June 16, 2010
Lahore:
Pakistani police on Tuesday 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 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.
The Pakistani ambassador to the UN had presented a resolution in the general assembly which stated that the people of Pakistani were hurt by the publication and promotion of the cartoons on Facebook.
The Pakistan telecommunication authority too informed the court that a special committee has been constituted to monitor all websites, including Facebook.
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