Lahore, June 15: Pakistani police today registered a case against the US-based administration of Facebook for featuring blasphemous cartoons of Prophet Mohammed on the social networking website.
The case was registered in Civil Lines police station in Lahore under section 295-C of the Pakistan Penal Code, which carries a punishment of life imprisonment or the death penalty.
Information about the filing of the case was provided by Deputy Attorney General Naveed Inayat Malik to the Lahore High Court, which is hearing a case related to the hosting of blasphemous caricatures on Facebook.
Malik did not explain to the court as how Pakistani police would proceed against the US-based owners and management of Facebook.
–Agencies