Pak blocks India Today site for insulting army chief?

September 14, 2016 21:46

Pakistan has blocked India Today's websites in the country for publishing a 'humiliating' picture of its Army chief General Raheel Sharif.

"The site you are trying to access contains content that is prohibited for viewership from within Pakistan. This website cannot be reached," reads the page of India Today websites.

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, which is authorised to block 'offensive material' on the internet, could not be reached for confirmation on account of Eid holidays.

But it appears that PTA has been directed by the concerned authorities to block the India Today websites in Pakistan after the Lahore high court directed a petitioner to take up this matter with the federal government.

Earlier this month, the court had disposed of the petition seeking an order for the federal government to put a ban on India Today websites for publishing a humiliating picture of General Raheel Sharif.

LHC Chief Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah said: "Decision to block any website is the job of parliament. The citizens should approach the elected government on such matters."

A citizen, Abdul Hameed, had filed the petition contending that Indian journal "India Today" had been publishing anti-Pakistan material and it recently published an insulting picture of the Pakistan army chief on its cover page.

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