Permanently banning Facebook: Court seeks record of previous petitions

[DaRk WaVe]

& here we go AGAIN!

Permanently banning Facebook: Court seeks record of previous petitions – The Express Tribune

LAHORE:

The Lahore High Court on Thursday sought till May 10 record of previous petitions filed against the social networking website, Facebook, for blasphemous content.

Justice Azmat Saeed passed the order on a petition seeking a permanent ban on Facebook in Pakistan for holding a contest called the 2nd Annual Draw Muhammad Day.

The petition was filed by Mohammad and Ahmad through Advocate Mohammad Azhar Siddique.

Siddique requested the court to direct the Civil Lines SHO to register a criminal case under Section 295-C against the perpetrators for organising the competition again.

The petitioner also sought directions for the federal government to stop the display of blasphemous material against the Holy Prophet (pbuh) on Facebook and other similar websites in Pakistan.

He also requested the court to direct the government to establish a permanent authority to monitor objectionable online activities.

He said that Facebook and similar websites should be permanently blocked for placing caricatures of the Holy Prophet (pbuh) and other prophets. The petitioner said that the contest, scheduled for May 20, was the evidence of international mischief against Islam.

After hearing the petitioner’s arguments, the court observed that disrespect to the Holy Prophet (pbuh) will not be allowed at any cost.

The court then adjourned the hearing and sought record of earlier petitions.

The petitioner has named the federal government, the ministry of communication, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, and the Punjab government as respondents.

Facebook had announced a similar contest in May 2010. The sponsors had later apologised and cancelled the contest.

The authorities had informed the court that a protest was recorded through the Organisation of Islamic Conference with the United Nations and America.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 6th, 2011.

 

[Dance]

What a retard. The Lahore high court is such a joke

 

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That sucks... why not just ban it for a week like last time..?

 

[desioptimist]

We do quite a bit of blasphemy here too. What if somebody complains against pdf?

 

[StingRoy]

Will Mark Zuckerberg get a fair trial ??

 

[Markus]

Will Mark Zuckerberg get a fair trial ??

I doubt if he cares.

 

[Frankenstein]

^^^and again, Indians jump in

 

[Leader]

What a retard. The Lahore high court is such a joke

respect INSTITUTIONS and your identity shall be respected.

 

[Prometheus]

Possibly facebook should regulate information going in to Pakistan by blocking objectional pages and contents

 

[Muhammad-Bin-Qasim]

Banning and causing problems for our own people are easy solutions for those who dont want to do anything serious about this issue of blasphemy...

It only requires one phone call (two at most)... but then... who cares if Muslims are being insulted... Lahore High Court, Zardari and Kayani dont anyway... why should Mark be bothered...

 

[desioptimist]

Banning and causing problems for our own people are easy solutions for those who dont want to do anything serious about this issue of blasphemy...

It only requires one phone call (two at most)... but then... who cares if Muslims are being insulted... Lahore High Court, Zardari and Kayani dont anyway... why should Mark be bothered...

Phone call to whom? By who?

 

[The HBS Guy]

Possibly facebook should regulate information going in to Pakistan by blocking objectional pages and contents

Why? How's this facebook's problem if people are made of glass?

Besides, I don't think Pakistan is such a huge market for Facebook as to compromise on its 'free speech' principals.

 

[Tiki Tam Tam]

Christ, I though someone called Facebook has been permanently banned from the PDF!!

 

[Farooq]

if there was a debate on FB where the myth of the holocaust was challenged it would have immediately been banned by the jew Zuckerberg.

Good move by the LHC!

 

[The HBS Guy]

if there was a debate on FB where the myth of the holocaust was challenged it would have immediately been banned by the jew Zuckerberg.

Good move by the LHC!

Why don't you try and petition a US court? See what comes off it.