Internet censorship in Pakistan (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Internet censorship in Pakistan" in English language version.

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56web.archive.org

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13dawn.com

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7tribune.com.pk

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4aljazeera.com

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3freedomhouse.org

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3theguardian.com

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3nation.com.pk

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3torrentfreak.com

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2opennet.net

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2samaa.tv

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2reuters.com

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1hindustantimes.com

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1france24.com

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1thediplomat.com

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1twitter.com

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1pakobserver.net

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1nsrc.org

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1apnic.net

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1ictrdf.org.pk

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1thenews.com.pk

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1bloomberg.com

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1cartoonbodycount.com

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1spiegel.de

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1cnn.com

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1archive.today

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1ucla.edu

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1abc.net.au

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1bbc.co.uk

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1bookchin.net

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1thepersecution.org

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1google.com

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1books.google.com

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1metro.co.uk

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1indiatimes.com

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1washingtonpost.com

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1ndtv.com

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1thehindu.com

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1biharprabha.com

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1arynews.tv

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1digitalrightsfoundation.pk

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1wionews.com

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1religionnews.com

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1macworld.co.uk

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1huffingtonpost.com

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1dbtb.org

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1cbsnews.com

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1news.com

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1nytimes.com

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1foreignpolicyblogs.com

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1csmonitor.com

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1x.com

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1dunyanews.tv

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1brecorder.com

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1techcrunch.com

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1voanews.com

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1bbc.com

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1pta.gov.pk

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1news18.com

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1wccftech.com

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1propakistani.pk

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1dailydot.com

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1gizmodo.com

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1eff.org

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abc.net.au (Global: 139^th place; English: 108^th place)

"Pakistan lifts YouTube ban". ABC News (Australia). Agence France-Presse. 26 February 2008. Archived from the original on 1 March 2008. Retrieved 26 February 2008.

afp.google.com (Global: 4,811^th place; English: 3,769^th place)

"Pakistan blocks YouTube for 'blasphemous' content: officials" Archived 21 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Agence France-Presse (AFP), 24 February 2008

aljazeera.com (Global: 268^th place; English: 215^th place)

"Wikipedia ban in Pakistan over alleged blasphemous content lifted".
"Pakistan says it blocked social media platform X over 'national security'". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
"Pakistan official admits involvement in rigging election results". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
Pakistan to ban Tehreek-e-Labbaik

apnic.net (Global: low place; English: low place)

mailman.apnic.net

"The National Access Point: The Dilemma of Vision" Archived 20 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine, by Zubair Fasial Abbasi, e-mail sent to s-asia-it, archived at the Asia Pacific Network Information Center (APNIC), 14 July 2000

archive.today (Global: 14^th place; English: 14^th place)

"Blasphemous websites be blocked, orders SC". Dawn. 2 March 2006. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2011.

arynews.tv (Global: 6,708^th place; English: 3,710^th place)

Azhar Khan (14 June 2015). "Exclusive: 1,000 days on, YouTube remains blocked in Pakistan". ARY News. Archived from the original on 26 October 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2015.

bbc.co.uk (Global: 8^th place; English: 10^th place)

news.bbc.co.uk

"Pakistan blocks YouTube website" , BBC News, 24 February 2008

bbc.com (Global: 20^th place; English: 30^th place)

"Pakistan blocks Wikipedia for 'blasphemous content'". BBC News. 4 February 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.

biharprabha.com (Global: 3,594^th place; English: 2,030^th place)

news.biharprabha.com

"Pakistan senate panel on Human Rights revokes ban on YouTube". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Archived from the original on 23 April 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.

bloomberg.com (Global: 99^th place; English: 77^th place)

Khan, Tooba (9 September 2025). "Pakistan Taps Citizen Phone Calls and Location, Says Amnesty". Bloomberg.

bookchin.net (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Pakistan move knocked out YouTube". CNN.com (Asia). Natalie Bookchin (bookchin.net). 25 February 2008. Archived from the original on 14 October 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2008.

books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; English: 3^rd place)

Gillespie, Tarleton (2018). Custodians of the Internet: Platforms, Content Moderation, and the Hidden Decisions That Shape Social Media. Yale University Press. p. 191. ISBN 978-0-300-23502-9.

brecorder.com (Global: 4,490^th place; English: 2,486^th place)

Zulfikar, Fahad (16 April 2021). "Pakistan temporarily blocks major social media sites including Facebook and Twitter after TLP's violent protests". Brecorder. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

canadianlawyermag.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Sindh High Court orders unblocking of social media platform X in Pakistan". www.canadianlawyermag.com. Retrieved 15 May 2024.

