After blocking Facebook, YouTube and Flickr, Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA) has temporarily banned BlackBerry services in the country. All telecom companies in the Pakistan have been asked to stop all the BlackBerry services.
It seems that the controversy over the caricature of Prophet Mohammad is not going to stop anytime soon. Netizens in Pakistan have been suffering due to this blocking decision, but most of the Muslim followers are supporting the government’s stand.
On the other side, some Pakistani ISPs have also blocked popular social networking and microblogging site, Twitter. Whenever users try to access Twitter in blocked areas, they receive “This site has been restricted” message in the browser.
These services are banned until May 31st. The higher authorities should resolve this issue as quickly as possible, or else it will become more difficult for users to surf freely on the internet.
[via – Daily Times]