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Thursday, 23 May 2013 6:58 pm
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LHC seeks full record of old petitions against Facebook
- Petitioners say social networking website holding blasphemous competition on 20th
- Staff Report
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday sought until May 10, the complete of record of all previous petitions filed against social networking website Facebook for holding a blasphemous contest. Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed issued the order while hearing a petition seeking a permanent ban on Facebook in Pakistan for again holding an objectionable and blasphemous contest titled, 2nd Annual Draw Muhammad Day on May 20. The petition was filed by Mohammad & Ahmad, a public interest litigation company, through its chairman, Azhar Siddique. Azhar said that due to holding of the fresh competition, the Civil Lines Police Station SHO be directed to register a case under Section 295-C and other relevant provisions of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) against the perpetrators.
The petitioners’ counsel sought directions for the federal government to stop display of all blasphemous material on Facebook and all other such websites in Pakistan. He said that the government be directed to establish a legal permanent authority to monitor such objectionable activities across the world, so that blasphemy should be banned forever. During the hearing, the judge observed that blasphemy in any case would not be allowed. He said that the mischief of Facebook against Islam is still going on unabated, as it has once again announced to hold a blasphemous contest. Azhar requested the court to pass order for stopping the disgusting venture from being materialised.
The petitioners have made the federal government, Ministry of Communication, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and its director and the Punjab government a party in the petition. Azhar said that Facebook had announced to hold the contest on the same date last year on which the LHC had directed the federal government to ban Facebook in Pakistan. He said that the website was allowed to operate after the federal government gave assurances that no such activity will be allowed on the Internet in future.
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