[Pakistan] PTCL directed to block porno, blasphemous sites

["Irfan Khan" <khania2@super.net.pk>]

Dawn, 29 January 2003 


PTCL directed to block porno, blasphemous sites 


By Our Reporter 

ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: Minister for Information Technology and 
Telecommunications Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari has directed the 
Pakistan Telecommunication Company (PTCL) to place 'content filters' 
at all internet exchanges to block access to pornographic and 
blasphemous sites. This step would drastically restrict the spread of 
obscene material through internet. 

According to an official handout, the ministry of information 
technology and telecommunications has taken the step to block such 
undesirable contents at the junction points called internet 
exchanges, which are the routes for internet traffic into the 
country. 


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