<p>In a statement, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) said that YouTube had been blocked due to ''objectionable content.''<br /><br />It did not give detail about the content.<br />The PTA directed Internet service providers to block YouTube. By late afternoon, most <br />Internet users were unable to access the site.<br /><br />The move follows the Lahore High Court's order to block Facebook till May 31 as it acted on a petition filed by the Islamic Lawyers Forum, which had sought a complete ban on the social networking website.<br /><br />The court directed the Foreign Ministry to raise the issue of the blasphemous caricatures of Prophet Mohammed at international fora. It also asked the Foreign Secretary to register a protest with the concerned countries.<br /><br />Acting on the court's order, the Information Technology Ministry directed the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority to block Facebook and all "other Internet links displaying sacrilegious caricatures" of Prophet Mohammed.<br /><br />The ministry also directed PTA to "remain alert and watchful and block all such links displaying the profane caricatures immediately", an official statement said yesterday.<br />The ministry asked people to inform it about "objectionable caricatures" at any website.</p>
<p>In a statement, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) said that YouTube had been blocked due to ''objectionable content.''<br /><br />It did not give detail about the content.<br />The PTA directed Internet service providers to block YouTube. By late afternoon, most <br />Internet users were unable to access the site.<br /><br />The move follows the Lahore High Court's order to block Facebook till May 31 as it acted on a petition filed by the Islamic Lawyers Forum, which had sought a complete ban on the social networking website.<br /><br />The court directed the Foreign Ministry to raise the issue of the blasphemous caricatures of Prophet Mohammed at international fora. It also asked the Foreign Secretary to register a protest with the concerned countries.<br /><br />Acting on the court's order, the Information Technology Ministry directed the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority to block Facebook and all "other Internet links displaying sacrilegious caricatures" of Prophet Mohammed.<br /><br />The ministry also directed PTA to "remain alert and watchful and block all such links displaying the profane caricatures immediately", an official statement said yesterday.<br />The ministry asked people to inform it about "objectionable caricatures" at any website.</p>
