Pakistan Blocked 13,000 Adult Websites: Official

By Mehwish Khan | 10, Feb 2012 | 65 Comments

Government of Pakistan has blocked the access to around or over 13,000 websites in the country which were of obscene or adult in nature, reported Express Tribune citing parliamentary Secretary for Information Technology, Nawab Liaqat Ali Khan.

Paper said that parliamentary secretary said this while responding to a calling attention notice in National Assembly.

It merits mentioning here that Pakistan Telecommunication Authority had ordered Pakistani internet service providers to block a list of websites – without revealing the total count of to be blocked websites – which it thought were of obscene in nature.

This order is largely considered as a result of hacking attempts on PTA and supreme court of Pakistan websites, just a week before PTA’s determination; hacker had demanded ban on adult sites in Pakistan.

Calling attention notice asked government about the obscene websites and how it is going to tackle such material which is easily available on the internet.

“It is a serious issue and we are trying to address it,” said the IT parliamentary secretary, adding that the government was mindful of the situation.

Expressing concern over the rapid increase in obscene websites, IT parliamentary secretary proposed the formation of a Ministerial Committee and a sub-committee to look into the matter.

“At present the government has no mechanism to block all of these websites and are trying to devise a mechanism, however, we take action on complaints”, secretary noted.

He quoted the example of China and India who have installed a costly Automated Filtration System, which could also block anti-government websites, but clarified that that this system, if installed, would still be unable to block all obscene websites.

Via Express Tribune

http://www.abdulqadoos.com Abdul Qadoos

great
shakeel

yarr asa ni ho skta k awam ko bhi iss main shamil kia jaye ta k jo website opan nazar aye oss ki nishan dahi kar k foran block karwa dy jai
- MA
  
  I agree with Shakil, its a good option. I think we should send this massage to PTA as well.
  - shen
    
    means we have to search and watch adult websites for this:D lolz… not a good idea!
    - But Sahab
      
      I always open tube site which i browse ofter, no blockage for that one. thanks ptcl to exclude my Fav site from the list.
http://facebook.com/soleali Ali

Its good to hear, such steps will definitely contribute positively!
http://www.pakmelody.com/watch-ek-main-aur-ekk-tu-movie-online.html Khan

appreciated. If I am not wrong PTA has also blocked proxy website.
- shen
  
  no they didnt.
  - UmeRonaldo
    
    yes the didnt
http://www.ecenterpk.com Khawaja

Great work. In islamic state it is necessary to block this type of adult websites. If u need education news plz chk link
Xahid

Good to hear that, but I am not sure if they really implement it or not !
as I earlier mentioned, they need to block p2p network too, most of the Porn data is shifted to p2p network ie torrents, and they don’t need to order the ISP’s to block, they can just use the filtration method at Pi gateway !
Muhammad BASIT

Dear …. ! Esi Wabsite kabhi nahin band ho skti …. Bcoz boht C proxy wali wabsite se har site open ho jati hai or hotspot se to koi site block nahin rahti har site open ho ja ti hai
http://ptcl khan

ohh good for children but not for adult
http://uzairsajid.net UzEE

This is exactly what I was afraid of. Where is the list of all the websites which were blocked? There is absolutely no transparency in the process.

We have blindly given our governments right to block anything they want without any accountability whatsoever. They’ll just say it was obscene or something.
- Shahid Saleem
  
  I just read this in the other window:
  
  http://thenextweb.com/me/2012/02/10/iran-reportedly-blocks-google-all-ssl-sites-on-the-eve-of-the-revolution-anniversary/
  
  The people who are so in favor of blocking have given the government in Pakistan permission to install the same kind of filtering system that Iran uses. And is it FOR the good of the citizens? Nope. For the GOVERNMENT.
  
  We will never get a list of blocked sites. We will never find out why legitimate sites like pastebin are blocked. Who cares about a few geeks? No one in power.
Hamid

Nothing is blocked on wi-tribe. However, sites are blocked on PTCL.
- MoMoo
  
  Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
  Khamosh
  
  ha ha ha
- umair
  
  sites are blocked on worldcall too good step
darkstar

PTA has already blocked http://pastebin.com/ and filestube.com which do not host Adult Content and now you are asking them to block p2p network I do not know for what purposes you use p2p network but I get most of e-books and Video training from them, by blocking them they are also banning Educational Material
- Bilal Hashim
  
  filestube has a video section where adult content is available…thats why they’ve blocked it.
Billabadmash

I read couple of comments regarding blocking issue and people say there is no use we can open any site using different techniques , Yea they can, but this step is not for the people who are so desperate to see that sh*t. Its to prevent an amateur mind who can be the victim if provided the stuff easily so this step is real good and there should be more sites which are still not added to the list but the process is good should keep the sh*t banned.
Researcher

well all the porn sites are easily accesible on mobile internet. Means to say a person can watch all the material via gprs browsing. What about this?
Ashraf

Bhai kuch bund nai hoa abhi sub sites open hai aur pakistan mai kuch bhi bund nai hosakta
Hassan

it is gud but they should ban sites like in uae or sudia they also have blocked the methods of ip hide!!!
http://www.ttechworld.blpgspot.com Abubaker

Boht Acha Kiya hai WellDone :)
Jamal

duniya ray duniya very good very good pta aur is ban ko support karnay waalay very bad very bad :)
Moz

Hey PTA, how about we ban cars, to avoid accidents? How about we actually ban humans, because they do horrible things? Lets ban everything that exists, that way no harm will be done. In Pakistan, people are so horney, so pathetic, so sexually starved, and this way we will solve the problem. Believe me, the moment you start censoring and banning things, you actually begin the destruction of that industry.
John Smith

Oh yeah, jitne ziada pedophiles aur rapists utne ache.
- http://www.nerdcrunch.com Moderate
  
  There is nothing to back this claim of yours. Just look at the number or rapes in Pakistan before and after the proliferation of internet+cable, statistics show exponential increase. That excuse that rapists/pedophiles are limited by watching porn is ridiculous one.
  
