Court to decide that social media be allowed to work or banned: IHC

Court to decide that social media be allowed to work or banned: IHC

Islamabad (Staff Report): Islamabad High Court (IHC) has said that the court will decide that social media to be banned or allowed to work.

IHC judge Justice Shoukat Aziz on Wednesday heard a case relating to blasphemous content on social media.

During the proceeding of the case, Justice Shoukat Aziz observed that the court will decide that social media should be blocked or not.

The court has adjourned the hearing of the case till 27th March.

Earlier, Pakistani government threatened to permanently block social media websites including Facebook if they refuse to cooperate in blocking blasphemous content.

The interior ministry confirmed that social media giant Facebook has agreed to send a delegation to Pakistan over blasphemy row days after the government threatened to permanently block major social media websites.