PTCL directed to block porno, blasphemous sites

Published
0

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.

Opinion

Editorial

No talks
Updated 17 Oct, 2026

No talks

The government should understand that the PTI’s protest march and its reaction to it will look like nothing more than a storm in a teacup.
Strengthening LGs
17 Oct, 2026

Strengthening LGs

THE ECP has done well to refuse to allow the Punjab administration to push the local government elections to April....
Lesser citizens
17 Oct, 2026

Lesser citizens

FOR decades, discrimination and prejudice have narrowed the space for the country’s minority communities. The HRCP...
Deadly classrooms
Updated 16 Oct, 2026

Deadly classrooms

Parents should not have to become structural engineers to judge whether their children are safe at school.
Diplomatic options
Updated 16 Oct, 2026

Diplomatic options

Regional states know that the alternative to talks — a fully fledged war on both fronts — will bring immeasurable destruction to the Gulf, the Red Sea and the surrounding areas.
Hunger in Pakistan
16 Oct, 2026

Hunger in Pakistan

PAKISTAN’S position as the country most affected by hunger in South Asia is not surprising. An economy battered by...