Facebook in Pakistan still working on cell phones
Despite the clear orders given by Lahore High court to ban Facebook in the country, the cellular companies are still allowing their customers to open this blasphemous website from their cell phones.
The Ministry of Information Technology, in compliance with the orders of Lahore High Court, Lahore, on the Writ Petition No.10392/10, dated the 19th May, 2010 has issued a directive to Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to block the ‘Face Book’ and all other internet links displaying sacrilegious caricatures of the Holy Prophet.
Though all the Internet Service Providers have blocked Facebook and now the internet users in Pakistan are unable to open this website from their computer but it seems that mobile companies have nothing to do with this order as the cellular users can still able to open Facebook from their cell phones.
When contacted PTA about this the representative told that they have received complaints and the mobile companies have also been directed to block the site immediately.
He said that the site will be blocked on mobile phone internet within few hours.
