.
On the hearing on March 14, 2006, the PTA informed the Supreme Court that all websites displaying sacrilegious cartoons have been blocked. The bench issued directions to Attorney General of Pakistan Makhdoom Ali Khan to assist the court on Monday on how it could exercise jurisdiction to prevent the availability of blasphemous material on websites the world over.
The blanket ban on the blogspot.com blogs was lifted on May 2, 2006. Shortly thereafterm the blanket ban was reimposed, and extended to typepad blogs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Internet_Censorship_in_Pakistan#Supreme_Court_directive
Categories:
Politics
2 comments:
That's ridiculous.
Even more ridiculous than my Important post. Seriously.
Lol people, tell me about it!!!
It's been blocked for a good 3 months now I think. Its utterly stupid but we've found alternative ways.
Ask your finace` to access the blog from here:
www.pkblogs.com
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