Pak blocks YouTube access to film

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Islamabad, Sep 14: Pakistani authorities today blocked access to a clip of an anti-Islam movie that has triggered protests across the Muslim world even as groups like the Jamaat-ud-Dawah announced plans to organise demonstrations against it.
 The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority blocked pages on YouTube and other video sharing websites that had a clip from the controversial movie.
 PTA officials told the media they had been directed by the Information Technology Ministry this afternoon to block the video.
 Action was taken to block every Internet link that features the offensive video, the officials said.
 Interior Minister Rehman Malik said the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority had been directed to ban the anti-Islam movie's trailer across the country.

Lastupdate on : Fri, 14 Sep 2012 21:30:00 Makkah time
Lastupdate on : Fri, 14 Sep 2012 18:30:00 GMT
Lastupdate on : Sat, 15 Sep 2012 00:00:00 IST



  • del.icio.us
  • StumbleUpon
  • Digg
  • TwitThis
  • Mixx
  • Technorati
  • Facebook
  • NewsVine
  • Reddit
  • Google
  • LinkedIn
  • YahooMyWeb
  • Print News
  • YahooMyWeb

Code Image  Load New Code
Enter the Security code exactly as you see it in the image security code is CaSe SeNsItIvE(Cookies must be enabled)
  • MORE FROM SOUTH ASIA

  • Kashmir

SKIMS moots ‘bizarre’ proposal: 300% hike in medical tests’ fee

Not Interested To Implement It, File Lying With Me For 1 Year: Director

IMRAN MUZAFFAR

Srinagar, Sep 14: What could deal a severe blow to the poor patients visiting the SK Institute of Medical Sciences here, a proposal to hike the medical tests’ fee by a considerable margin at the health More


  • Srinagar City

When engineers resisted The Bund destruction in ‘80s

Compelled Govt to shelve proposal, prefer Abdullah Bridge site

ENGINEERS DAY SPECIAL

M HYDERI

Srinagar, Sep 14: The government could be reluctant to continue with work on upcoming skewed bridge across Jhelum –feared to be disastrous for Srinagar’s sole heritage walkway The Bund. But over two decades More



  • Jammu

9 years after chopper crash, Govt launches `formal inquiry’

FIRDOUS TAK

Jammu, Sep 14: At least nine years after the incident, Jammu and Kashmir Government Friday constituted a high-powered committee to probe the crash of a state owned helicopter which led to the killing of More


  • South Asia

Pak blocks YouTube access to film

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Islamabad, Sep 14: Pakistani authorities today blocked access to a clip of an anti-Islam movie that has triggered protests across the Muslim world even as groups like the Jamaat-ud-Dawah announced plans More


  • World

ANGER OVER ANTI-ISLAM FILM SPREADS ACROSS GLOBE

Dubai, Sep 14: Muslim protesters angered by an anti-Islam video have attacked the German and British embassies in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum.  Demonstrators started fires and tore down the German More


  • For Contributors

For those who want to write for Greater Kashmir

Our contributors are our capital. We honor each word we receive from them. They add variety to our opinion pages. An ever widening canvas of our writers including students, teachers, civil servants, technocrats More


ADD
Designed Developed and Maintaned By Imobisoft Ltd /Algosol Software Solutions