One of the greatest of mysteries in Pakistan is who makes the policies. A day after a ban was imposed on facebook, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) also banned YouTube. A PTA statement just released claims that the website was banned on “objectionable contentâ€. PTA of course is a government owned regulator and since a democratic government is in place one would have expected that the government would at least consult the general public before banning any more websites. But that doesn’t seem to be the case.
On Thursday morning this scribe found out that other websites like Wikipedia also were momentarily blocked in Pakistan. These sites were eventually restored. However facebook is continuously off line. An important point to note is that while a court ruled yesterday to ban facebook until 31st May, no such fatwa or religious decree was issued regarding Youtube. That essentially implies that while the government can always claim that it is helpless before the courts, this step was essentially the government’s or the regulator’s own initiative.
Another interesting point is that content deemed by some to be against Islam has always been present on the internet. However never in the past such an elaborate witch hunt has never been conducted in a democratic rule. Pervez Musharraf indeed tried to block Youtube and hence managed to bring down the entire service for a few hours. And such bans of course apart from throwing aspersions on the democratic rule also cast a bad reflection on the country’s tolerance. Point to ponder is that no other Muslim country has gone ahead with such a ban. These bans also make life difficult for Muslims living in non Muslim countries. And no wonder within hours of facebook ban in Pakistan, French cabinet approved a law imposing ban on Muslim veil or Hijab.
The saddest part of our helpless situation is that while the government coalition led by a liberal party is appeasing the fanatics in the country by imposing such bans, the country’s liberal class seems to have gone into a limbo. Since yesterday no human rights group, no civil society organisation or any champion of liberal cause has come forward to protest the ban. When the country is rapidly moving back to the stone age, there is no sign of conscientious or learned people who could tell the difference between right and wrong, and educate the masses on this infringement on their rights. Long live darkness, disappointment and helpless!
PS: If you want to register your protest with the concerned authorities here is the contact info of the Chairman PTA.:
Tel: +92-51-2878143
+92-51-2878156
Fax: +92-51-2878155
chairmanoffice@pta.gov.pk
Also the government should act responsibly and act now to investigate. If the Chairman PTA is doing it on his there should adequate reprimand.
The author is a Pakistani television journalist, columnist and commentator on security, political and media affairs. He can be reached through his website www.pitafi.com.
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PTA
u did a nice job
never remove ban from both the sites
show them the power
…is appeasing the fanatics in the country by imposing such bans…
very rightly put… i myself am a practicing Muslim and I believe that banning such websites is counter-productive. it will lead to exactly what appeasement causes.
PTA has done a really nice job by blocking these two sites. Proud 2 B A Pakistani.Pakistan Zindabad …
pta u must block these websites forever plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
to prove that we are true muslims
and love HOLY PROPHET (S.A.W.W.)
Good job PTA i wish all muslims countries would banned the jewish sites and policies
Very well done by PTA, the LHC the whole Nation is supporting you.
Farrukh Khan Pitafi, you are the only one who wants to protest, we don’t need your point as we want to showour power to the world.
PTA please block all the websites who dare to repeat what facebook and youtube did.
Mr. Farrukh Khan “Pit”afi:
I can see your democratic thought, and keeping the same democratic though, lets have some cartoon picture of your mother and father(ofcourse there is no restriction, so it can be nude, it can be anything) and put it on FB and invite all the people from your family who know them, and let see, if you are still defending democracy and will not be angry on that.
We love our Prophet, and you love democracy!! and we are proud of that.
I am Very Happy
Yahoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Huraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
ALLAH KARAY SARI LIFe K LYE BAND HO JAYE
Long Live PTA, Did the very right job of banning Facebook and will be good if put for life time of Facebook. Put up your Phone Number I want to register a protest against this blog against you.
Not using Facebook will not push us to stone age. Its about love you have for the personality.
Can I do the same with your beloved ones.
maza aagaya… look people.. it only happened because of us! we protested and made them block that websites. now youtube is blocked too…
this is the time to encourage our social communities, where no pakistani should be blocked!
PTA has done a gr8 job…..we cannot tolerate these shameful acts of jews…
It is great that PTA has taken action. Before, I thought that Pakistan has no one who could show their power to protect our great Religion. It would be extremely silly to protest against this ban. And far as stone age is concerned, then stone age must be better than this jew age. (facebook). The writer is extremely hypocrite.
Pakistan Zindabad.
Shame On Our President he can,t say any single word on this kind of stupid event
well said Asad…
@Farrukh Khan Pitaf, so dude v want ur answer now what u would do?
No. Sorry. I am not supporting you people on this. Banning websites from where we get information is nowhere the right step.
everybody just use proxy ..thats it
Dear Author,
If you are that democratic , see all comments. Majority rules. You are alone here in supporting west lobby.
@bachakhan
proxy sites r also blocked
Pta did good job u said stone age.in china fb is blocked .they are in ston age? No they are progressing by leap and bounds .we can do anything for our beloved prophet (PBUH) .
What all you crazy fundos don’t seem to understand is that this is not about religion. I am a Muslim and of course the facebook event was offensive. however, by banning the whole site, the Muslim community is not protesting but hiding. the problem is that our government has decided to take away our freedom by banning these few sites. it may only be a few now, but now that a precedent has been set, who knows what kind of restrictions they will put. the Prophet (SAW) himself said “there is no compulsion in religion”. forcing people to follow YOUR VERSION of Islam is NOT what our peaceful religion is about. you might as well declare jihad like taliban… they also claim to be killing in the name of Islam. it makes me sick to see our citizens supporting this violation of our basic rights.
subhan Allah…this has to b done…v hv did it late but alhamdullillah that muslims are not that much sleepy yet…v have the courage n luv for our deen..their will be a day when all muslims get together and show these non-muslims that what v really are…and what v can really do…inshaAllah…great job PTA for the 1st tym i m proud 2 b a pakistani boz v are the initiators to block the fuss…now v all have to get together and should introdue muslim browsers…to shw these hypocrates our power…
@sajid no they are not..i am using proxy ..they can ban all they want i can access whatever i want..they are bunch of retards ..
youtube n wikpedea shuldnt have been banned..youtube only conains some videos against govt or print media so to remove those videos they have blocked it…hope they restore it back….
decision regarding facebook ban was very good…
got it..
oh, also everyone here saying things like this is all because of the Jews… i hope you remember that you are Muslims who are discriminated against by the west and now you yourselves are discriminating against a whole religion. EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO PRACTICE THEIR OWN RELIGION. that is what Islam is truly about. not suppression of information.
Asalam walikum
Very very nice job done by PTA should ban all Porns sites in Pakistan.
youtube, wikipedia or facebook is this going to stop them from doing what they do, they only want to inflict emotional pain to waste our time, if you want to react then just hack those sites out and remove their content rather then go into a denial mode and over that protest also.
sorry folks! i think you all need to be clear in your head about the issue. Hiding a wound does not help healing rather it worsens the things. Its a war of words and we should have the courage to deal with it in the same way as THEY are dealing it. hiding in the dark corner and closing your eyes to the offense is not a bravery in my view.
very well-said Ayesha, how can we xpect others to respect our religion if we dont respect their. By doing this we are distorting the portrait of our own religion.
@umair what the hell is a muslim browser what has a browser got to do with anything..ur pathetic ..i hope pta offers u a job soon….all those pathetic guys out there who think pta did a good job needs to shut up..blocking sites is not the solution..there are other ways
gr8 step we dont need to use facebook or youtube we can make our own websites and better then facebook and youtube we r not hiding from anyone we just saying you wont get any business from us simple!! Pakistan Zindabad!!
I am very happy that they have been banned.Don’t remove the ban until they beg you to.And believe me! they will.
well said asad!! i totally agree with you!
So stupid, where is ban on FAcebook is justified, i don’t get why Wikipedia and Youtube are banned..
Imran, i am impressed. waiting to witness an E-blast from your side. When you are giong to inaugurate your Pakistani (or should i say Islamic) version of youtube and Facebook?
its just a begining i’m glad that Pakistan took the first step rest to follow us Inshallah!!!
How do you connect the banning of the Hijab (Muslim veil) to the banning of Facebook in Pakistan?
The two are completely unrelated. The French government has been pushing this law (for the banning of all religious symbols, including the Jewish Yarmaluke/Kippah) in public, for quite a long time.
How the author is connecting these two completely unrelated events together is beyond me. It only goes to show the paranoia of the author that any kind of ban on any kind of item will be met with retaliation of some sort, therefore we must NOT standby our religious, cultural and ethical values.
Freedom of speech and expression is beautiful so long as it does not desecrate someone’s belief and/or religion, both of which are intensely personal to everyone! Arguments, that either promote an understanding, or express the will to understand will always be welcome under these freedom of speech “rules” since they are not deliberately trying to piss you off!
@afia here we go http://pakistangottalent.com
we are still working on it !!
but this is going to happen very soon!! wait n watch!!
MISS AYSHA
actually wat the site want is maximum hit
if you protest on a topic that will give them no of hits
then why should they block such topics
on the other hand when they will see that such topic cause in decrease of hits due to ban etc it will force them to make there policy strict
see you tube has removed that video within few hrs because of last banning experience
i used facebook for gaming purpose no doubt my hit rate is more then 2000 per day
im off since yesterday and also millions like me
imagine decrease in hit rate and that topic will not give them
IM WITH HIGHCOURT
AND MR PITAFI YOU CAN CHECK DEMOCRACY IN YOUR BLOG WHERE BLOCK IS SUPPORTED BY 15:1
woW…WHAT a thought……in this way we are showing our power…..i totally disagree,,,this is not a solution to block the site,,,,We should protest against the group in a proper way and should report the link,,,MOre than 47% of fb users are Muslims,,If all of them report to that group,,fb will be forced to remove all those stuff,,fight against those people with valid points,,jst closing ur eyes is not a solution at all!
or do what turkish hackers did!
Weldon PTA. Now please also ban all Porn sites in Pakistan.
@Ayesha:
EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO PRACTICE THEIR OWN RELIGION … but nobody has the right to hurt others religious sentiments !
You people are disgusting. How can you support this? This goes against our basic rights to freedom of choice. Our internet usage is being monitored now? That’s pathetic!
PTA ne tu akheer hi kar di. laikin ye PTA ka nahi Lahore High Court ka karnama hai. aur mein lahore high court se ye bhi request karta hoon k plz ban the porn sites like china, Iran and saudi arabia. moreover the advertisements shown on various sites in pakistan shud be under ethics.
i love PTA ,these sites should be blocked forever ………
no website is opening right now facebook,flicker,youtube,wikipedia,images,
i think that is more of a response to the exposure of hamid mir the famous journalist and a key pawn of establishments phone tapped and issued on the facebook and youtube that made the establishment to ban those sites to protect other secrets from reaching out to the public so that they protect themselves from getting exposed further… they only needed an excuse.. why dont they ban denmark and norway embassies and their companies like telenor etc…
I m very glad to hear about face-book banned in pakistan, lots of thanks to PTA.
Anna:
I agree with you.
first we make them remove the links then we should not allow them to run their site in out country. it would be the financial loss of the face-book runners, they must have taken action against them before the people come to know.
Don’t they know that its totally against a religion, None religion is abused.
Very correct when you say that the government is just appeasing the fanatics. What’s the point in banning all these sites. Blasphemous caricatures have all along been present all hundreds of other websites (including Youtube). If anyone wants to register their protest they can just delete their accounts on fb or simply stop using it en masse. More so in the case of youtube its a classical violation of freedom of information and keeping religion off of the affairs of the state.
