Sharif overturns Pakistani Wikipedia ban for ‘hurting Muslim sentiment’

Sharif overturns Pakistani Wikipedia ban for ‘hurting Muslim sentiment’
A computer screen displays a notice blocking the Wikipedia website through an online news site in Islamabad (AP)

Pakistan’s media regulator blocked Wikipedia services in the country for hurting Muslim sentiment by not removing claimed blasphemous content from the site.

Critics denounced Islamabad’s action, saying it was a blow to digital rights.

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