cartoonbodycount.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Cartoon Body Count". Web. 2 March 2006. Archived from the original on 26 March 2006.

cbsnews.com (Global: 108^th place; English: 80^th place)

"Pakistan Drops YouTube Ban". CBS News/AP. 25 February 2008. Archived from the original on 15 May 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2019.

cnn.com (Global: 28^th place; English: 26^th place)

"Embassies torched in cartoon fury". CNN.com. 5 February 2006. Archived from the original on 6 February 2007. Retrieved 26 April 2007.

csmonitor.com (Global: 791^st place; English: 550^th place)

Shahzad, Asif (25 June 2010). "Internet Censorship in Pakistan: Watching Google for Blasphemy". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 23 June 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2019.

dailydot.com (Global: 998^th place; English: 632^nd place)

"No sexting in Pakistan" Archived 20 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine, DailyDot. Retrieved 21 November 2011

dawn.com (Global: 354^th place; English: 207^th place)

dawn.com

Baig, Asad (27 April 2024). "Censorship and disinformation". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
Desk, Monitoring (25 October 2019). "Govt working with controversial firm to monitor internet traffic: report". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 21 November 2023. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
Dawn.com (9 September 2025). "Pakistani authorities allegedly spying on millions through mass surveillance systems: Amnesty report". Dawn. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
"YouTube to remain blocked 'indefinitely' in Pakistan: officials". Dawn. Agence France-Presse. 8 February 2015. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
Masood, Tooba; Bashir, Omer (29 September 2016). "YouTube Pakistan officially launched". Dawn. Archived from the original on 1 October 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
Hussain, Javed (9 October 2020). "PTA bans TikTok over complaints against 'immoral content'". dawn.com. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
Social Media blocked in Pakistan
Hussain, Javed (25 December 2020). "PTA issues notices to Google, Wikipedia for 'disseminating sacrilegious content'". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
Ali, Kalbe (16 April 2021). "Social media access partially restored in Pakistan after blockage to 'maintain public order'". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
"PTI says its websites 'blocked' in Pakistan ahead of Feb 8 polls". DAWN.COM. 26 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
Jahangir, Ramsha (28 July 2020). "Ban on PUBG to remain in interest of public order: PTA". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

archives.dawn.com

"KARACHI: PTCL begins blocking proxy servers: Proscribed sites" Archived 24 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Bahzad Alam, Dawn, 28 July 2003Khan
"Websites blocked, PTA tells SC: Blasphemous material". Dawn. 14 March 2006. Archived from the original on 12 September 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2011.

dbtb.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"TWA Internet Backbone Blocks Only Blasphemous Video URL". Don’t Block the Blog. 24 February 2008. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2019.

digitalrightsfoundation.pk (Global: low place; English: low place)

"DRF and NetBlocks find blanket and nation-wide ban on social media in Pakistan and demand it to be lifted immediately". Digital Rights Foundation. 26 November 2017. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.

dunyanews.tv (Global: 6,434^th place; English: 3,621^st place)

"WordPress banned in Pakistan over | Technology | Dunya News".

dw.com (Global: 204^th place; English: 353^rd place)

Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Pakistan seeks to 'control digital media' amid anti-government protests | DW | 28 October 2020". DW.COM. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Pakistan: Social media curbs shrink free speech space | DW | 21 December 2020". DW.COM. Retrieved 14 January 2021.

eff.org (Global: 3,285^th place; English: 2,156^th place)

"Pakistan Telecommunication Authority Attempts to Ban 'Obscene' Words from Texts" Archived 16 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Electronic Frontier Foundation. Retrieved 28 November 2011

foreignpolicyblogs.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

pakistan.foreignpolicyblogs.com

Jeewanjee, Zainab (20 May 2010). "Facebook Banned in Pakistan—May 2010". World Affairs Blog Network. Archived from the original on 7 June 2010. Retrieved 29 October 2019.

france24.com (Global: 481^st place; English: 508^th place)

"X working with Pakistan govt to 'understand concerns' over ban". France 24. 18 April 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.

freedomhouse.org (Global: 2,046^th place; English: 1,783^rd place)

"Pakistan" Archived 4 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Freedom on the Net 2013, Freedom House, 23 January 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
"Pakistan" Archived 24 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine, Freedom on the Net 2015, Freedom House, Retrieved 8 July 2016.
Pakistan, Freedom on the Net 2012 Archived 22 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine report by Freedom House

gizmodo.com (Global: 474^th place; English: 329^th place)

"Here's Every Single Word You're Not Allowed to Text in Pakistan" Archived 18 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Gizmodo. Retrieved 21 November 2011

google.com (Global: 163^rd place; English: 185^th place)