Assalam o Alaikum
To all, who are in the favor of this ban…. Allah inhain Jazah-e-Khair ata farmain, AMEEN
and those who are against……. Allah inhain Hidayat naseeb farmain, AMEEN
I am in the favor of these banned.
wassalam
I agree with Ameeratron… It’s our choice on what we wish to or dont wish to see.. They have no right to ban these websites without our say-so… What about the non-muslims living in the country, why should they be tortured… And facebook itself said that it would have blocked the page if the govt. would have issued a warning first… This is really pathetic… And Btw because of this, the french govt has enforced a ban on veils and hijab so yeah, this is only torturing everyone and not beniffiting anyone… All u guys wanted was revenge and now u got it… Happy?
Folks, I am open to your comments and even insults. But if you claim to represent the Prophet of Islam, the most tolerant Prophet of all times, then you should at least try to behave. Nowhere have I said that drawing caricatures or being insensitive to Islam or any faith is good. All I am saying is that this is the wrong way to protest, and also by allowing the government to ban the new technologies you are giving it a weapon to exploit you further in the future, even when you dont want it to happen. Do you think insulting me will make you good Muslims?
And by the way it seems most of these messages are generated by some wested groups who want to introduce their own products in place of these technologies. If you are no such group then at least talk reason and at least try to behave the way your Prophet would have. I am not the blasphemer here.
AOA
I think the PTA did the right job. ban all these stupid sites, i was really active on facebook, but after looking at this stuff, i have email the facebook team about it, Reported it and de-activated my account with a note……. TRUST ME IM STILL ALIVE, HAVING BETTER THINGS IN LIVE TO DO THEN WAITING TIME ON FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE,
COMEON GUYS FIRST TRY TO SEE INSIDE OF THESE SOCIAL MEDIA SYSTEMS, how many people use it to find girls and girls to find boys???? is that what our religion is about?????
BTW im in london so ban in pakistan, nothing to do with me, i left this side on my own.
Blog writer…..ITS A GOV DUTY TO PROTECT ITS CITIZENS FROM BAD THINGS GOOD START ATLEAST FROM SOME WHERE, EVEN THEY ARE THE ONES TO FORCE THE NATION TOWARDS ISLAM AND RELEGION, SEE THE COMMENTS ON YOUR BLOG AND FIX YOUR MIND NOW
VERY SIMPLE RULE ….RESPECT OTHER AND GET RESPECT YOURSELF.. WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS INSULT SO THEY ARE GETTING INSULT IN RESULT.
like i said pakistani establishment only needed an excuse to block the website to stop people from getting vital information that they wish to conceal… the recent example of that was the exposure of hamid mir the famous journalist who was caught talking to taliban giving them them vital information which resulted the murder of khalid khwaja.. and whose tape was issued on the youtube and facebook.. the other tape was of the pakistani army beating innocent people in sawat and torturing them… exposure of hamid mir the famous journalist and a key pawn of establishments phone tapped exposed on the facebook and youtube made the establishment to ban those sites to protect other secrets from reaching out to the public so that they protect themselves from getting exposed further… they only needed an excuse.. why dont they ban denmark and norway embassies and their companies like telenor etc…
La Ilaha Illallah Muhammadur Rasulullah
Well Don PTA, Specially Chief Justice of Lahore High Court Mr. Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif & Lawyers who put the petition.
We love our Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu ‘Alaihi Wa Sallam), we are proud of that.
Ghulam-e-Rasool Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam Main Maut Bhi Qabool Hai. Jo Ho Na Ishq-e-Mustafa Tu Zindagi Fazool Hai
Please also take notice and ban all Porn sites in Pakistan.
Respected Farrukh Khan.
For the 1st time P.T.A did the Good job .. And u r still blaming P.T.A. dont you yourself have sense .. is it necessary for a molvi to come n tell us it is wrong . ? why we need FATWA all the time .. then what kind of muslims we are ..? cant we think for ourselves that all the things that r going to happen on facebook are against the muslims, against our religion .. ??
i dont understand what u want to tell us by pointing ur finger on youtube.
Good post, Farrukh. If only this country had more people who thought like you.
Interesting story by the author, while describing the whole story, there is still biasness, strange, rare strange.
Why Muslim build Pakistan ? Mr.Author please answer?
Why there is alway an attack on Islam?
Do you think by this act we are putting our people in stone age? Oh I see, Only facebook is the one which is taking us in modern world?
The Jewish planned the game named as “The Great Game”. this all things are the part of that game or not Mr. Author ?
PTA banned Facebook, Youtube and let me tell today every person in Pakistan is proud of that act.
And what you are talking about the Human rights? Please first understand the word Human RIGHTS, and all the human agencies are in favour of ban imposed by PTA.
very good, i m happy
block them forever
its a good decision taken by PTA.. May ALLAH give them Ajar-e-Azeem.
but very sad……….where is our media? Geo, AAJ, Express, Dunya, Sama, ETC
where is Dr. Shahid Masood, Kamran Khan, Hamid Mir, Talat, Asma Shirazi, Kashif, many more host………….
where is our leaders………… Zardari, Gilani, Altaf Hussain, Nawaz Sharif, Imran ????
rn’t they muslim?
is it not their duty to protest against this big sin.?
do they sold their EEman??
VERY SAD
Facebook ke sath iss media, polititions, pe bhi hamesha ke liye banned laga do, kisi kaam ka nahi jo media itni AZEEM Hasti ki gustakhi karne walo ko malamat na kare unka boycott na kare wo media, wo leader, wo siyasi party kafiro ke agent hain..
Ab ALLAH ke azab ko dawat di ja rahi hai………..
wait and see….
Wikipedia is a very good site which a person can use to educate themselves – it is basically an online encyclopedia. Why is this government hiding knowledge from people? Maybe there is some information available on Youtube and Wikipedia which the government doesn’t want us to know.
Finally Facebook showed a little respect. It said in a statement on Wednesday: “While the content does not violate our terms, we do understand it may not be legal in some countries.
“In cases like this, the approach is sometimes to restrict certain content from being shown in specific countries.”
oh!i thougt aftr fb i cud jus listen ta songs all the time..nt possible…but watevr….dose non-muslims r so wrong with dat grup….meanos!
This is super lame, the act of banning these sites is only serving their purpose, the promotion of these sites, people are sick, they join groups like “facebook admin you should delete the group named islam *$)@#$*@# ” what are you doing? just promoting the name of the group, and making so many people read this name. We need to fight back, and this is not done by turning a blind eye towards these sites. Hack facebook and remove the content. Be a Muslim. Anyone can easily access any porn site, why aren’t they banned? Have some sense, banning facebook is okay, but YOUTUBE?? What did they do, for crying out loud? Plus wikipedia has been banned too? I mean come on, at least restore youtube and wikipedia and don’t serve your own political purpose behind this hullabaloo going on.
pta has done a great job and they must take further steps to stop such stupidities,and they must baan each n every site that contains such kind of content
Be A Muslim
Be A Pakistani
And love The Prophet Mohammad (SAW) beyond the hights of love
@Sultan
and yes, ban every site on the internet because every site has offensive content, this is stupid, and highly immature and this is not the solution.
A great decision by LHC and PTA banning face-book.those who are saying that banning wont help need to think a little.well we Muslims are about 47% of face-book users and we have been asking face-book to stop this event but face-book was just ignoring us. If we unite and leave face-book all at once face-book looses 47% of its users. with this i think next time something like this event happens face-book will listen to us and will give importance to our beliefs.
The sooner the google authories remove the hatred links or videos off the youtube, the better its for them.
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if a newbee like me can sucessfully report 1200 hatred speaches per hour off the internet it should be hard to remore just a few videos off the youtube by the authorities themselves.
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Offensive content, or hate speaches should not be allowed IN MY PAKISTAN !
i dont care about the westerns or what they might think or what they do or wear.
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Pakistan Zindabad !
yesterday i was in the favor of banning fb but today they have banned youtube thats crazy ! if a1 need proxies just drop your email here i will be sending you the proxy of youtube !
so whats next?ban internet?ban tv?ban radio?OMG…y not ban ppl coming in going out of pakistan???
that way we can stop our country from being raided by jews :p
i`ve got another idea…y dont v just put together all these fukin molviz who have made a joke out of religon and who r a huge stigmas on the face of religon…y dont v put them together and blow them up wid their own suicide jackets….
and trust me…off all the ppl i know who were opposing facebook and everything….most of them were sore losers who hv always been underachievers and dont really have anything to do but to criticise whatever comes by!
lugay raho losers….tm loog jb tk is pakistan ko khaa nahi jao ge na…tb tk tumhe sakoon nahi aye ga!
Actully ISPs should stop providing internet services to such terrorist’s region who can never think apart from their own religion.
why dont they ban all indian channels ! ohhh , how can they they are earning revenues from it , they should ban the specific urls no they cant and they banned entire websites , thats wrong !
n whoever think its a good idea band fb n youtube…well lisn up dun wanna be rude but dem ppl total lonerz got nuthin better to doo but critisize…or maybeeee wait der mommys dont let em use da nett noo??lmaoo freakin fustrated backward ppl think more mature for once ull see better..its you ppl who messin pakistan upp with ur lame thots…we dont even need itt…yess it rong wat happening bou the drawings n all n every true muslim wud be angryy but ders better ways to handle it den sit der n say “ooo haan jii veryy good verrry good im veryy happpy bann it foreverr,yayy”…huhh??? ppl lyk that shud stick there heads down the toilet..if u own one thet is!!!…
I m against this one, what will happen if many Muslims bhai are connected through Facebook?
It’s Good They Banned It. But Anyone Have An Idea If They Are Banned For Life?
Heey guyX m muslim….all of u r muslim…….!
we luv our country pakistan ……..
but remmember all this situation is planed by our enemies…….!
think about It…..
pakistan zindabad….
inshallah all of u see….the orignal page Of truth…
which is black every time infront of us…….
my post is hint for all of you…..
that all dis situation is planned …..to kick out us from internet services …..they dont like us they dont want us to join their XXX
SooO i think we should join these kind of pages and defend our nation……to baan website is the wrong solution………
Long live pakistan…….
these bans are really good. this is not only about supressing unformation, but its good that they should have some loss. we can’t fight them or them, so its really good idea to nake those bastards a loss. so i am with PTA & LHC. there is no supression of information, if u guys really need to social networking site then Pakistanis themselves should bring any. facebook is also banned in china. but they have their own site. that is more larger than facebook.
hope those guyz who opposes these bans, get the right path of thinking atleast.
PTA grb jjob , well nd also blocked porn all porn sites in PAKISTAN plz . and block FB forever
@ zain ! no they are not banned for life .
and proxies of youtube are still working they cannot have the time to ban all the proxies of youtube !
banning sites just rongg noo matter wat,,, n if this way u think were showin emm hell yeaah were Muslimsss. well mm noo this way we showin emm hell yeaahhh we pakistaniss…no other islamic place did this den why da hell we bein so cool for??
guess what ! youtube is working ! i am soo happy
in pakistan !
The author if this blog can go to hell.
you are pleading against this ban when you what is has done against our beloved Prophet ?
Regarding theban of veil in France
The veil banning is just a non-sense demand of France
however ban on facebook is utterly right
Good Work PTA
Good Work GOVT. OF PAKISTAN
and evry one of you who took part in this Ban
Facebook should be banned for life
@ usman ! what youthink about youtube !
Respected All
I have read the views from the different peoples having different opinions. The most brothers and sisters are supporting the ban. I agree with those who said that ban in not appropriate step. But what can we do? why non-muslims always start such a shameful issue? Can they answer such thing. Never.
They thought that they are harming/teasing us, but I think they are uniting us by such shameful activities. First time I have seen such great unity among Muslims and all of my friends including me reported the page about 3 days ago. But facebook haven’t took any action against that page. We all have deactivated our accounts as protest.
