Pakistan High Court blocked Facebook due to a campaign of Prophet Muhammad in facebook. It’s not only Facebook but also Youtube, Wikipedia(the crowd sourced encyclopedia) and Flickr are banned in pakistan. The Islamic Lawyers launched a case against Facebook for disrespect of Muhammed as a result Justice Ejaz Chaudhry of the Lahore High Court ordered this. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) announced Internet Service Providers to banned Facebook from internet users.
It all started when the Facebook group generated a campaign called “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day!” a competitation which allowing users to draw caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed on the site. This various cartoons of Prophet Mohammed made Pakistanis angry. The Pakistanis felt insulted by this competitation. Some caricatures of Prophet Mohammed are also uploaded to Youtube. So it also banned. A big question is now infront of 45 million facebook users. Can they use Facebook in future ?
News Source: www.thestar.com/news/world/article/811422–facebook-banned-in-pakistan