He said Peca deals with cybercrimes but it is silent about online blasphemous content while on the other hand the PPC only deals with blasphemous behaviour in regular interactions. According to the report, the PTA has blocked 23,558 websites containing blasphemous content and 763,202 web links containing pornography. Petitioner Salman Shahid through his counsel Tariq Asad had approached the IHC, saying blasphemy was being committed through certain pages on social media. He had requested the court to direct the respondents to block all such pages on social media and initiate legal proceedings against the accused. Earlier, the IHC had ordered the Interior Minister to eliminate blasphemous pages on social media, even at the cost of blocking entire social media.

Source: The Express Tribune February 17, 2018 05:26 UTC