To all:
We should built a pure Islamic base social network, which must follow the golden rules of Islam.
We respect all the peoples in the world and their religions but we will not bear anything against our beloved Prophet (S.A.W).
GO to hell facebok and youtube.
Allah will never forgive them……
they dont know how terrible they are doing for themselves.
I think most American’s, if not all, are “narrow minded offensive people” with limited awareness about the world out USA. I hear their president preaching global peace, but I am sorry to see that they have no sense what this actually means ! Peace comes with respect and tolerance towards other religions and views. And Americans have failed to show that numerous times.
If Muslims say that do make fun of their respectable personalities, then what is the point in insisting on violent actions. Do you think that it is any creative or high value act to make ridicule of others.
If this is American culture then I think We (Muslims) are far better than them. And if I am wrong, then prove it , not by abusing but showing responsible attitude and promoting peace and tolerance
well done PTA ….i really appreciate the act u guys do…but one thing i want to discus here why we pakistani software engineer develop a side like facebook…so we can use it freedomLY…let the world take in Ur hand as uk do…why we dont develop these kind of software…i encourage to all engineer show their TALENTand trough and blocked this facebook foe whole its a big lesson for them …atLEASt they realize what kind of nation we are…DONT IGNORE MY MESSAGE …DO TAKE SOME KIND OF INDICATIVE….
So Mr Farrukh did you read the comments.. it showed that people of pakistan want to block these kind of website which effect to islam in any way ..
we are Muslim and why should go and even raise question for that place where your Beloved Prophet pictures are being made..
Allah Maaf kere
Hahahaha seeing these zealous fanatics rejoice at the ban makes me laugh. Screw the ban. Use a hotspot shield to hide your Ip address and get around the ban.
Im gonna go watch some porn now just in the spirit of being against the ban
Farrukh Khan plz tajdeed ur iman first. then thanks to our govt. who done a good job in religious way and ur kind of people never appropriate them plz get out from this Islamic republic of Pakistan because in Islamic country this in not a big deal to ban the facebook type of sites.
its tremendous effort by government and for ur kind information (bloger news )this banned is absoulutily according to public will gen public is very happy after this banned its a bold effort and public will support this effort in oakistan and now the muslims r awakeing
OMG after reading the comments i can say that these ppl dont even use’s these websites -__- so they just dont care if the site is banned or not… for those who say that its good that we banned such things ( non muslim things ) y dont u just go n burn all ur jeans n tshirts n movies n pc’s u ilitrates noobs -____- let me give u an example ” if someone say something to u about ur propher on ur face what will u do ?? put a black bag on ur face n plug ur ears ? n then feel proud that u did a good job ? no well thats waht we just did idiots !! we didnt do anything againt the facebook we just put a bag on our heads -___- the page is still there ppl r still drowing ppl r still watching n ppl r laughing more at us these kind of things just make things worse for us… i was planing to go n visit that page n spam the shit out of it n spam the ban flag post comments on there faces ! n now waht ? i m just gona sit here bec of u idiots…
Mr.Farrukh.. I am sorry on your Lame thaoughts.. if it is stone age to ban face book or youtube, then why hundrads of our Pakistani Universities have banned it for years ago????????????????????????????????
government have just banned it yesterday, but Universities have banned it years ago. so you should raise this point at that time. your writing depicts your affiliation with crystal clear cause. but at least we can not allow you to show fabricated fundations of Pakistan…. plz mind the CURRENT situation…
banning des sites wat v shuld go back 2 stone age y cant they just block the url of those links ..
Great work done by Pakistani Courts and Authorities by blocking all such bad site which are hurting Muslims.
It is a democratic decision and all Pakistanis are backing it..
One thing I can’t understand that this is the decision of Pakistani People and Govt why Non-Muslims are getting worried about it… If one country is not willing to log on to facebook then why they are getting annoyed.
If they like it then please use it no one is stopping you… Go and spread whatever bullshit you can….
you guys do not deserve technology…caves come to mind…
Lahore High Court has done a tremendous job and PTA also has done a great job other Muslim countries must learn lesson from this and should impose ban on these sites nothing is more important than OUR PROPHET MUHAMMAD SAW some idiot so called moderate Muslims are criticizing the ban i ask them will they allow humiliation of their father mother or themselves no never then y r u idiots criticizing the ban no Muslim is the Muslim until PROPHET MUHAMMAD is loved by him the most more than father mother and anything on the world
A great decision after a long time….. Facebook and such other sites which violate our religion shud be banned forever……. there should be some action against Facebook for violation of our religon….
I can just laugh at the ignorance of dumb majority of my country. I think majority of the people protesting dont even know what facebook is and how it works, like the judges of high court.
It’s a foolish decision by jerk judges and stupid PTA to ban facebook. People dont understand that facebook has nothing to do with the page that some Mardood has created on facebook. For God sake, facebook has thousands of offensive pages and it’s it literally not possible for facebook to ban each offensive page. If they hadn’t ban facebook, we could have, atleast, protested on facebook against those moron cartoonists and could have reported that blasphemous page.
But now, above all, they have banned youtube as well. Go to hell PTA! People of my beloved country are living in fool’s paradise.
Jahalat at its best!
we will progress to stone age:) after reading thoughts of ppl who are in favor of the ban..well said @blank whoever that is – got brains..and rest of you all are jerks ..the anti islam site has won by making pta ban youtube and facebook they must be so happy that they are so important b/c of them whole pakistan is unable to access those websites..fucking pathetic i know most of you in favor of the ban are loser and thats why we will never rise up ..face it assholes and take the challenge fight them not run away from them or just ignore them …now its so easy for them to target us again and again and win ..think with your brains assholes…
anyways, we need people more people like farrukh to educate our nation.
Friends, I’m sorry to say but you all are even blonder than the blondes! Can’t you guys force your hijacked minds a little and try to see the bigger picture here! The government is using this whole drama in its favor and trying to shut down internet/information for everyone.First facebook then youtube and wikipedia now google would be next! and you all are rejoicing here on being crippled! wow how plain pakistanis can get no wonder we lag behind on all levels!
Furthermore, If anyone would make nude caricatures of my beloveds and family I’d come out of my home and protest on all levels, I will not cut my own legs and hands and bolt the doors and windows, close my eyes and pretend nothing is happening! For gad sake people, Get real!
PLEASE NOTE: Everybody here is, as in love with our religion and prophet and as outrageous and against at the blasphemous act as any Muslim should be! So please spare us from stupid judgments!
all they wanted was attention and popularity and you all have given them what they wanted..i am really ashamed of my nation..we are a nation of cowards ..
Mr.Farrukh.. I am sorry on your Lame thoughts.. if it is stone age to ban face book or youtube, then why hundrads of our Pakistani Universities have banned it for years ago????????????????????????????????
government have just banned it yesterday, but Universities have banned it years ago. so you should raise this point at that time. your writing depicts your affiliation with crystal clear cause. but at least we can not allow you to show fabricated fundations of Pakistan…. I also want to tell those who consider the step towards caves, do you think facebook is the technology must be adopted by each human being???? i think world was more safer before facebook birth..
plz mind the CURRENT situation…
woww…pta did a gr8 job …mashALLAH nd all those ppl who r saying k it was a war of words nd v shud hve fought back wid d power of our words r totally wrong ,no offence….
i myself joined many groups on facebook against this nd also wrote complaints to the admin …but if they were not paying any heed to whatever v said then this is what should happen…i m proud of pta
Mr.Farrukh.. I am sorry on your Lame thoughts.. if it is stone age to ban face book or youtube, then why hundrads of our Pakistani Universities have banned it for years ago????????????????????????????????
government have just banned it yesterday, but Universities have banned it years ago. so you should raise this point at that time. your writing depicts your affiliation with crystal clear cause. but at least we can not allow you to show fabricated fundations of Pakistan…. I also want to tell those who consider the step towards caves, do you think facebook is the technology must be adopted by each human being???? i think world was more safer before facebook birth..
plz mind the CURRENT situation…
@safi ullah marwat you are big chutia..sorry to say you have no brains at all boy ..this is not about facebook and shit its too hard for ppl like you to understand ,i bet your a gorilla from stone age stupid moron..ppl like you make those anti islam groups and sites important its best to ignore them like we never knew about it..when they see how much we care and sites starts getting banned thats where they win..now things will start happening again and again and more often b/c we showed them we can’t deal with them instead we run , we hide..i am a muslim and ill face them and think of other ways then this stupid shit..
okayy seisllyyyy fynn dey bannd em o wateva…but still wen do we get to use em agnn??? do we evn ever??
nnn yess i totaly agree wid dis lmao person.. it seams lyk we runnin away der shud be oda ways of reacting den ala sudden start cryin n totaly disapear from da picture…. alot ov other ways cud be thot ov ..n plz i cud totaly smak em ppl who keep sayin goood job bann dem forever!! hah u guys are soo selfish n retarded.. evn tho the drawing thing wrong ders other ways to handle itttttt…..
Salam, I just realized how ignorant and senseless the people of my country are. What did we get from blocking facebook? we are just preventing our people to see what’s happening in the world, not solving the problem. And first of all facebook didn’t organize the contest, it was a user, which can be banned through proper channel protest from gov. And i believe hundred % that youtube is banned because it contains anti gov. content. and what about the lectures and study material available on youtube? i think no body ever see those lectures, because they are busy watching who in the world is drawing cartoon.
Remember those people making cartoons are not in our jurisdiction or control, we will not be asked about them, but if you want to do something real wake up and do some real work to get a powerful position in the world. ignorant people.
Government is just using this issue to serve their own purpose, and our stupid big headed awaam would love to die for anything, that day isn’t far away when we would start stabbing our own backs by demolishing our own property, setting our buses, banks and buildings to fire. We just need an ACTIVITY, most of the people who are opposing facebook don’t even have a slightest idea of what it is, I mean if this is the solution, we should simply ban everything. I hate government of Pakistan for the shit they are putting us through, I bet google will be the next to be banned. Shame on you ignorant morons who think banning is the solution. It is only ignorance.
They have made a good decision by blocking these sites they should also block porn websites which are viewed in homes and internet cafes by youngsters, and we will not die if we stop visiting you tube or facebook etc. our entertainment is not more than our religion and our beloved Rasool (sallallah-o-alaihi wasallam) and what is so called “Freedom of expression” is there no limit, are there no values. Please think about it, you cannot dare deny the jewish massace by adolf hitler in the west (no expression allowed) and you continue hurting us in the name of freedom. may Allah give us wisdom to understand the realities and hearts to love islam.
Simple example for all who are criticizing PTA including Mr. respected (BS) Furrukh saheb:
Think for a while, you have opened TV and one of the channel is talking great (bullshit) things about you and your beloved one (family ofcourse, as I dont think so you guys love Prophet Mohammad PBUH at all), what will you do from following options:
1 – Close your eyes and let other watch disgrace of your beloved one.
2 – If someone else from family tries to change the channel or switch of TV, you stop him and tell that person “dont run like a kid, face it”
3 – Watch the whole show and appreciate the good technologies they have used in creating that show :p
4 – Make sure you not only switch off TV, but secure the remote as well so that your kid will not know about your beloved ones.
Think about someone who is disgracing or even helped disgracing your beloved one, what will you do.
For all those folks who think, stop using facebook will left us behind in technology, I can only laugh at them. hehehehehe.
Long live Pakistan.
till wen is this gona goo???????
Please, put a life time ban on these kind of websites..!
