SHAFAQNA PAKISTAN (Shia News Agency)
After Youtube wordPress has been blocked in Pakistan. WordPress is one of the famous blogging spot. The Pakistan government has a history of temporarily blocking websites including Facebook, Flickr, IMDb, Twitter and Wikipedia. Other times, the government reportedly stated a ban will be temporary, but as is the case with YouTube, the ban is ongoing. The government states these sites, and many others, host content that it sees as blasphemous and inflammatory.
Though ban is said to be temporary and on account of security concerns; however, there is no official statement from Pakistan Telecom Authority regarding the ban. WordPress is used by thousands of users for building websites and blogs. The sudden ban is quite shocking and the silence of PTA on this issue is utterly disappointing. The government and IT ministry should come up with better ideas rather than just blocking websites if they threaten the security or display blasphemous content.
ProPakistani.pk, quoting an unnamed source at PTA, has claimed that WordPress.com is blocked due to issues related to national security. It further said that the content which has caused the blockade of the site cannot be revealed due to sensitivity of the issue.
There was speculation that the closure was linked to security preparations ahead of the Pakistan Day parade, to be held on Monday for the first time in seven years. However, these reports could not be independently verified.
This is one of the bad practice and against the freedom of speech. In the past Government had blocked number of site famously Youtube that has not been opened yet. Government should find out alternative ways to curb the objectionable content on the sites rather than simply blocking them because of number of students and scholars who are benefitted from the sites are suffering a lot.
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