Youtube Banned in Pakistan.. whats your opinion??

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Pakistan's government has banned access to the video-clip website YouTube because of anti-Islamic movies posted on the site, an official said yesterday.
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority told the country's 70 internet service providers that the popular website would be blocked until further notice.
The authority did not specify what the offensive material was, but a PTA official said the ban concerned a trailer for an forthcoming film by Dutch politician Geert Wilders. The film portrays Islam as a fascist religion prone to inciting violence against women and homosexuals.
The unnamed official said the PTA had also blocked websites showing the controversial Danish cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. The drawings were originally printed in European newspapers in 2006, but were reprinted by some papers last week.
The PTA urged internet users to write to YouTube and request the removal of the films, saying that the authorities would stop blocking the video-sharing site once that had happened.
Pakistan is not the only country to have blocked access to YouTube. In January, a Turkish court ordered the site to be blocked on account of video clips that allegedly broke the law by insulting the country's founding father, Kemal Ataturk.
Last spring the Thai government banned YouTube for four months because of clips regarded as offensive to the country's revered monarch, King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
Moroccans were unable to access YouTube last year after users posted footage critical of Morocco's treatment of the people of Western Sahara.



What do you think about it?
road per traffic ki wajah say hadsay hotay hain to kiya hum safar karna khatam kar dein??
Another illogical law of my country.
kabootar ki tarah aankhein band ker lenay say kabhi maslay hall nahin hotay lakin meray mulk k rehnuma shayad aisa he samjhtay hain..!!

God BLESS PAKISTAN!!


Regards!!

[Miss Choudary]

Assalam-o-Alaikum ...


Sachi Main jab maine yeh khabar suniii tou khushi hoyee ... Yeaah i agree ke yeh achi site bhi hai ... but at the same time burri bhi ... Depend karta hai ke os ko use kaisa kyaaa hai ... AB jo reason samnay aaya I think its a valid reason and should be enough to take any action like the one they took ...

As far As Apacheee aap nay kaha ke 'road per traffic ki wajah say hadsay hotay hain to kiya hum safar karna khatam kar dein??' ......... Toou dekhaaain Traffic ko kamm kya ja sakta hai aahista aahista ... koee rules koee regulations bannaye jatay hain ... Rush shayad hamesha rahaaay Magar ossay handle kaise kartay hain control kaise kartay hain Osss ke hawalay say bhi tou koee action koee nah koeee lay Ga ...

I think Officer nay bohat hi acha action liyaa giya hai ... Saudia main dekhain tou wahan har is tarah ki sides khatam hain ... like Orkut waghairaaa ... Youtube ka i am not sure ... per dekhain ... Aaaj kal tou bachaaay bhi har jagah PCs use kartay hain ... kacchay demagh ke hotay hain jo dekhain sunaiin Mann laitay hain ... Iss liyee kaheen say Aaaghaz howa tou i hope aisa kuch silsilaa chalta rahaay ga ...

I hope ke Apacheee maine sahi samjhaaa aap ka point agar nahi tou sorry Explain kar degeyee ga and dont mind plzzz .............

[irmish]

hmmm very nice post and informative i heard that acah hee hoha .......

[Kaleem]

Pakistan Lifts Ban on YouTube Web Site

Pakistani officials have lifted a ban on the YouTube video-sharing Web site, saying that material deemed offensive to Islam has been removed.
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority ordered Internet providers to unblock the site Tuesday.
Pakistani officials banned local access to YouTube Friday, because of a trailer for a Dutch film portraying the Koran as a fascist book. The move disrupted worldwide access to YouTube for a few hours on Sunday, after instructions from Pakistan were transmitted globally by mistake.
In a statement Tuesday, YouTube confirmed the Web site was again accessible in Pakistan. Company spokesman Ricardo Reyes says YouTube took down the particular link on Saturday, after receiving flags from the YouTube community and determining the content violated the Web site's terms of use.
A search of YouTube Tuesday found other clips of the Dutch film available on the Web site, along with a television interview with the Dutch filmmaker Geert Wilders criticizing Islam and the Koran.
Also Tuesday, Pakistan's upper house of parliament adopted a unanimous resolution condemning the re-publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in the Danish media, which it called blasphemous.
The original publication of the cartoon in 2005 and its reprinting this month sparked protests in Muslim countries, including Pakistan.

[Frnds4ever]

Umm it was finally a good step by banning the site
But Unban it..
Ye koi acha qadam nahi uthaya gia..

[ajnabi_musafir]

Jahan Taak Mayra Khayal Hi Yeh Step Un Acts Say Acha Hi Jin Main Violence Hota Hi ... Lakin On The Otha Hand Eik Site Close Kernay Say Kuch Nahi Ho Ga.. Coz Aisa Stuff Eik Site Pay Nahi Bayshumar Sites Pay Ho Ga.. Is Site Kay Band Honay Say Kisi Bhi Gov Pay Koi Faraq Nahi Pera Siway Pak Ki Awam Kay Jin Ka Data Tha You Tube Pay And They Cann't Access It Now ..!!

Gov Ko Chahiyay Hi Kay Woh Apnay Base Pay Apnay Equal Power Pay Step Lay Na Kay Awam Ka Nuqsan Ker Kay ... Jiss Say Un Countries Ko Bhi Pata Chalay Kay Public Hi Nahi Sirf Protest Kertii Jiss Ko Yeh Loug Violence Kahtay Hain Hamrii Gov Bhi Protest Kertii Saktii Hi ..!!


Miss Chaudhry Is Right Kay Jaisa Web Pay Filter Saudia Main Hi Aisa Pak Main Bhi Hona Chahiyay Hi And Am Agree With Her ... And Aisa Filter Pak Main Bhi Hona Chahiyay Hi ..!!