Pakistanis have once again proved that they are the dumbest, stupidest nation in this whole world. Today, it is facebook and literally tommorrow it will be youtube and day after tommorrow internet…and the day next to that no internet. is this a country, we dont have electricity, water, internet..we have already descended into dark ages, thanks to our “so called religious mollahs’ with no religious or practical knowledge, i’m away from my city, facebook was the only way through which i cud connect with my family and friends and there are millions like me. They wont stop doing this, infact they will do it again and again. Instead of learning from them we are turning away from knowledge. Shame PTA and shame to all these who support PTA. Now, i understand why Pakistan is a hell hole, coz my countrymen are idiots
how about they put a life tym ban on your mouth…seisly if u dun want it stay out ov it noo??? scared?? running away from reality?? u shud learn how to deal with it not runn MUSAWIR!
DIS IS INANNEEEEEEEEEEEE plz our gov nd my cntry men get some brains if thyr sold:P
we are a tolerant cntry/religion nd in no way is ths ban gona beneft us or reslt in losses to them ..jst grow up nd smell the cofee
komal..Behave..! I don’t think that you support PTA for ban..
I always thought that what pakistan have except crises but know i realize that what WE HAVE no body else have … GEO PAKISTAN
Hey @Muslim (not sure salam karsakta hoon ya nahi tumhain)
@Muslim post: Dude you are so afraid from loadshedding and all other things yet you want to be called muslim. “Sher ki aik din ki zindagi geedar ki 100 sal ki zindagi say behtar haiy”. You link your 100 years in electricity, those muslims who has pride will not be afraid from these threat. If you love you Prophet PBUH, these clamities should mean nothing to you ….
now one more site banned in pak
that is WP’s blog
here is a link
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/
whats wronge with pak govt???????
@musawir: mm behave?? haha ud seisly say that…why did you mind anything i said??lmaoo oo m sorrii… well see m not agnst it evn tho i find it wrong yess there are other solutions.. but since thet doin this for Prophet Muhammad(s) im okay with it as long as it deals with his respect anything im ready to giv up.. but agnn thats not the only wayy ov solving problems..n if it is the only way then lets wait for it to fix up..y wud u say ban it forever?? i mean seisly u got no lyf either ur selfish enough or a total loner who thinks weird… sorii ;p
I appreciate Asad, but i don’t know how komal can say that? anyways..just his opinion.
>_> I don’t care about whatever she say. >_>
Well done PTA……..You have done the great job…..there should be complete ban on Facebook for ever,……….
WOW. Seems like I underestimated the no. of stupid people in Pakistan. So lets say, we shut down the internet because obviously its full of porn and anti-islamic things,break down our televion sets and stop reading newpapers because all media works on the infamous jewish agenda and ofcourse say no to cell phones too because they too seem evil if seen in the ‘right light’.LOL.
I wonder why there is a border dividing pakistan and afghanistan their should be a merger it would really benefit us and Taliban should come to rule because by far they are the most be-fitting rulers who can obviously get through our people’s thick heads and have high morals and a greater love for Allah and Prophet Mohammad.
haha mUsariRR i sayd m sorry dont cry now…lmaoo… dude everyone got their own opinions ..learn how to deal with it…
@Sadaf…..lemme laugh first hahahah!!
There are countries who does not allow porn sites and anti islamic websites in their countries, technically you can do that, so you dont have to kill the whole internet :p.
And ofcourse if media is propagating negative thoughts about islam we should ban that, if not, atleast we should not watch it.
And my favourite one!! use the name of Taliban….hehehe, I think you are scared of viel not taliban
…. Taliban rules!!! 
who says youtube is ban , you just have to know how to by pass there proxies and its working fine .
As expected behavior from the F_c_book lovers, , Dont use the Technology and Buzz words to criticize ban we can not leave behind by just banning Facebook. Why so much hue and cry like you can’t live without facebook. If you cant live ,just leave the place.
:S n how do we doo thatt
bypass the proxy?
Atleast Farrukh’s blogs has too many replies… Thanks to Facebook ban. Atleast he should be thankful to PTA :p
Do I need to tell you this too, you are really insane. Facebook will really be ashamed of having such a naive user.”Batian Karoron kee Dukan Pakoron kee.”
yess???
@Noman: well said … (still laughing).
….signing off!!! See ya all. Keep it to discussion… no hard feelings!!!
May Allah bless you all and give us the right understanding of Islam! (Ameen)
Yes means Favoring Ban.
send me any email id where i can send the links ! i will be sending them there ! in less than a minute youtube proxy is working just fine ! and having little bit problems with fb proxy but sometimes it works as well !
See See, at least one benefit of banning on facebook, we got technological advancement and now “ppl” know about proxy.
haha mmm @noman i was kinda tawkin to guess what…. n noo i dont favour the ban i think der cudv been other ways if they thot it thru to solve problems…
@guess wwat…lol i dun think its a gud idea posting my email address here…;p
i dont even know wat u doo wid em proxyy stuff..ughh
@ noman ! i knew about how to use proxy from my child hood and it is really fun ! and i like it bcoz rules are made to be broken !
lol well mr.proxyy…u can teach us den yh??
! komal no just make a fake 1 and post it here i dont want your original 1 and you have to just click the link and its done , webpage will be working fine untill you close it.
i totally agree with anna, y do all off you think that you have done it? Will it remove the content? Or may be this was what they all wanted, that muslims leave facebook. We should have fought till we succeeded. Init we gave up and blocked the sites
lol well mR.proxyy…i guess u can teach us den yhh?
@guess You were not the intended recipient for my point about proxy.
@Komal Can you tell me the other ways to solve this problem.I think it depends upon how strong in your believes are? Btw Facebook is not like something you cant live. By not opposing an event and proving platform they are favoring them.How fast the material related to Holocaust is removed then why not this.
that wud take foreverr…:s well okayy waitt
@noman…Yesss fynn but is this howw u fyt?? dusnt it seem lyk we runnin awayy by blockin em totaly??? cant there be sum other way lyk realy ???
The blogger has specified Pakistan to be the only country banning these sites,which is not correct.
Afghanistan blocked Google,Youtube,Facebook and several other sites in related protest.
@Komal I think make them loss in their earning is another way of fighting if you know the facebook business model, have you ever looked the way they work.Btw what is “sum other way”.
@ noman! sorry about that than !
@ noorzai ! china , vietnam also has a permenant ban on fb ! as well
@noman: soo u think hiding everything from seeing it is the best solution>???
@ guess wat: u know wat thanx buh i think m aryt withou using emm iv got a freakin tummy ache cant bother makin a whole new account ryt now..lol
@Komal When simply Hiding causing other one to loose then why think Rocket Science since hiding is against their business model. Why you are not suggest you way of fighting.Better propose alternative then just criticizing the available one.Since Criticizing is the Easiest job in the world specially for Pakistanis. You are proving to be better Pakistanis then us By just criticizing So better give alternative. Waiting for the alternative.
doesnat matter at all, and hope that our government doest make it a permanent ban after 31st, otherwise i think i will have to teach couple of dozen of my friends how to use the proxies
and let me inform you a lot of material is no longer there on youtube ! they have taken swift action and i think fb is also working on it bcoz there site is not working as normal yet ! tc all
i was quite new to facebook which gives new life to the loner like me, again im thrown into world of loneliness by the so called muslims of pakistan
Salute to pta! nice stand. after your that stand i feel proud to Pakistani
i think it is one of the worst decesion made by pta , they should ban specific url or ips no they cant and banned entire websites !
if thats the reason they should ban all indian channels as well because they are unislamin and what about all the x related stuff on the internet why not that ??
Congrats conqourers! PTA has once again proven its faith. Google has also been blocked……………….see ya all in stone age.
google is not blocked !
Dear Chairman PTA
Assalam u alaikum , ive been living in uae since 5 years and 2 weeks before i came to pakistan , as u knw in dubai many sexual content websites are blocked but youtube and face book are still open , but in pakistan things are opposite fb and u-tube has been blocked by authorities and websites containing sexual content r still open , what an islamic country.. Pakistan rocks! thats all i can say .
proud to be Muslim. weldone pta and keep it up
@ sunshine ! verygood point you have made ! not only fb and utube is blocked , they are blocking many other leading sites like Washingtonpost and working on others , it is politics nothing more !
Bachakhan, Ayesha, Afia Naeem Bhatti and Hammad
you guys are the real human in this world not the others cause why they are crying to ban facebook/youtube and wekipedia.
if you are a real muslim just go and make a fun of thier religion not stop youtube and facebook.
this is the way to escape.
Bachakhan, Ayesha, Afia Naeem Bhatti and Hammad
you guys are the real human in this world not the others cause why they are crying to ban facebook/youtube and wekipedia.
if you are a real muslim just go and make a fun of thier religion not stop youtube and facebook.
this is the way to escape.
you are crying to ban facebook/youtube and wekipedia.
if you are a real muslim just go and make a fun of thier religion not stop youtube and facebook.
this is the way to escape.
is that dumb guy gone Asad..biggest chutia..
chuitay now u gotta understand this..these things will happen again and again b/c we show those ppl we care ..can u make ppl in world stop talking bad about islam or prophet?no you can’t idiot..ignore them when you start ignoring useless people they get tired and stop with their shit but our mother fucker corrupt shit ass bitch ass government cares so much..if america our dad tells us that unblock those sites it will only take few minutes b/c usa is our dad ..dick head you are cowards who run away from these kinda things ..bhoot acha howa ban howa fucking chutias…COWARDS..
what the hell is wrong with this pta ang goverment ! now they have banned google as well !
welcome all to the stoneage .
they are either nuts or complete crazy !
zardari and company eat my shit and die
whats wrong with pta ! now google is also banned ! thats not fair at all . but it is not a problem to bypass it as well
now we have to bypass google as well ! wtf is wrong with pta !
I want permanent ban on youtube and face book we are live with out this sites
go ahead pta i will give you some useless sites
1- pta.gov.pk
ban it as well .
@ shaheryar ! are there some mountains in your surronding go and find a cave , and start living there . people like you should be placed on time machine and send back to stoneage where you can find a company like yourself .
Good job !courts, pta,govt. well done.Farrukh sahab tell me what other option do you have in mind.on one hand you do biased reporting specially when being a muslim you realize the sensitivity of the issue.then you feel agitated with the response of some commentators. i dont support all of them but why i dont detect your resentrment and hatred for fb over this nonsense.you keep on advising people to be tolerant but why you dont ask these rascals to stop this crap.if vsomeone insults your father either you break his mouth or sever your relationship with him.since we cant shut them up globally ,we should shut them in our yard.by the way when fb was a tool for development and prosperity.
why all the porn sites are not banned by the pta in decades ! is there a logical answer to that !
2- why all indian channels and sites are still working here !
[...] » After Facebook, YouTube Too Banned in Pakistan – Blogger News … [...]
1-facebook
2-youtube
3-google
4-wikipedia
5-washignton post
are banned ! how many more to come?
A Wonderful Decision by Pakistani Courts. May ALLAH (S.W.T) bless the ones who have made this decision, ones who have implemented it, ones who have initiated this and ones who are appreciating this as it is not the matter what it will do to the FB or youtube management, it is indeed the duty of us to atleast do what we can. Rest May ALLAH (S.W.T) give us Hidayah and strength to get the gustaakh e Rasul (S.A.W) disappear from the face of the earth. (Aameen)
goood job by PTA.
WHY WE NOT MAKE A MUSLIMS FACE BOOK
FOR MUSLIM COMMUNITY.
who the hell above in the blog topic wrote that pakistan going in stone age??
Pta u done a great job we are with u…
Nothing is important then respect of Muhammed Pbuh…if by this we will go in stone age then we will feel proud to go in stone age ….
all enemy of islam and Pakistan listion care fully we are a united nation today we blocked facebook if u will do more then we will block all ur trade and products in pakistan also we will block all ways of Nato..
long live islam
long live Pakistan
da writr is such a son ov sinner
Well its apparent that the author looks like a cheap blog writer having no sense of writing et al. The author has no clue what he is trying to present? First he said that the cartoon festival held on face-book was against Islam, which compelled Pakistani government to impose ban on face-book, you-tube websites. As a ripple effect, French government gave a green signal to put a ban on hijab. Later, the out of the world cheap blog writer believes that the ban on these websites is not a democratic act by a democratic government?
