PTAa and PTCL asked to block sacrilegious cartoons on internet

02 Dec, 2006

The Supreme Court disposed of a contempt application with directions to PTA and PTCL to block appearance of sacrilegious cartoons on internet. The contempt application was filed by Moulvi Iqbal Haider, Advocate stating that despite the Apex Court's orders of March 20, sacrilegious cartoons were still appearing on some web sites.
The respondents argued that it was responsibility of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority to monitor the web sites and inform the PTA/PTCL to block appearance of sacrilegious or unauthorised material of internet service providers.

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