Pakistan lifts Facebook ban

03 June 2010

The Lahore High Court has directed the government to lift  its ban on Facebook, saying there should be free access to information, provided no one hurt religious sentiments of others, according to a report in Pakistan's Daily Times .

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Monday restored access to Facebook after the social networking site apologised and removed content that had provoked protests from Muslim groups.

On 19 May, the Islamic country barred the site after a user invited people to post images of the Prophet Mohammad. Islam considers any drawings of the Prophet blasphemous. Another 1,000 web pages with similarly offensive content that were blocked by the PTA are still inaccessible.

Gemma Taylor, London