Islamic state of Pakistan doesnt needs anyone votes for such an act when some foreign group makes a plot to malign our religion and our beloved prophet. We don’t like it when some foreign group make an an event of entertainment: By creating funny cartoons of our beloved prophet and father of Islam. Its the will of people of Pakistan, and Pakistani government does not needs votes from Pakistani`s to put a ban on these websites.
Did you made a protest when french government put a ban on veil? How did their democracy work? Did people voted in France for this act? Of course not! So much hypocrisy is happening in our world.
In my opinion, the move by PTA is not a fanatic act; rather its a very intelligent move which gives satisfaction to the people of Pakistan that our country which is not the best Islamic country or nation in the world, but it still has some core Islamic values and beliefs, codes for which we can unite ourselves.
I hope that the PTA would also put a ban on all porn material available on internet.
ALLAH O AKBAR!
so mister furrukh you are thinking that this ban is wrong?
if yes then you must not b a muslim.
you donot know the reason of blocking this site?
they are trying to make NAUZBILLAH OUR PROPHET’S SKETCH, is it acceptable for you?
And you are talking about the librals?
do you think they are following ISLAM?
their living style their dressings and everything belongs to west and their thinkings too.
so please don’t talk about them in these serious issus.
you must be ashamed on saying that this ban is wrong.
YOU DID A GOOD JOB PAKISTANI JUDGES!
WE ALL ARE WITH YOU ,WE CAN’T BEAR ALL THESE MESS UPS…….
PAKISTAN ZINDABAD!
all those people who r against banning of fb…r insane…i mean what they want..they want us to see all what is happening on fb nd eat popcornn… nd chat with our frnds….nd at the same time see what the west says about holy prophet
dood we tried to handle the matter with negotiations (complaining stuff on fb nd grps etc)but if that dint help whatever pta did was RIGHT !!
BBC NEWS reported today that the boycott made by muslims agaisnt facebook since last 2 days has caused them a loss of 2 billion Euro! atleast they suffered nd saw muslim solidarity against there disgusting act…nd 1 more thing i just dont understand k y r nation can’t just unite on 1 decision …this is a point to ponder nd i think every one shud think abt this
nd when i heard abt the decision i was so happy but after reading the views of some people here …i m without words…cant understand is this there love for our beloved prophet….
v dont give a damn to these sites ..our prophet is more important for us nd v vil do whatever it takes to safeguard our sntiments …PAKISTAN ZINDABAD
I agree with asad,yea Mr. so called liberal journalist who claims to be a muslim and Pakistani but is shocked when Pakistan tajes decision against those organizations who ridicule,mock and devils who mock our religion and beloved Prophet of God,My Prophet(PBUH),people like you are all of a sudden confused why this happened.I am so so happy about the ban.We did ok without these crap of social websites and youtube is not always bad but we can do without that also.Our self respect as muslims is most important.WE MUST KEEP OUR HEADS HIGH AND LET THEM KNOW YOU TRY TO hurt US WE WILL PUNCH YOU back so next time u think twice before attacking our Prophet and religion.go go gooooooooooo PTA,WE PAKISTANIS LOVE YOU AND YOUR NOBLE DECISION,YOU MADE US PROUD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@noman:…mmm first ov all im not even litrally paki soo yea i dun even care prooovin how much ova a paki i am it dun concern me… buTT yes im muslim n i doo find wat waz goin on wrongg n totalyy insulting to our Prophet(s) n i dint agree at all n i saidd FYN if they banning it okay kwl well compramise since its about religion n his respect…n if m sayin der cudv been a better way..i dunoo wat way they cudv thot ov sumtin dey not sum new born babies ryt dey freakin runnong a countryyyy n dats not calld critisizinggg!!!… if id be critisizing lyk all your other sooo calld pakistani ppl id be screamin n shoutin “oooo freakin bitchiii goverment kuttayy luk wat dey did we shud blow em all up blah blah”…. all i sayddd is maybe der cudv been a better way i doNT know wat but i know der cudv, blockin sites nOT the only way…. i wud describe YOU as critisizinggg for sucha small thing i saidd…”der cudv cudv cudv been sumtin better to do” dats wats bothering u?? well emm i still think that way..:)
Farrukh Khan Pitafi, i am sorry to say but the people like you are protesting against blocking of these website because (it looks) that the blood in your veins is not of your father but some one’s else. Be a true Muslim if you are facing problem to chat your girl friend on Facebook use your mobile phone….you are not a journalist but a cheap mother f..ker.
Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA
and Lahore High Court have done a great job as a human i like this decision
PTA plz block all the websites those are against over prophet Mohammad S.A.W
Thus far, there are three scholarly books available on the subject of YouTube:
The YouTube Reader, (2009) Edited by Snickars and Vonderau
YouTube: Online Video and Participatory Culture, (2009) by Burgess and Green
and this one:
Watching YouTube: Extraordinary Videos by Ordinary People (University of Toronto Press, 2010).
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Home Movies in a Global Village
2. The Home and Family on YouTube
3. Video Diaries: The Real You in YouTube
4. Women of the ‘Tube
5. The YouTube Community
6. The YouTube Wars: Elections, Religion, and Armed Conflict
7. The Post-television Audience
Conclusion
– Dr. Strangelove
Its the most shameful act to defend jewish plans for making such coward attempts to Mock or ridicule our beloved prophet in the name of so called freedom of expression.Before people were disgracing our beloved prophet on individual basis but now they are trying to launch it as a campaign.I realy do admire the action taken by high court and PTA as well.Though as a muslim we have many shortcommings but we should strogly condemn and protest against such cowardly acts.Whosoever try to do it should be banned forever.We can live without facebook and Youtube but will not tolerate such acts.
ISlAM ZIDABAD PAKISTAN PAINDABAD.
we are a true muslims. we never bear anything like this. Everyone should if get the chance killed those people because love our Holly Prophet S.A.W . PTA is has done wonderful job to banned these 2 sites.
All you so called ‘Muslims’ here, need a reality check. At present, our religion is the most ill-perceived, hated and looked down upon religion IN THE WORLD. Why? Because of things LIKE THIS. By showing that we really have NO freedom of press, which is why the Draw Muhammad Day was held btw, to show Freedom of Press, we’re just confirming what the west thinks of us. That we’re fundamentalists who can’t tolerate any other point of veiw.
Now, I don’t know about you, but I love my country. Certainly not this Mullah-ised little Jihadist state you are so proud of, but the one JINNAH wanted to make. And I’m guessing you don’t know that Jinnah said THIS : ”There shall be complete freedom of speech and expression in Pakistan”. It might be a little off but thats a jist of it.
Its people like you who have single-handedly driven our country into the ground. As well as our religion. The Prophet (S) didn’t deal with criticism by ignoring, or worse, ‘banning’ it, he sat down and talked it out. I realise your puny brains are unable to grasp what I’m trying to say, but please try.
Pakistan Zindabad. Death to Mullahs.
I read this post and the commments by the jazbatti jahil awam of pakistan. Really! people conntected to internet and posted about their hapiness over the banned sites!
Why do they do that? they should keep their computers turned off so that nothign bad comes out of thier computers. they should throw the TV off thier houses.
How hypocrite our so called islamits are… they are happy to see madhuri and hrithik roshen and adapt their style but very emotional about wesites that only appear to the users that browse them….
Long Live PTA, F_c_book
@LogicalPakistani Bhai Logical Pakistani, West press even dont have that freedom, did you ever see show on holocaust.Freedom doesn’t mean “Free”. Dont link it with mullhaism and things like that. India have arrest warrants for Huassain the famous artist.So WTF is this liberalism.So first of all correct your thoughts and show being true Muslim.
@Komal Its not about true Pakistani Its about True Muslim.Still no alternative since you dont hve and if you have built in these thought I would say “I cant correct manufacturing Fault.”
pakistani goverment has no sense they banned the facebook
that was good but why the
most informative sources youtube and wikipedia…they can only bann the objectionable pages but y the whole sites…
islam doesnt says that whatever happens in this world dont see..
Just you close ur eyes…
this all is the planning of dajjal masonics cause they have the Muslims as their big competetors
I hate these JOKER JUDGES of so called AZAD ADLIA (azad adlia is in reality a GHULAM of Sharif Family)….
Why are these judges always dictating the gov? they are not gov they are just gov servant..but they are behaving as if they are the prime minister of pakistan.
these judges are not interested in giving justice all they want is to get wah wah of ppl ..Banning of facebook by Lahore HC judges prove that these judges just want to be in the headlines..
I hate these JOKER JUDGES of so called AZAD ADLIA (azad adlia is in reality a GHULAM of Sharif Family)….
Why are these judges always dictating the gov? they are not gov they are just gov servant..but they are behaving as if they are the prime minister of pakistan.
these judges are not interested in giving justice all they want is to get wah wah of ppl ..Banning of facebook by Lahore HC judges prove that these judges just want to be in the headlines……
What is going to be the future of pakistan where not the Government but the judges(read jokers) are making decision for the whole nation?
As if the Generals of(Na)Pak Army were not enough for meddling in politics now the judges have also don the cap of politicians..
Allah bachaye Pakistan ko in Jaahil Generala anD Joker Judges se.Ameen SUUM Ameen!
Pakistan ki Tabahi ke zimmadar teen ka tola
JUDGE JENERALS JOUNALIST
Allah kare ye sab k sab JAHUNNUM me JAL JAL kar marein…
nahi marein nahi balkey hamesha Jaltey hi rahein jaise inhon ne pakistan k awam ko 1947 se jalaya hai ..Ameen!
I believe it was perfectly fine to ban facebook but youtube is not just something used for fun’s sake. We need it to collect information and all. I believe that these videos should be removed and youtube back to its original state.
@lmaoo at all who favor the ban:
So out of following options give:
1 – Close your eyes and let other watch disgrace of your beloved one.
2 – If someone else from family tries to change the channel or switch of TV, you stop him and tell that person “dont run like a kid, face it”
3 – Watch the whole show and appreciate the good technologies they have used in creating that show :p
4 – Make sure you not only switch off TV, but secure the remote as well so that your kid will not know about your beloved ones.
“lmaoo at all who favor the ban” chooses 1, then think its not enough 2 and then think its still not enough chooses 3 as well. Good Job lamooo! Keep watching and appreciating your beloved one disgrace and invite other ppl as well….:p
Rahay salamat teri(SW) nisbat
Mera tau aik yahee asra haiy
Hi,
I think PTA did a good job by banning facebook but not so good job by banning youtube because it is very easy to block just that content which is against islam and that will hurt muslims, i am a student and down load tutorials from youtube of different subjects and if u r a student u should know that every one does not have the power to buy all those tutorials so they are available for free on youtube.If PTA is so advanced lets see how long it will take for them to build their own search engine…in other muslim countries they just blocked that content but here everything is blocked and the IRONY IS OUR GREAT AND HIGHLY EDUCATED LEADERS GO AND VISIT THOSE COUNTRIES AND BEG FOR FINANCIAL AID AND ASSISTANCE AND THE EMABASSIES of those countries are still open here…
Great job PTA…please ban all the internet web sites because internet was also invented in the western world…and also ban people using computers…can any one tell me the name of the person who invented windows and operating systems that u r using on ur computers…y u r using it stop using it bcoz for ur information BILL GATES IS A JEW…if u don’t believe me go and see on google…so i was talking about bans…plz ban yahoo and hotmail as well… the IRONY IS OUR GREAT AND HIGHLY EDUCATED LEADERS GO AND BEG IN THOSE COUNTRIES FOR FINANCIAL AID AND ASSISTANCE AND THE EMBASSIES OF THOSE COUNTRIES ARE STILL OPEN HERE…i know truth is bitter…KEEP ON BANNING EVERYTHING…
Shame To Ayesha and all the people like her who think that its a wrong step by our country. We all should be ashamed of having such stupids in our nation. If we don’t pay respect to our Prophet (SAWW) than why we expect non-Muslims to do so…. Its a great and brave decision by Lahore High Court and we should all acknowledge that and the people like Ayesha should be ashamed of their evil wills and supporting the evil. May **ALLAH ALMIGHTY** guide all of us to die for the dignity and honour of our beloved Prophet (SAWW). I wish that our goverment block these sites forever.
