Senate committee resolution seeks to lift Youtube ban

ISLAMABAD: The Senate’s Standing Committee on Human Rights on Monday approved a resolution that seeks to unblock the popular video-sharing website Youtube in Pakistan. The video-sharing website has been blocked in Pakistan since September 2012 over its failure to take down the blasphemous “Innocence of Muslims” movie that sparked furious protests around the world. The American-made movie also triggered violent demonstrations across Pakistan that left more than 20 people dead. A meeting of the standing committee was headed by its chairman Senator Afrasiab Khattak. According to reports, members of the committee were of the view that there was no benefit of continuing with the Youtube ban only due to some objectionable content. The committee passed a resolution urging the federal government to unblock the video-sharing website as soon as possible.