"Pakistan blocks Facebook over Mohammed cartoon" Archived 22 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Waqar Hussain, Agence France-Presse (AFP), 19 May 2010

hindustantimes.com (Global: 71^st place; English: 52^nd place)

"Google, Facebook and Twitter threaten to leave Pakistan over new rules". Hindustan times. 21 November 2020.

huffingtonpost.com (Global: 109^th place; English: 87^th place)

Graham, Stephen (26 February 2008). "Pakistan Lifts YouTube Ban". The Huffington Post. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2019.

ictrdf.org.pk (Global: low place; English: low place)

National ICT R&D Fund (March 2012). "Request for Proposal" (PDF). National ICT R&D Fund. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2019.

indiatimes.com (Global: 17^th place; English: 15^th place)

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

"Pakistan lifts ban on YouTube", The Times of India, 27 May 2010

macworld.co.uk (Global: low place; English: 9,246^th place)

Ribeiro, John (25 February 2008). "Pakistan causes worldwide YouTube blackout". Macworld UK. Archived from the original on 12 October 2015.

metro.co.uk (Global: 296^th place; English: 217^th place)

"YouTube ban lifted by Pakistan authorities" Archived 22 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Joanne McCabe, Metro (Associated Newspapers Limited, UK), 27 May 2010, accessed 18 September 2012

nation.com.pk (Global: 2,180^th place; English: 1,189^th place)

"Activists assail blanket ban on social media". The Nation. 27 November 2017. Archived from the original on 28 November 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
"The issue of social media networking". The Nation. 26 November 2017. Archived from the original on 28 November 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
"ISPs gratuitously filter Torrent sites " The Nation. 25 July 2013.

ndtv.com (Global: 138^th place; English: 95^th place)

"YouTube blocked in Pakistan for not removing anti-Islam film". New Delhi Television (NDTV). 17 September 2012. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2012.

news.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Sandoval, Greg (26 February 2008). "Pakistan welcomes back YouTube". CNET News Blogs. Archived from the original on 15 October 2008. Retrieved 29 October 2019.

news18.com (Global: 192^nd place; English: 126^th place)

"Pakistani PUBG Players are Tweeting to PM Imran Khan to Unban the Popular Game". News18. 27 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

nsrc.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"The current state of the Internet in Pakistan" Archived 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Tee Emm, e-mail, archived by the Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC), 27 May 2004

nytimes.com (Global: 7^th place; English: 7^th place)

Gillani, Waqar (19 May 2010). "Pakistan: Court Blocks Facebook". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 22 June 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2019.

opennet.net (Global: low place; English: 7,810^th place)

"ONI Country Profile: Pakistan" Archived 21 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine, OpenNet Initiative, 6 August 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
"Pakistan". OpenNet Initiative. Archived from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.

pakobserver.net (Global: low place; English: 6,239^th place)

Desk (Lahore), Web (7 May 2025). "Pakistan lifted Ban on X (Twitter) after mid-night Indian strikes?". Pakistan Observer. Retrieved 25 May 2025.

propakistani.pk (Global: low place; English: 7,151^st place)

"Are Torrents banned in Pakistan? For the time being, yes Archived 2013-07-25 at the Wayback Machine" ProPakistani. 24 July 2013.

pta.gov.pk (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Media Center | PTA". www.pta.gov.pk. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

religionnews.com (Global: 6,953^rd place; English: 3,953^rd place)

"Pakistan attempts to prosecute Ahmadi US citizens for digital blasphemy". Religion News Service. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.

reuters.com (Global: 49^th place; English: 47^th place)

Shahid, Ariba (9 September 2025). "Amnesty says Pakistan spying on millions through phone-tapping, firewall". Reuters. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
Shahzad, Asif (19 November 2020). "New internet rules to give Pakistan blanket powers of censorship". Reuters. Retrieved 14 January 2021.

rsf.org (Global: 2,397^th place; English: 2,494^th place)

en.rsf.org

"Access to YouTube blocked until further notice because of "non-Islamic" videos". Reporters Without Borders. 27 February 2008. Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2010.

samaa.tv (Global: 7,585^th place; English: 4,160^th place)

TV, SAMAA (25 May 2025). "Pakistan lifts ban on X (Twitter) to counter India". SAMAA TV. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
"All you need to know about nation-wide internet disruptions during dharna". Samaa TV. 27 November 2017. Archived from the original on 27 November 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.

spiegel.de (Global: 66^th place; English: 350^th place)

"Arson and Death Threats as Muhammad Caricature Controversy Escalates". Spiegel online. 4 February 2006. Archived from the original on 2 May 2007. Retrieved 26 April 2007.

