Summary The website was blocked by former prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf about a year ago.
LAHORE (Web Desk) - Lahore High Court (LHC) judge Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah has referred the YouTube ban case to the larger bench for hearing.
The former prime minister had imposed the ban after YouTube refused to remove blasphemous material from its website.
The Lahore High Court had asked the minister and secretary of Information Technology to appear before the court in August in a petition challenging the ban on access to video sharing website YouTube in Pakistan.
The petitioner in the case at the LHC had argued that the ban is counter-productive as it limits access to a vital educational and research tool.
The government was considering lifting the ban after Eidul Fitr but the ban has still not been lifted as all stakeholders need to be taken into confidence.
