Tuesday, 23 July 2013
Pakistan Telecom Authority asks parliament to define blasphemy and make new laws
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In a rare episode, an official meeting in the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) witnessed an highly unwarranted situation when its DG for Strategy and Planning (S&D) was labeled as “liar” in a derogatory manner by the representative of an NGO in the presence of several other participants.
Ahmadiyya Times | News Watch | Int'l Desk
Source/Credit: The News | Pakistan
By Mehtab Haider | July 23, 2013
ISLAMABAD: A meeting to discuss the blasphemous material and the ban on YouTube turned into an exchange of abuses on Monday and the Pakistan Telecom Authority lobbed the issue in the court of parliament, asking legislators to pass a new law and create a new set-up to decide what is blasphemous.
After witnessing nasty scenes in the official meeting on Monday called for holding consultations for blocking access to blasphemous material on YouTube, the PTA proposed to the government to enact new laws through parliament for establishing an independent department having the mandate as well as the authority to block access of such links on the internet.
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