PM orders blocking of You Tube

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PM orders blocking of You Tube

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Prime Minister Raja Pervez has ordered the suspension of You Tube in the country.

17 September,2012 10:02 pm

Pakistani Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has ordered the suspension of YouTube in the country over a video made in the United States which mocks the Prophet Mohammad(PBUH) and has enraged the Islamic world.Ashrafs office said in a statement that the Ministry of Information had been ordered to block YouTube so that the blasphemous video could not be viewed.Prime Minister’s office said the step has been taken after You Tube refused to delete the objectionable film from its data.Protests have erupted in Pakistan and rest of the Muslim world after the anti-Islam film made in US was aired on Internet.