The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority on Tuesday restored Wikipedia services across Pakistan on the orders of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
The Prime Minister earlier directed the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority to immediately restore online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, which was banned for not blocking/removing sacrilegious content. The prime minister then constituted a committee comprising the law, economic affairs and information ministers for preliminary examination of the matter.
“Blocking the site in its entirety was not a suitable measure to restrict access to some objectionable contents/ sacrilegious matter on it. The unintended consequences of this blanket ban, therefore, outweigh its benefits,” the statement added.
It is pertinent to mention here that Pakistan Telecommunication Authority blocked Wikipedia services in the country after the platform failed to remove blasphemous content.
