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KARACHI: More than a 100 days since the ban was imposed on the world’s largest video-sharing web portal, YouTube, the government Saturday ordered internet service providers (ISP) across the country to unblock it.
The notification for unblocking the website was issued by Assistant Director (Enforcement) Ali Waqas Raza to all ISPs across the country.
He requested the ISPs to “immediately unblock/restore complete YouTube website provisionally till further orders” and called for submission of compliance through email by 3pm.
Earlier, Ministry of Information Technology (MoIT) officials told The Express Tribune that at least two stakeholders, the interior minister and the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) recommended that the prime minister reopen the website.
The official said that Rehman Malik was most insistent on YouTube’s restoration. He met with the PTA officials on Friday and tweeted about the restoration of the website hours later.
The government had banned YouTube on September 17 to block access to blasphemous filmInnocence of Muslims after violent protests erupted across the Muslim world.
Nationwide protests ensued on September 21, claiming 26 lives, wounding 200 people and causing massive financial damage across the country.
http://tribune.com.pk/story/486292/government-gives-go-ahead-for-unblocking-youtube/
KARACHI: More than a 100 days since the ban was imposed on the world’s largest video-sharing web portal, YouTube, the government Saturday ordered internet service providers (ISP) across the country to unblock it.
The notification for unblocking the website was issued by Assistant Director (Enforcement) Ali Waqas Raza to all ISPs across the country.
He requested the ISPs to “immediately unblock/restore complete YouTube website provisionally till further orders” and called for submission of compliance through email by 3pm.
Earlier, Ministry of Information Technology (MoIT) officials told The Express Tribune that at least two stakeholders, the interior minister and the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) recommended that the prime minister reopen the website.
The official said that Rehman Malik was most insistent on YouTube’s restoration. He met with the PTA officials on Friday and tweeted about the restoration of the website hours later.
The government had banned YouTube on September 17 to block access to blasphemous filmInnocence of Muslims after violent protests erupted across the Muslim world.
Nationwide protests ensued on September 21, claiming 26 lives, wounding 200 people and causing massive financial damage across the country.
http://tribune.com.pk/story/486292/government-gives-go-ahead-for-unblocking-youtube/
