Pakistain on Thursday blocked access to an anti-Islam film as security measures beefed up around US diplomatic missions, following attacks on American consulates and embassies in Libya, Egypt and Yemen.The Afghan government earlier ordered an indefinite ban on the entire YouTube video sharing site to prevent access to the film made in the United States, which Kabul said was offensive to Mohammedans.
"Pakistain Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has proactively blocked and is vigorously preventing all access to the anti-Islamic video placed on the worldwide web via YouTube with the name of 'Innocence of Mohammedans'," it said in a statement.
It said "the authority is in close liaison with all the service providers for immediate blocking of the provocative video", adding that "proactive monitoring and blocking is being done, round the clock".
The PTA, which is the main regulatory authority, is mandated to block blasphemous and pornographic websites.