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YouTube formally restored in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Federal Ministry of Information Technology has removed the ban on YouTube in Pakistan. The ban had been in place for the past three-and-a half years.

According to media sources, the IT Ministry has introduced the local version of YouTube in Pakistan.

“Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has told Supreme Court about the removal of objectionable material from the site,” media reports stated. “Any objectionable material can be removed on the request of Pakistan government,” reports added.

“You Tube will be revived in next 48 hours all around the country,” PTA sources told the media.

YouTube was banned after a video deemed ‘offensive to Islam’ was uploaded in 2012. Pakistan had requested YouTube administration to remove the video from the site but the request was denied. Following this issue the social site was banned in Pakistan.

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M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.