Its not PTA who took this step, its the Lahore high court. Well done both of them. Facebook and YOUTUBE is a media, but there should be limitation when it comes to FREE SPEECH
Namoos e Risalat (Hazrat Muhammad PBUH) par jaan bhi qurban hai ( Ameen)
Lol @noman: manufacturing fault ehh..lmfaoo well i thot nuttin impossible..or wait noo if its about bein a true muslim yhh isnt ur God the same God who created mee.. daymm “manufacturing faultt”!!!
sumOne has used a very apprOpriate wOrd ” JAZBATI JAHIL “
The date of this hideous campaign was given a month ago (I believe April 23 or 24)…where were all these liberal, moderate, educated, progressive, peace-loving, intelligent people of Pakistan, especially the one using facebook. Weren’t they aware of this campaign? Were they sleeping the whole month? Why didn’t they notice it and presented a solution before the government to handle this wisely?
Why did you, the people of wisdom, took it so lightly? Now when the government has taken a step by the order of court, isn’t it our responsibility to obey this temporary law?
And still, no one is giving the solution. First you high-fi, enlightened people were silent, now since it is hurting your benefits somehow, you are criticizing the government.
errr….somebody up there said that wikipedia also got banned….but its still working….i just used it….
it duznt work usualyy tho
except facebook ! all others are working pretty fine , something is wrong with facebook proxxies !
all the them are working , but having a little bit problem with facebook proxies !
rightly said saad !
if PTA is worthy enough to ban these 2 sites then where the hell is their dignity when they allow the youth to view every sort of PORN sites…….. shame on the Government and PTA authorities who think they are doing an act of goodness…….
are we dumb enough to get trapped in the trap…… the stupids…
dear aisha
there is a simple question for you
u said everyone have there own right to practise there religions and we shouldnt force anyone to accept islam
dude when did we forced anyone to be converted into muslim
hum bhe tou wohe kerahey hai keh subka apna right and personal matter hai tou unko kiya zaruat hai humare prophet keh barey mein bolney kee?
@saad and guess wat: yo u guys can stop makin sum dum ppl jelouse..;( lol
yooo!!!! i just used fb thru dis random proxy site… evn tho it workin kinda messd but still totalyy worked
soo cool..lmao
komal if facebook is slow for you means the proxy server ur using has high ping rate..use another proxy …youtube working great with proxy as usage of youtube is very low no lag very smooth after many months keep it up pta i am happy with your performance…whoever in favor of this kinda protest ..please protest by burning your pcs in the streets and every western thing u own..please show us your guts..
The educated are the ones on the internet viewing all the websites including porn. If the educated know that these sites should not be allowed then you file a case against them and I’m sure they’ll ban them too. The problem is that we, the so called civilized people love to blame the religious people and the government. How about we started playing a part now?
What are the issues of the educated people then?
The court does listen. Go ahead and file a petition against those sites.
Well PtA did Very Good Job…We R really Hapy Nd Dat iz na hiding ma bro dats Called Fightn…Nd We Will Fight…….Proud To Be A Pakistani Nd MUSLIM..LONG LIVe PAKISTAN…………
Sum ppl cant resist using facebuk…lol..kuch to guzara karo….v r on a protest!!!
Well put! Pitafi, I agree with you on this issue, this write up of yours proves that you are not just a PPPP poodle but can also critisize them for not doing the right thing, hats off!
Situation here is as usual, the incompetent Govt. giving in to the Mullah pressure! Our Prophet(SAW)is dear to all of us, and insult to ‘Rahmat-u-lil Alameen’ hurts every one. But to counter such blasphemous material is to confront it with a legit argument(like many educated Muslims did and the result is that blasphemous page is off the facebook). By turning our back instead of facing these individuals or groups we are not doing any favour to Islam.
Face book doesn’t give a rat’s…oops!!! here I go again! about this ban in Pakistan and people destroying their own prperty in the name of protests, so let’s get over it.
As far as, Govt. still sustaining the ban, I believe that the main reason is the criticism they are facing on the net from all directions especially the face book, and it is hurting like hell! they found this a good opportunity to close down facebook for a while, it might ease the pain!
Besides, Chairman PTA is just a civil servant, it’ll be nice if we have the contact info of the politicians who are really behind this action.
regards,
your ex-face book friend!
You people just need to forget your foolish face-book habits. Its only a not-so-worthy-time-killing social networking website created by a golden Jew to waste your precious time. Show me if ever face-book has ever proven to be good for you in your life except wasting your time for no apparent reason.
For no apparent reason, why dont you people forget face-book; as if it never existed? Why dont you create your own social networking website so that a single frustrated Pakistani could post a random stuff on it.
In my opinion the ban by the Lahore High court, was a super act. And personally, I don’t give rat`s arse about these websites. And when it comes to western propaganda, they start there brainwashing to the poor Muslims that the banning act is against freedom of speech? Is that a freedom of speech, means making fun of your culture, religion is freedom of speech?
How about if we make holocaust day and make fun of Jewish hypocrisy and propaganda of holocaust? How if we make fun of french government who put a ban on veil? Why is the author of this blog being brain washed to say that a ban is not a super act? These western nations gives a rat arse to the Muslims about what they feel, when we raise our voice they start propaganda and we fell for it because we raise our income by begging our American masters and in return they give us aid in US Dollars. Even a shame for a nation like us is little, but the move by PTA has made me and all the people in Pakistan happy that; even we beg from US but we still can unite all Pakistani`s to unite ourselves for one cause: That is we dont like it when some hypocrites make fun of our beloved prophet Muhammad SAW.
How many websites can be banned? My advise is that people should themselves care for what they do.Banning will not help much longer.
i totally agree with Shahnawaz….PTA has done a superb job!!!
gr8 job PTA & Lahore High Court….i m with u…
Pakistan Zindabad….
yes its gr8 as far as we r giving thier economy a slap that they wont ever forget..and v CAN play games with them if they tried to mess with us and if they will lift their dirty finger at us…
banning fb forever wont effect us…but youtube..i mean…blocking it forever complete site…actually i have been using it alot for educational matters and stuff…i think a part of it should b blocked but blocking it for ever.. i dunoe..just that i didnt find such a vids on education & free anywhere else!!
Stupid is as stupid does! Bravo forest gumps with your rehtoric, i.e jews with their cospiracy, death to infidals, you go PTA well done! hurt their economy? no wonder they create such mayhem every now and then to check the level of our stupidity & madness. Why just Ban face book and Youtube, why not the whole Internet, since there is a lot of stuff out there which is equally blasphemous. Since Jews and Christians are the inventers of almost every modern invetion, why not ban everything around us, e.g TV,Radio,Electricity, Loudspeakers from the Masjid(I’ll do 1000 navafils)and list goes on and on. Instead of confronting them with logic and reason, we as usual resort to shouting, screeming and balming.Facebook is not just a place to have fun and waste time, but also like youtube is a place where people have exchange of information & ideas also political and economic alliances are made, there are some very important issues discussed, Islam is on the top of the list on these discussions, not everyone there to play ‘Farm Ville’. By the way there is a lot of stuff out there making fun of Jews and Christian faith as well.
1. When Islam was just establishing its roots, Muhammad PBUH had to use the option of negotiations mostly. But remember, when it came to the one-ness and respect of Allah, (whose respect was obligatory on Mohammad PBUH), he made no compromise!! To be heard by ALL, he used to climb a nearby peak and preach to ALL against polytheism (Shirk); and used to get almost beaten to death for it! Similarly, isnt the respect of Mohammad PBUH obligatory on us?? And guys, compared to him, what r we doing? NOTHING!! What is one little temporary ban of one website of one internet when weighed against the respect of a man to whom we owe SO MUCH?!! All our actions are being watched by Allah, and you never know, favouring the ban willingly (or at least not complaining about it) might count for a lot in His eyes! At least I ‘d love to be so fortunate!
2. What you have put forward are mere theories i’m afraid! With the ban, at least they know that unacceptable things wont be accepted. BTW we’d all love to hear from you some CONCRETE steps (1,2,3..) that you would have taken to tackle the issue!
3. The starter of the page (some Miss Sally from Seatle, USA), has already announced her disassociation from the event!! She probably realized that the idea of deliberately hurting a Billion+ Muslims (just because protests from some Muslims in USA had resulted in stopping a blasphemous episode of Comedy Central’s Southpark from being aired) is sheer nonsense!!
4. Do you think Facebook owner is so naive? Look at what he says now.. that Facebook would disallow the objectionable URL in Pakistan but IT WILL NOT BE REMOVED FROM FACEBOOK!! So, it is the conscious decision of Facebook CEO: he would NOT take the page off, no matter how much and how many are hurt by it! FINE then, we understand your mental level Mr CEO, being such an accomplished person and having plenty of brains. BTW what do u expect from a common man you hurt so much!? Even the ban crosses your line?
P.S. We r Muslims! We respect Jesus, and Moses, and Raam, and Buddha. Someone counts that as our weakness? be it!!
French parliament banned the veil in response to Pak’s Facebook ban? O c’mon! The process had started way back, and was taking its course!
So did the Swiss govt ban mosque minarets for the same reason? in response to something we Pakistani Muslims did?
Help, help! someone, we are doomed!!
Please.. dont preach this apologetic, defeatist, underconfident mindset!
Its good job to take on time Facebook and others should take action against all Muslim abuse
The exalted Prophet Muhammad stood at such a high station of nobility and greatness that some unfortunate people become envious and try to derive pleasure in deriding the impeccable personality.
Allah has made him beyond reproach by naming him RAHMATALLIL’AALAMEEN.
The fortunate ones try to make him as their ideal.
Surah 73. Al-Muzammil – The Great Caravan Leader
[Author’s Note] This is the 73rd Surah of the Qur’an. It has 20 verses. ‘Zameel’ = A close companion. ‘Tazmeel’ = Selecting the best companions. Al-Muzammil denotes the most competent selector of virtuous human beings. He admits the best into his company and takes them along toward a Noble Mission. He is a great leader.
Unfortunately, Al-Muzammil has been given a very feeble translation in most works as someone who is shivering and covering himself in a blanket! How do such grievous insults endure? – Because of the conjectural drama of “Shan-e-Nuzool”. Historians and traditionalists first come up with or follow a fabricated account of some event that “caused the revelation” of such and such verse. Then they try to conform the meaning of that particular verse to that supposed “event”. The later Mullahs keep the myth alive by repeating it through their mouths and pens. This is only one of the ways the Qur’an is made Mahjoor, left alone as a disabled slave of tradition! (25:30)
Surah 74. Al-Muddaththir – Founder of the Benevolent Order
[Author’s Note] This is the 74th Surah of the Qur’an. It has 56 verses. Like the previous Surah, Al-Muddaththir is usually given a very feeble meaning unbecoming of the exalted Prophet – that Al-Muddaththir is the man who cloaks himself in hiding. In fact, it is a title of great honor.
