Just as we saw Saudi Arabia’s ban on BlackBerry Messenger get denied, Pakistan Telecom Authority has went ahead and banned BlackBerry services as a whole across the whole country.  They have done so to make sure that they can block all the ways that leads to banned sites such as Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, and Twitter.  Their mission is to block all websites which hosted anit-Islamic content, so blocking out BlackBerry services is their way of making it official.  All these bans rooted from the Everybody Draw Muhammad Day page on Facebook which offended many, especially Pakistan.  So where does it stand now? Telecom companies in Pakistan can’t turn on BlackBerry services again until the PTA decides it’s ok.

-by Mac Jadalhack

Source: Infocera

Image via: CrunchGear

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