The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Tuesday restored Wikipedia providers throughout Pakistan.
As per particulars, the PTA has unblocked the service on the orders of Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif.
Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif earlier directed the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to “immediately” restore on-line encyclopedia, Wikipedia, which was banned for not “blocking/removing sacrilegious content”
The prime minister then constituted a committee comprising the regulation, financial affairs and data ministers for “preliminary examination of the matter”.
“Blocking the site in its entirety was not a suitable measure to restrict access to some objectionable contents/ sacrilegious matter on it. The unintended consequences of this blanket ban, therefore, outweigh its benefits,” the assertion added.
It’s pertinent to say right here that Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) blocked Wikipedia providers within the nation after the platform did not take away blasphemous content material.
In a press release, the PTA stated that Wikipedia was approached for the elimination of the blasphemous content material by issuing a discover below relevant regulation and courtroom order(s).
“The platform neither complied by removing the blasphemous content nor appeared before the Authority,” the assertion learn.
