Pakistan Bans Shiite News Website

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The largest Shiite News website which also acts as watchdog for murder of Shias, motivated by sectarian differences, Shiitenews.com has been blocked today morning on Friday. Visitors were greeted with a “This website is not accessible” sign as they tried to access the site. It also show message “The site you are trying to access contains content that is prohibited for viewership from within Pakistan”

Many people from Pakistan on the social media site twitter protested against the forced inability to access the web page. Some blamed Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) for instituting a politically motivated ban. Shiites News has accused ruling government Pakistan Muslim League (PMLN) for banning the website on directions of Saudi Arabia. Shiite News have also given another domain for their viwers. http://www.shiitenews.org Last year, an other Shia website of www.shiaklling.com, which still remains banned in Pakistan.