Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) is ready to start a major crackdown against immoral websites. According to the reports, the Government has order PTA to immediately block 4 lacs website that are spreading vulgarity in Pakistan. After receiving the orders from the Government of Pakistan, PTA has issued directions to all the internet services providers in Pakistan for immediacy blocking around 4 lacs immoral websites. The sources of PTA have told Pakistani media that access to po**ography or other related material will be limited to the domain level. In 2011, a petition was filed in Supreme Court to block por* websites.
Although the Government of Pakistan has already imposed ban on vulgar and immoral website in the country, but these websites can be used with different ip’s and extensions. While talking with the media, spokesperson of PTA Khurram Mehran has said that all the links of around 5 lac websites have been down by the authority. He said that the authority will make sure that anyone cannot be able to access immoral websites from any source.
It is to be noted that the honorable Supreme Court had ordered the authority around 2 weeks ago, to block all the vulgar and immoral websites in Pakistan.