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Pak Govt blocks YouTube over anti-Islam film controversy

The Pakistan government has blocked popular video-sharing website, YouTube, in its entirety across the country after a recently released anti-Islam film created furore across the Muslim world.

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In addition, Interior Minister Rehman Malik weighed in with another threat to Google Inc, the company that owns YouTube, asking it to remove the anti-Islam material, or visas of Google officials would be cancelled. He also said he will approach Interpol for the arrest of those involved in the film, reports The Express Tribune.

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf issued directives to the information technology ministry to immediately block YouTube across Pakistan.

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