Pakistan’s telecommunications authority has been by the government to block social media networkng website Twitter, the chairman of the authority said.
This was mandatory because of the claim that there are some materials thought offensive to the religion practiced in pakistan which is Islam.
Mohammad Yaseen said the website was blocked on Sunday because Twitter refused to remove material related to a competition on Facebook to post images of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad.
Many Muslims regard depictions of the prophet, even favorable ones, as blasphemous.
Yaseen said Facebook agreed to address Pakistan’s concerns but officials have not been able to get Twitter to do the same.
Officials from Facebook and Twitter could not immediately be reached for comment.
Pakistan blocked Facebook for about two weeks in 2010 because of a similar competition.
