<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Pakistan has banned Wikipedia over the website's refusal to remove what the establishment termed as ‘blasphemous content’, Pakistan website The News reported. The restoration of the services will be subjected to consideration if the website removes the content, Hindustan Times reported.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The blacklisting of Wikipedia comes days after the Pakistan Telecom Authority degraded Wikipedia services for 48 hours, threatening to block it if the content deemed ‘blasphemous’ was not deleted.</div><div><br></div><div>“Wikipedia was approached for blocking/removal of the said contents by issuing a notice under applicable law &amp; court order(s). An opportunity of hearing was also provided, however, the platform neither complied by removing the blasphemous content nor appeared before the Authority”, the Pakistan Telecom Authority tweeted.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>