Pakistan is not the only country to have blocked access to YouTube. The PTA urged internet users to write to YouTube and request the removal of the films, saying that the authorities would stop blocking the video-sharing site once that had happened. The drawings were originally printed in European newspapers in 2006, but were reprinted by some papers last week.
The unnamed official said the PTA had also blocked websites showing the controversial Danish cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. The film portrays Islam as a fascist religion prone to inciting violence against women and homosexuals. The authority did not specify what the offensive material was, but a PTA official said the ban concerned a trailer for an forthcoming film by Dutch politician Geert Wilders. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority told the country's 70 internet service providers that the popular website would be blocked until further notice. Pakistan's government has banned access to the video-clip website YouTube because of anti-Islamic movies posted on the site, an official said yesterday.
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