  Read statistics of USA and UK, when 12 to 16 year olds are doing gang rapes then your eyes will open up! Porn has destroyed their societies and it will destroy our too.
  - Bilal Hashim
    
    true true.
  - Shahid Saleem
    
    – Just look at the number or rapes in Pakistan before and after the proliferation of internet+cable, statistics show exponential increase.
    
    WHAT STATISTICS? I don’t believe one word you say until you produce link to government’s statistics.
    
    The funny thing is our government does a terrible job of registring rape cases. It is and HAS ALWAYS BEEN an underreported crime.
    - clone
      
      so if ppl will jerk off they will not have the energy to possibly rape someone..?is that what you are saying?if you wanna change something first change yourself,stop blaming others and do something about it except preaching and doing nothing.jaisi awaam wesa hukmaraan!it’s in our religion…
Filestube

Why have they blocked filestube which is just a file sharing website?!
bilal

Every thing can be opened using lot of proxy servers..
just to mention the fact.. not to support such sites…
- http://sofojunkie.com Tanveer Akram
  
  proxy servers aren’t that fast to stream videos :p
Sabeena Kiran

Oh nooooooo…. we used to watch porn during lecture in class… PTCL you’re so bad…. i hate youuuuuu.
- zia
  
  do practical
http://pakistanexposition.blogspot.com Mahfooz

great job
http://www.mbilalkhan.tk Muhammad Bilal Khan

Greak work.My opinion is that “Please Block all Adult website on Internet in Pakistan”.
Hamid

Everything is still open on Wi-Tribe —
http://www.fashionarc.com Usama Zafar

why the hell they are blocking other websiteS?
pastebin.com and filestube :S
- Bilal Hashim
  
  filestube has a video section with adult content also available…thats why they’ve blocked it.
guas

they are out of bandwidth .. that y they are blocking websites .. well this is good step .. but there are lot of alternatives to open these sites easily ..
http://www.omnibazar.com Shahjee

Perfect!
http://www.technologywisdom.com Faisal

Great news
Mr. thrkii

callgirls ki demand barh jaye gi :D
Excuse me

I am very glad but there is many more website which is still open.
Athar

There were people who never visited those sites while they were open; there are people who still strive to see those sites even they are blocked. This means, problem is not blocking or unblocking, its our inner side and our ‘self’ which is good or bad…
http://sofojunkie.com Tanveer Akram

they should have done long ago… but i don’t understand why they blocked last.fm ?
muneeb

to late for us . but very good effort for our next generations . atleast they get healthy invirnment
Asim

well,yai websites kholi ja sakti hain but experts can do that ,i think the intention behind this was that teenagers or o common man couldnt watch this .and i agree bohat si website ab bhi open hain i think tube based sites band hain but images are still on .
Arslan

They should also ban Internet in Pakistan.
http://www.sex.com fahimkhan

this is a adult website
please block this website
PTA
http://www.propakistani.pk PTA SUX!

This is bullshit, they’re blocking whatever website they want, they’ve blocked numerous hacking websites and even various educational websites too, its pathetic!!
Where is the fucking BAN LIST??
Where is the transparency??

PTA is in the hands of a bunch of gays!!
Pingback: MSN Pakistan steals content from Local Blogs and Bloggers (Proof)
zain

congrats to propakistani.pk as well. they raised their voice on many occasions about this issues
Pingback: ICT R&D to Finance National URL Filtering and Blocking System
Pingback: School Student Sends PTA a List of 780K Adult Website to Get Them Blocked
faisal khan

very nice. i m thankful to pta.
clone

well don’t give me that bullshit of freedom of speech and shit,in pakistan we need this kind of stuff in order to save our remaining youth,and for those who think they have right to use whatever they want,may be at first they had to spread the awareness not only to them but to everyone in pakistan,ppl here are not aware and you are too proud egoistic narcissistic retard to positively spread the awareness about everything to anyone.they better start blocking remaining sites,may be there have to be blog or forum where you can report explicit sites
http://www.shugalmaza.com shugalmaza.com

very good post. thanks for sharing
Pingback: PTA Blocks Ahmaddiya Controlled Religious Website
nomi

Wasi shah ko credit do us na geo ka program awam ki adalat mein yeh issue utaya tha
Guest

ap se agar koi websites block karwa sakta hai meri ap se guzarish k mein ne 1 website dekhe hai ALLAH ki shan mein gushtahi ki gai plz ap us site ko block karwa de.
http://www.facebook.com/malak.sahab.18 Malak Sahab

ap mein se agar koi website block karwa sakta hai to meri apse guzarish hai k mein ne 1 site dekhe hai jis mein ALLAH ki shan mein ghustakhi ki gai hai plz ap ose block kawa de.