Lift the ban: Division bench to decide Youtube plea

Justice Mamoon Rasheed Sheikh expressed concern over the ban on Youtube.


September 19, 2014

LAHORE: A single bench of the Lahore High Court on Friday referred a petition, seeking lifting of the ban on Youtube, to a division bench. Advocate Sheraz Zaka, the petitioner, said the ban on the website was illegal. Zaka citizens, students in particular, faced several problems due to the ban. He said the website was a great source for research. A law officer told the court that a similar petition was already pending before a division bench. He asked the court to refer the petition to the same bench. Justice Mamoon Rasheed Sheikh expressed concern over the ban on Youtube. He referred the petition to a division bench.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 20th, 2014.

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