Pakistan: Senate committee accepts resolution to unban YouTube

The Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights has accepted a resolution to unban YouTube in Pakistan. According to the committee, Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) chairman had said that there was no benefit of banning YouTube as blasphemous content was available on other websites. Members of the committee were of the view that an entire library cannot be shut because of some objectionable content. The video sharing website was banned in Pakistan on September 17, 2012 after refusing to remove blasphemous content.