Muddaththir signifies a man who sets things in order beyond regional and spatial boundaries.. It also indicates a man of impeccable character. In addition, it refers to a fearless rider who jumps upon a moving horse. Keeping all these meanings in mind Al-Muddaththir is the title of Muhammad (S) – A man of flawless character who has been entrusted with setting the house of humanity to order. And He will do it fast (jumping on the moving horse). The matchless personality of the exalted Prophet was entrusted with establishing a most Benevolent Social Order in the world. He achieved the results with lightening speed and the entire humanity since then has been consciously or unconsciously moving along with the Qur’anic Principles.
This Surah has the characteristic of embracing almost all the basic tenets of Islam, giving us a glimpse of the Big Picture of the Qur’an.
I want to protest against you. you have writtent the number of PTA
kindly give me your number. The protest will be peaceful as the ban on the website is peaceful
Ban those sites forever,
These people who want them banned forever. half of you didn’t even our probably go for your namaz. U have the HOLY QURAN in your homes and you dont read it. You insult girls, u lie, u steal, u cheat, and then u call yourself muslims? Is this the love you are showing towards your Prophet (pbuh)? THIS JUST SHOWS HOW EXTREME PAKISTANIS are. Why cant u be like your prophet and be tolerant? Did Hazrat Mohammed (S.A.W) retaliate when people insulted him? NO he didn’t. Banning these sites only closed our eyes towards he world’s realities. Instead of dealing with it, we choose to ban it. To close our nation’s eyes towards the happenings in the world. to supress our voices. If the other countries had any doubt about the intolerant nature of Pakistanis, there isn’t any left now. Good job PTA, and good job the idiotic judge who ordered this. All you did was make pakistan look bad, and make our people even more ignorant.
half of the people protesting in little districts dont even know what facebook is about. All they know is ” OMG SOMEBODY MADE CARTOONS OF OUR PROPHET. KILL THEM. BAN THE SITE. DEATH TO THEM”
No wonder pakistan’s going to the dogs.
i dont thiknk sO, PTA taken not a r8t decision 4 us.. v want back facebook.. thats it.. bcz our personal bio, family pics n many contacte r there so plzz dont give us back our facebook
i dont thiknk sO, PTA taken not a r8t decision 4 us.. v want back facebook.. thats it.. bcz our personal bio, family pics n many contacts r there so plzz dont do thiz. jua give us back our facebook
there are rumors that they are banning it premenantaly ?
any one can clear it?
yah…….. we want facebook back in pakistan now. we had 2 see many problems without facebook
PTA ne buhat hi ghatya kaam kiya hai.. facebook wapis chahiye hum loogon ko saray contacts sub kch hum se bina pochay hi banned kardiya hum logo ko warn tk nahi kia.. yeh kia pakistani honay ki saza hai??? apni marzi hum logo pay q chala rahay ho ap loog jiski marzi use karay jiski marzi na karay lekin esay banned karke sabit kiya karna chah rahay ho aap log??
PTA u r all fukers.. banned karna hai to redtube karo facebook kyun kardia? 24hrs tak unban hona chahiye facebook buhat loss horaha hai hum logo ko.. humaari designing publicity k liye ruki hui hai… are u listening?? bloddy fuckerssssss
YeP . . .
I agree wid U . . .
PTA has done a low class JOB . . .
if they wanna do somethings like this . .
then they must ban porntube and such silly webzZ . .
and the PTA fuckerz hav also banned the youtube which is not GuD . .
atleast V can listen songZ and view informative videOz . .
soO
PTA must lift the ban as early aZ possible
nothing is banned and you just have to know how to bypass it.
i was really wondering why they haven’t took any steps to ban porn sites in Pakistan at all, and suddenly they banned all others , in my opinion all Indian channels are unIslamic as well , ban them also , no they cant they are earning revenues from it !!! This is the true meaning of bi-standards in my dictionary!
evenn if you get through em blockd u still cant use it dah propa it kinda fuckd… n now m gettin m retarded msgz oo PTA banning it forever now blah ..are they JOKIN!!! i mean fo heavin sake dey gotta be kiddin dey actin stupider by the second..:(
thanks pta …….. yahan koi farrukh khan jo fm 105 pe atay thay ka fan hai ? plz koi hai ya jis k pas fk ki email id ho plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz mujhay bata do plzzzzzzzzzzz yarrrrrrrrrr help me plzzzzzzzzzz
we are not getting the point….
be calm and think wisely does our this step will make them not do it again…. you love the prophet i love him which muslim dont?… the point is we have to take a strong step after which they should not make it their fun again and again… our information is blocked…. they are still enjoying that our only informational way that goes through our routines has been blocked by yourself………
kindly PTA think wisely make them suffer do not let us suffer by blocking the youtube,,,, where facebook is concerned,,, they are not getting any revenues from us…. as per i know hardly 2 percent pakistanis or may be less uses facebook… let it be remained banned forever cuz…. either way we are not loosing any thing neither we are getting anything…. but do some thing to open youtube again and take some important step to remove the crap….
and i really dont wanted to see facebook agin in pakistan cuz… that was the decision of its management to make the caricatures of our prophet….. we should be ashamed of our selves that after all that… we still wanted to use facebook…. if there were few users who had announced the day to make caricatures we may have report them and have them blocked but this thing was done by its management… this free shit social web should be blocked forever and orkut too… cuz govt: may notice or not there is more on orkut than facebook….
The present corrupt Govt. was looking for an excuse to ban these sites anyway. Every day they are getting exposed on these sites, they are being blasted by almost every other user.
As far as blasphemous content, it’s been on the internet since the beginning, and it is not just Islam that is being targetted but almost all the religions of the world. The best course of action is to either ignore it or confront it with logic and reason, some of us were going to launch a page ‘Everyone think of Muhammad(SA) day’ to highlite the traits of our beloved Prophet(SA). Thanks to stupid PTA, we are deprived of the largest social network, now we have no chance of countering this blaspemous page.
@lmaoo at all who favor the ban::
Galiyon ka sahara vo letay hain, jinko apna point of view samjhana nahi aata :p. Why are you so frustated and if everyone who is supporting facebook ban are foolish, why the hell are you so frustated and giving them importance… you are kinda doing the same kid!
You can try, you can live without facebook and watching …..:p
Long live PTA :p (slap slapp….hehehe)
I believe it was perfectly fine to ban facebook but youtube is not just something used for fun’s sake. We need it to collect information and all. I believe that these videos should be removed and youtube back to its original state.
we shall be very happy if u block these sites for ever. Gud job PTA!!!!!!!
I’m also facebook user,,,But i m very happy that it has been blocked, it is our religious duty . SHow the world that muslims have united
Good Decision by PTA and LHC…
but its not enough k ban kr dia or ho gai responsibility pori… Govt. ko next b action lyna chahieay apny religion or Islam k liay. Hopes 4 d Best
Batlaa do gustaakh e Nabi (S.A.W) ko Ghairat e Muslim Zinda hai
Deen pe marr mitnay ka jazba kal bhi tha aur aaj bhi hai. (Alhamdulilah)
A Wonderful Decision by Pakistani Courts. May ALLAH (S.W.T) bless the ones who have made this decision, ones who have implemented it, ones who have initiated this and ones who are appreciating this as it is not the matter what it will do to the FB/youtube management, it is indeed the duty of us to atleast do what we can. Rest May ALLAH (S.W.T) give us Hidayah and strength to get the gustaakh e Rasul (S.A.W) disappear from the face of the earth. (Aameen)
Bravo, Zardari and company! finally you were able to block the legit criticism against you!
Well, bad news! some of us can still access it through ‘proxy servers’. The blasphemous content is not on every one’s page. If you are
sick enough, you can probably find through search,provided it is still there.By banning these sites Govt. thinks that it has blocked all the contents that was presented against them on these sites, and supportes of the ban think that by closing their eyes, they are fulfilling their religious duty? Love for Prophet(SA) means, following his(SA) message not kissing your finger tips every time someone says ‘Muhammad(SA)’. In a way we Muslims are the biggest reason why today, the others are commiting such acts of disrespect. He(SA) came with a clear message to worship one God, we have created millions of gods, whether it is some peer, an Imam, a mullah or wealth, our sefish desires or greed.In the name of religion we lie, cheat, decieve and even kill eachother. Our beloved Prophet(SA) was the symble of tolerance and patience, we are exactly opposite of it. He(SA) was truthful and trustworthy, can any one believe and trust us? He(SA) never took advantage of any body, can we say the samething about ourselves? Some Mullahs(from the courts of those Muslim monarchs) of the past have written these books in the name of religion (In fact they were creating such material, so the actions of the corrupt muslim kings can be justified by relating all his non-Quranic actions to Prophet(SA)), filled with so much blasphemous material, but we are blindly following those books and put them before the ‘Quran’ the divine message from Allah,which is not a book written by some so called Imam from defeated empire of Persia. Wake up Muslims and listen to ‘what Quran is telling you’, “there were many Nations and civilizations who were destroyed because they failed to follow the divine commandmends. Allah will chose some other nation over you if you failed.
like Allama Iqbal said ‘Passban mill gaye Kaabey Ko sanam khaney sey’ the Mangols who destryed the corrupt Muslim Empire, become Muslims themselves. Maloon, Salman Rushdi wrote his blasphemous book based on these so called books of history of Islam and Hadith. We can’t just sit down and blame these people and try to ban them. We need to go back to the ‘Book of Allah’ and reject everything else that goes against this divine book, no matter who and how wrote it, because cahracter of our beloved prophet(SA) can not go against the teaching of Quran. Once the glorious message of Allah is presented before the world, they are intelligent enough to embrace it, until then you can shout and screem, inside your little box, make sure you block any holes in your little box, so no fresh air would find it’s way in.
Good job PTA.very good to ban Youtube as well as facebook.
Getting offended is a choice. We Muslims need to be more tolerant about what people say about Islam, the Qur’an and the exalted Prophet. We know that the mighty Truth is on our side. As I said elsewhere that by granting them a highly noble stature, Allah has made the prophets beyond reproach.
The best response is not emotional outbursts but education. Educate them about Islam, the truth. But the big question is how willing Muslims are to do that.
EMPTY VESSELS MAKE MORE NOISE.
Summery of response:
It seems, Pakistan is far behind to Modern world and Muslims are still living in Stone Age. Let me tell you “it is age of reason not religion”. If you will never allow others to criticize your religion it will never evolve and it is becoming problem for you and non-muslims too. It seems Islam can‘t stand on open scrutiny therefore Muslims don’t allow it be criticized. Open it for debates on your countries, either It will rule the world or it will become the History.
Keep in mind “freedom of speech” on religions is pith in developed countries(Europe and American). They have left behind the religions in 17th century, most of them don’t take religion too serious so are progressing in this era. “Freedom of speech“ is non-negotiable in Modern World.
When you ask for respect for Islam and your Prophet. You forget that prophet Muhammad himself destroyed idles in Mecca in the first place without caring other religions, Taliban in Afghanistan did the same way but never was such response. When you burn flags of other counties, is that not offensive for their nation.
Through out the Islam expansion period Muslims destroyed other religions not with preaching with sword too.
When Hindus ask you to not eat cows because it is like God of some Hindus, you laugh at them. This is the way you respect other religions.
“Islam is religion of peace and Tolerance” is a slogan from moderate Muslims but Muslims never show any tolerance; see how your react in Pakistan showing tolerance and peace.