techcrunch.com (Global: 187^th place; English: 146^th place)

"Pakistan temporarily blocks social media". TechCrunch. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

techradar.com (Global: 1,521^st place; English: 944^th place)

thediplomat.com (Global: 1,382^nd place; English: 876^th place)

"Key Ally of Pakistan's Prime Minister Demands End to Ban on X, Formerly Twitter". thediplomat.com. Retrieved 15 May 2024.

theguardian.com (Global: 12^th place; English: 11^th place)

"Pakistan blocks Facebook in row over Muhammad drawings" Archived 14 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Declan Walsh, The Guardian, 19 May 2010
Walsh, Declan (20 May 2010). "Pakistan blocks YouTube access over Muhammad depictions". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 14 September 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
Walsh, Declan (31 May 2010). "Pakistan Lifts Facebook Ban but 'Blasphemous' Pages Stay Hidden". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.

thehindu.com (Global: 52^nd place; English: 35^th place)

"Pakistan blocks 20,000 websites". The Hindu. 8 October 2012. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2015.

thenews.com.pk (Global: 821^st place; English: 464^th place)

"Pakistan's digital spaces and privacy: Unpacking DPI and its implications | Political Economy | thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 21 November 2023.

thepersecution.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Section 295-C" Archived 18 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Pakistan Criminal Code, 12 October 1986

torrentfreak.com (Global: 785^th place; English: 487^th place)

"Top torrent sites and Richard Dawkins blocked in Pakistan". TorrentFreak. 23 July 2013. Archived from the original on 24 July 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
"Top 10 most popular torrent sites of 2013 Archived 2013-07-12 at the Wayback Machine" TorrentFreak. 6 January 2013.
"Top Torrent sites banned in Pakistan Archived 2013-07-24 at the Wayback Machine" TorrentFreak. 25 July 2013.

tribune.com.pk (Global: 595^th place; English: 351^st place)

"X now accessible in Pakistan without VPN, say users". The Express Tribune. 7 May 2025. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
PTA approved: Over 1,000 porn sites blocked in Pakistan Archived 7 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine The Express Tribune, 18 November 2011
"YouTube ban may be lifted after Eid". The Express Tribune. 25 July 2013. Archived from the original on 27 July 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
"PM orders immediate restoration of Wikipedia". The Express Tribune. 6 February 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
"Pakistani government using Netsweeper for internet filtering Archived 2013-07-22 at the Wayback Machine" The Express Tribune. 20 June 2013.
Nighat Dad (23 November 2013). "Why was IMDB blocked?". The Express Tribune. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
"IT Minister's Twitter account deactivated amidst critique of policies Archived 2013-07-27 at the Wayback Machine" The Express Tribune. 24 July 2013.

twitter.com (Global: 23^rd place; English: 32^nd place)

NetBlocks’ official Tweet (1) NetBlocks’ official Tweet (2)

ucla.edu (Global: 782^nd place; English: 585^th place)

asiaarts.ucla.edu

"Blasphemous websites be blocked, orders SC". Dawn. 2 March 2006. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2011.

voanews.com (Global: 581^st place; English: 738^th place)

"Pakistan Bans Wikipedia Over 'Sacrilegious Content'". VOA. 4 February 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.

washingtonpost.com (Global: 34^th place; English: 27^th place)

"YouTube blocked in Pakistan" Archived 12 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Hayley Tsukayama, Washington Post, 17 September 2012

wccftech.com (Global: 5,764^th place; English: 3,765^th place)

Pirzada, Usman. "Xbox Live, Playstation Network and GameRanger blocked in Pakistan – Accidentally". WCCFTech. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

