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| No breakthrough in unblocking YouTube |
| 2014-03-22 |
| [DAWN] There is no possibility that the internet users in Pakistain will be able to access YouTube in the near future. At least this was the message conveyed to the Senate standing committee on information technology which met on Thursday. Though the unblocking of the site was not on the agenda, it was discussed before the 12 items were taken up by the committee members. However, if you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning... the subject ended as soon as it was taken up. Senator Zahid Khan, the chairman of the committee, said a negative impression was sent out about the nation that it could not decide if the site was to remain blocked or not. "We are getting tired of the confusion. People are being denied access to a vital information-based website. We want to know if the government is unblocking the site or not," Senator Khan said. However, if you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning... there was no clear answer. The site was blocked in September 2012 after a blasphemous US film, Innocence of Moslems, was uploaded on it. Dr Ismail Shah, the chairman of the Pakistain Telecommunication Authority (PTA), repeated before the committee what he has been saying: "The controversial film cannot be blocked 100 per cent." |
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