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The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday released detailed verdict over a petition seeking ban on access to website WikiLeaks. Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed in his verdict said the truth can not be banned. The judge declared the petition non-maintainable as access to information was the fundamental right of every citizen. The judge held that the people in over 170 countries were accessing the secret cables and it should not be blocked in Pakistan.The judge remarked, The secret information may cause trouble for some personalities in Pakistan but it will be good for progress of the nation in the long run. We, as a nation, should have courage to tolerate and digest criticism and live with it. No person has denied so far any leak disclosed by the WikiLeaks website, the verdict said.