Instead of asking other to read Quran and Hadith, better read it yourself first in translation. Which state that: ”you can beat your wife.” ‘Earth is flat” “Star are made to make sky beautiful” ”Muhammad married 9 years girls while he was 52 years old” “Kill the infidels” ”Jews can’t be your friend (even there was no Israel)” “Universe was created in seven days” “Islam orders kill the apostate” There are many more contradiction of science and human right with Islam. I know Islam is not bad but these are the issues which need to be discussed. When your religion causes “suicide bombing” “hijacking plans” “killing Journalists”.
After having all these issue how world can put it above criticism even there is no exception for other religions.
Only the problems with Muslims are they attached with religions too firmly and never negotiate on this. Please think that your religion can be false. Keep in mind that all religions are man made. Take them seriously in every wake of life is problem now because they were make centuries ago. “Peace””Love all humanity not only muslims brothers also Jews can be your brothers if you love them too.”
if they put a permenant ban on facebook and youtube some of us will be able to get through them irrespective of the ban !
its 21st century and and there is a lot of technology present which can bypass all ip and url bans !
i am thinking they are gonna ban it permenantly after 31st !
Imran Khan! hmmm… or is it ‘Lala Raam’ hiding in lion’s skin! I don’t understand these Indian, why they are so obsessed with Pakistan. Even on purely Pakistani discussion forums, you find these morons coming up their BS. You are right though, when Europe left their man made religion they progressed, but Muslims fell from their high stature when they abandon the the true teachings of Quran and start following the man made(The Persien Imam made) religion. Muhammad(SA) removed the statues of the man made gods, because for one the Kaaba was built
by Abrahim(AS) for the sole purpose of worshipping one true God, secondly the statues were put there by the ruling class of than Arabia, by having control over their gods meccan tribal leader had an iron fist control over the poor gullible masses, Mohammad(SA) had broken that myth and united everyone under one banner. The insults you are directing towards Prophet(SA) are no where to be found in the ‘Quran’, but the books written by mostly the so called Imams from defeated Persia are responsible for these insults.Unfotunatley most of the muslims and their Mullahs are blindly following these Imams and their writings but ignoring the Quranic message.In the third century after the Prophet(SA),the so called Imams imposed a religious Martial Law on people.They tried to extinguish the Quranic light & very successfully bound the Muslim masses back in the same shackles that Quran had so effectively smashed. These criminals got vehement support from the rulers because the Ajami Islam catered to their evil and wicked desires; desires for harems, concubines, slaves, pomps and luxury. Muhammed(SA) did not marry a 9 years old, he could not against the Quranic teachings. Hazrat Ayesha(RA) was a mature woman when marriage took place.(Ref:Kitab-e-Dalail-e-Nabawwut Syedna Muhammad, by Abdul Jabbar Qaramti, written 150 years before slandres ‘Tabari’). The rest is nothing but sladerous imagination of the Zoroastrian ‘Imam’ Tabari and the Jewish biographer Ibn Ishaq and Parsi Ibn Hisham.
Suicide bombers and terrorism are the product of modern era of war and deception, who and how killed Rajiv Gandhi? Was there a muslim behind that suicide attack? Muslim ruled India for almost 1000 years, had they not been tolarent towards Hindu population, there would have been not a single hindu left in India(Remember what happen to Muslims and Jews under Christian rule in Spain).and don’t forget what the ‘Peacful’Gandhi said in 1920′s, “Muslims should either revert to Hinduism or leave India, there is no room for Islam in India”
When you quote from Quran about Jews and Christians, please quote the whole context, if you read the whole verse it is talking about the Jews and Christians who were attacking Muslims at that time not every single Jews and Christian. Look at the very bright record of not so incredible India, where Muslims Christians and other minorities are being slaughtered without any provocation.
Next time when you post, at least have this much courage to show up with your real identity, no one is going to cause you any harm, your are perfectly safe hiding behind your computer.
it’s just a matter of respecting each other.i m sure all of u hav seen d hollywood movie..’the message’
it’s just a matter of respecting each other. my cats and my dogs have been together since they were puppies and kittens. Nowadays my big female dog knows dat the big cats have their kittens. she lets the kittens have milk from a bowl and only touches it when the kittens have left. she keeps a one-foot distance from them at all times knowing that the cats(her friends) will be angry if she gets too friendly with them.Seeing Tom and Jerry since we are born ‘the dog and cat..cat and rat chase.. is accepted as a universal fact…BUT…respect for eachother can conquer everything.
our beliefs, values, whoevr and whereevr we are come under this one word..’RESPECT’ i am a HUGE fan of the hollywood film The Message…because it was made with love and respect.what our government doz and doznt do is beside the point, will the ban make a difference is also a lame discussion, freedom of speech or no speech is also a narrow approach of looking at this matter..if my dog follows the ‘cat and dog’ rules..she can have a kitten feast right-away…but..the point is……give respect and take it..take respect and give it…I am for the ban.
P.T.A……… proved that they did’t forget his religion… i love to see this banned… and i want to continue this banned for both sites.. youtube and facebook… plz don’t open this sites in pakistan.. please
a pakistani.
I agree with this too. These sites really make no sense to Muslims and they just try to move us away from our religion and islam… instead we should encourage our local sites like http://www.utube.com.pk, and many others out there. so we can show them that we are not cheaper than them.
simply an act of judicial terrorism
this also shows how incompetent our judiciary is and our judges can not forsee the future.
an old lady was used to throw trash on our beloved PROPHET MUHAMMAD.OUR BELOVED PROPHET never said bad words about her .one day when our beloved PRPHER passed through that street the old lady was not there to through trash on our BELOVED PROPHET.HEwent to her home n inquire about her health as she was ill.she was so much impressed by OUR PRPHET attitude dat she embraced ISLAM…….
its a lesson for our so called MY LORDS(judges n the supporters of ban on youtube….
salam
PTA
u did a nice job
never remove ban from both the sites
salam
PTA
u did a nice job
never remove ban from both the sites.
Youtube is back but you can not sign in to your account, same thing with the Gmail account you can’t sign in, without using a proxy server.
I don’t understand the wisdom behind these block.
Probably the morons at PTA can come up with some answer? or the retarted judge who ordered this ban on the first place.
i am relay happy. hum nae dunya ko lesson diya hai
hum zenda com hai.
OMG thats sooo ridiculious,I mean WHAT?? BY BANNIN THE WEBSITE U GUYS WILL STOP THEM????,DUMBOS THE PAGE WILL REMAIN THIER UNLESS SOMEONE ACTUALLY DO SOMETHIG PRACTICAL,NOT JUST HIDIIN will do ,NOW THATS CALLED A TYPICALY PAKISTANI MENTALLY WHICH, UNFORTUNATELY SOME OF PPL HAV
U GUYS NEED TO THINK SERIOUSLY !!!!! U ARE HAPPY CAUSE THEY BANNED IT?? jst want to point one thing i hav got lots of congrulatin sms that Pakistan make a loss of facebook and all,MIND U THIS BANNIN HAS NOTHIN TO DO,WHO THE F**K THINKS IT ACTUALLY DID SOME DAMAGE SHOW ME THE WEBSITE.THERE IS NOO SUCH THING !!!! URGHH I DONT THINK MY WRITIN THIS PARAGRAPH WOULD HELP ,ANYTHIN
Gosh they banned wikkipedia too, thats sooooo fucked up mann seriously these poeple remain in Gutar no matter what one can do
summea naz !!
i think you hav given only one lesson to the world, that is you as a Pakistani are one senseless creatures who don’t hav a thing called BRain in their head, who jst sit around know nothing about what actually is goin outside pakistan ?? i bet u dont !!! then u sit around ur fuckin comp,and think u actually done something???? good ?? if i see u i am sure gonaa spit on you.u dumbhead, not only you but all those you are aprecitin this DUMB ASS PEOPLE
It is quite evident now, that this whole thing was political, religion was used to manipulate the whole situation. By blocking FB and log in to U-Tube, is a clear indication that they do not want any body to Upload a video or comment, exposing their corruption. The question is; how long it will be before the imbeciles in our ranks would realize that they have lost another one of their rights to these criminals. Good luck every one! I have already packed my bags!
Poll: 73 Percent Pakistani’s Want Permanent Ban on Facebook
Poll: 73 Percent Want Permanent Ban on Facebook
By Aamir Attaa · Saturday, May 29, 2010
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A poll conducted by ProPakistani revealed that 73 percent of 8181 voters want permanent ban on Facebook in the country.
* Another 13.25 percent voters said that they support the ban but not after May 31th, 2010.
* 7 percent percent people thought that ban was unnecessary and they don’t support the ban at all.
* Another 7 percent voters opined that single URL ban was enough.
This poll was conducted in connection to current ban on Facebook after the social networking website decided to not to take down the blasphemous page.
It merits mentioning here that government of Pakistan has lifted ban from Youtube, which was blocked in the country along with Facebook and another 1000 websites during one of country’s largest cyber crackdown.
It is anticipated that ban on Facebook will be lifted on May 31st, 2010, unlike the will of the people, according to the said poll.
Question asked in the poll was..!
Do You Support Ban on Facebook?
Possible Options were:
* Yes, Ban it Forever===73.08%
* Yes, I Support the ban, but till May 31st Only===13.25%
* No – Single URL Ban was Enough===7.11%
* No – I Don’t Accept Even single URL Ban===6.55%
Be a Muslim
Be a Muslim by following the commandments of the Almighty! not by being ignorant!
Who is this group ‘Pro Pakistani’ who conducted the so called poll? who did they ask the Questions, and how did they determine that
73% of 8181 who want this ban to continue represent the Nation of 180 millions?
And being a Pakistani means fulfilling you civic
responsibilities, not by breaking each and every law of the country. you want to protest? then come out and protest against this corrupt, dishonest and criminal regime, protest against the Mullahs of the past and present who are responsible for dividing this Ummah into so many sects, and are also the reason for distorting the true message of Islam.
Protest agianst the ‘Jaagir Daar and Sermayia Daari Nizam’, the blood suking leeches of our society. Prove your self to be worthy of respect, the world will give due respect to your religion. It’s us Muslims, who are the real culprit, stop blaming others. ‘A tree is known by it’s fruit’, well if Islam is the tree, and we Muslims are it’s fruit; go figure
what kind of respect our ‘Deen’ is going get from the rest of World.
Lighten up everyone, following proves that we are not alone! there are more around us, who are equally…! you know what I mean!
IS IT FUNNY, PARANOID OR STUPID?
India arrests Pakistani bird for spying. Pigoen in jail under armed guard.
Indian police are holding a pigeon under armed guard after it was caught on an alleged spying mission
http://www.daily.pk/india-arrests-pakistani-bird-for-spying-pigoen-in-jail-under-armed-gu… 5/29/2010
The white-coloured bird was found by a local resident in India’s Punjab state, which borders Pakistan, and taken to a police station 40 kilometres (25 miles) from the capital Amritsar.
The pigeon had a ring around its foot and a Pakistani phone number and address stamped on its body in red ink.
Police suspected the pigeon may have landed on Indian soil from Pakistan with a message, although no trace of a note has been found.
Officials have directed that no-one should be allowed to visit the pigeon, which police say may have been on a “special mission of spying”.
The bird has been medically examined and was being kept in room under police guard.
Senior officers have asked to be kept updated on the situation three times a day, PTI said.
Chahal said local pigeon fanciers in the sensitive border area had told police that Pakistani pigeons were easily identifiable as they look different from Indian ones, according to the Indian Express newspaper.
why are u continuously deleting my comments???
don’t u have dare to face the truth….
Boycott Facebook forever
We are inviting Muslim from all over the world to come and join Peace full Protest against the Blasphemous competition on facebook. We are offering the Muslim to boycott facebook forever not only for 03 days in just few days their losses reached to billions. Don’t worry about the Salary Inshah Allah you will rewarded in the AAKHEERA.
Jazakallah
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