"ONI Country Profile: Pakistan" Archived 21 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine, OpenNet Initiative, 6 August 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
"Pakistan" Archived 4 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Freedom on the Net 2013, Freedom House, 23 January 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
"Pakistan" Archived 24 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine, Freedom on the Net 2015, Freedom House, Retrieved 8 July 2016.
Pakistan, Freedom on the Net 2012 Archived 22 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine report by Freedom House
PTA approved: Over 1,000 porn sites blocked in Pakistan Archived 7 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine The Express Tribune, 18 November 2011
"The current state of the Internet in Pakistan" Archived 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Tee Emm, e-mail, archived by the Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC), 27 May 2004
"The National Access Point: The Dilemma of Vision" Archived 20 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine, by Zubair Fasial Abbasi, e-mail sent to s-asia-it, archived at the Asia Pacific Network Information Center (APNIC), 14 July 2000
"KARACHI: PTCL begins blocking proxy servers: Proscribed sites" Archived 24 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Bahzad Alam, Dawn, 28 July 2003Khan
National ICT R&D Fund (March 2012). "Request for Proposal" (PDF). National ICT R&D Fund. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
"Cartoon Body Count". Web. 2 March 2006. Archived from the original on 26 March 2006.
"Arson and Death Threats as Muhammad Caricature Controversy Escalates". Spiegel online. 4 February 2006. Archived from the original on 2 May 2007. Retrieved 26 April 2007.
"Embassies torched in cartoon fury". CNN.com. 5 February 2006. Archived from the original on 6 February 2007. Retrieved 26 April 2007.
"Websites blocked, PTA tells SC: Blasphemous material". Dawn. 14 March 2006. Archived from the original on 12 September 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
"Pakistan lifts YouTube ban". ABC News (Australia). Agence France-Presse. 26 February 2008. Archived from the original on 1 March 2008. Retrieved 26 February 2008.
"Access to YouTube blocked until further notice because of "non-Islamic" videos". Reporters Without Borders. 27 February 2008. Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
"Pakistan blocks Facebook in row over Muhammad drawings" Archived 14 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Declan Walsh, The Guardian, 19 May 2010
"Pakistan blocks YouTube for 'blasphemous' content: officials" Archived 21 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Agence France-Presse (AFP), 24 February 2008
"Pakistan move knocked out YouTube". CNN.com (Asia). Natalie Bookchin (bookchin.net). 25 February 2008. Archived from the original on 14 October 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2008.
"Section 295-C" Archived 18 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Pakistan Criminal Code, 12 October 1986
"Pakistan blocks Facebook over Mohammed cartoon" Archived 22 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Waqar Hussain, Agence France-Presse (AFP), 19 May 2010
Walsh, Declan (20 May 2010). "Pakistan blocks YouTube access over Muhammad depictions". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 14 September 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
"YouTube ban lifted by Pakistan authorities" Archived 22 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Joanne McCabe, Metro (Associated Newspapers Limited, UK), 27 May 2010, accessed 18 September 2012
"YouTube blocked in Pakistan" Archived 12 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Hayley Tsukayama, Washington Post, 17 September 2012
"YouTube blocked in Pakistan for not removing anti-Islam film". New Delhi Television (NDTV). 17 September 2012. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
"Pakistan blocks 20,000 websites". The Hindu. 8 October 2012. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
"YouTube ban may be lifted after Eid". The Express Tribune. 25 July 2013. Archived from the original on 27 July 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
"Pakistan senate panel on Human Rights revokes ban on YouTube". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Archived from the original on 23 April 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
Azhar Khan (14 June 2015). "Exclusive: 1,000 days on, YouTube remains blocked in Pakistan". ARY News. Archived from the original on 26 October 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
"YouTube to remain blocked 'indefinitely' in Pakistan: officials". Dawn. Agence France-Presse. 8 February 2015. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
"YouTube accessible in Pakistan by mistake". 6 December 2015. Archived from the original on 31 December 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
Masood, Tooba; Bashir, Omer (29 September 2016). "YouTube Pakistan officially launched". Dawn. Archived from the original on 1 October 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
"DRF and NetBlocks find blanket and nation-wide ban on social media in Pakistan and demand it to be lifted immediately". Digital Rights Foundation. 26 November 2017. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
"Activists assail blanket ban on social media". The Nation. 27 November 2017. Archived from the original on 28 November 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
"All you need to know about nation-wide internet disruptions during dharna". Samaa TV. 27 November 2017. Archived from the original on 27 November 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
"The issue of social media networking". The Nation. 26 November 2017. Archived from the original on 28 November 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
"Pakistani government using Netsweeper for internet filtering Archived 2013-07-22 at the Wayback Machine" The Express Tribune. 20 June 2013.
Ribeiro, John (25 February 2008). "Pakistan causes worldwide YouTube blackout". Macworld UK. Archived from the original on 12 October 2015.
Graham, Stephen (26 February 2008). "Pakistan Lifts YouTube Ban". The Huffington Post. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
"TWA Internet Backbone Blocks Only Blasphemous Video URL". Don’t Block the Blog. 24 February 2008. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
"Pakistan". OpenNet Initiative. Archived from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
"Pakistan Drops YouTube Ban". CBS News/AP. 25 February 2008. Archived from the original on 15 May 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
Sandoval, Greg (26 February 2008). "Pakistan welcomes back YouTube". CNET News Blogs. Archived from the original on 15 October 2008. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
Gillani, Waqar (19 May 2010). "Pakistan: Court Blocks Facebook". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 22 June 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
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