Lahore, May 19: A Pakistani court today directed authorities to temporarily block Facebook till May 31 over the holding of a competition on blasphemous caricatures of Prophet Mohammed as protests against the social networking website were held across the country.
Justice Ijaz Chaudhry of the Lahore High Court issued the order to block Facebook while acting on a petition filed by the Islamic Lawyers Forum, which sought a complete ban on the website.
The court directed the foreign ministry to raise the issue of the blasphemous caricatures at the international level.
The judge also directed the Foreign Secretary to register a protest with the concerned countries.
He also sought a response on the issue from the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority.
–PTI