Malik orders immediate blockage of anti-Islam websites
January 14th, 2011 - 6:05 pm ICT by ANIIslamabad, Jan 14(ANI): Interior Minister Rehman Malik has taken strong note of websites and SMSes propagating an anti-Islam agenda, and ordered an immediate blockage of such sites within 24 hours.
Malik ordered the Interior Secretary that all those websites that were propagating against Islam should be traced out, the Daily Times reported.
Cases should be registered against the people who were involved in this act and residing in Pakistan, he added.
Malik also asked the Interior Secretary to constitute a committee comprising representatives of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority and the Federal Investigation Agency, under the supervision of Additional Secretary Interior, to take into consideration the anti-Islam propaganda. (ANI)
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