Facebook Youtube Banned in Pakistan

Facebook and Youtube are Banned in Pakistan until the respective admin handle the situation  i.e. close some particular websites which promote blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad

Pakistan acknowledged the “suffering” caused by its bans on Facebook and YouTube, but said it would only consider restoring the websites if they take down pages considered offensive to Islam, the information technology ministry said Friday.

The government has asked both sites to block the offending pages and was expecting a reply soon, Najibullah Malik, the secretary at the ministry said. Facebook has said that may be a solution, but did not specify if it — or the Pakistani government — should restrict the content.

Other sites have also been affected in the country as officials scramble to block content related to a Facebook page called “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day!” which encourages users to post images of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad, purportedly in support of freedom of speech.

Most Muslims regard depictions of the prophet, even favorable ones, as blasphemous.

Wikipedia’s English-language site and the Flickr photo-sharing site were also sporadically unavailable Friday.