Youtube Is Now Accessible In Pakistan Due To A Glitch

As all of you knew that there has been a ban on Youtube in Pakistan as per Supreme Court Orders since 2012. On 6th May 2014, National Assembly of Pakistan passed a resolution to unblock youtube in Pakistan but even after one and a half year, the ban has not lifted yet. Apart from this blockage, Youtube is now accessible in Pakistan due to a temporary glitch. Almost a week ago, Pakistani people were able to browse Youtube in their normal browsers without any help of VPN and Proxies.

There were rumors that PTA had silently removed the ban on Youtube but we have come to know that it was just due to a technical glitch and this access to Youtube in Pakistan is temporary which will be soon blocked.

According to Amir Atta from ProPakistani blog, PTA has not ordered any ISP to remove ban on Youtube so this blockage is still applicable. They are working to fix the glitch now and soon this temporary access to Youtube will also end.

Well if we see from an analyst perspective, banning Youtube in Pakistan has no reasonable logic. The site is still accessible via different VPNs and proxies which make the ban worthless. Moreover this ban cannot block Youtube access from smartphones' apps too. So it is meaningless to resume ban on Youtube. By blocking Youtube in Pakistan, PTA is doing nothing except for persuading people to use VPN and Proxies by which users can access other blocked sites too.

People of Pakistan will welcome the decision if the ban is lifted permanently and it should be done as our ISPs has resources to block a specific video if it hurts people. It is totally useless to continue with present strategy. I hope that this temporary access to Youtube never ends.

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Ban On Youtube Has Not Been Lifted Yet In Pakistan..

On 6th May 2014, National Assembly Of Pakistan passed a resolution against the ban on youtube in Pakistan. The National Assemly unanimously passes the resolution to lift the nearly two year old ban on this site in Pakistan.

Even after 20 days, no words have been heard by us which could satisfy us for re-opening of this website in Pakistan. No ban has been lifted yet on youtube and we are still waiting for it to see youtube without proxies and VPNs again.

On February 2014 a US court had ordered Google to remove provoking and objectionable content from their video sharing site youtube and from google search. After the US court order and Google acting apologize by the removal of objectionable content from youtube, our Government must take action to make youtube accessible in Pakistan.

At this time, people are using VPNs and Proxies to view youtube videos which is not beneficial for Government. Million of Pakistanis are waiting for the re-opening of this website so Government should take responsibility and re-open the access to youtube for public.

Youtube is the free source of tutorials and information to students specially IT students so its closure seriously affects their facilitation and ease of access. The objectionable content has been removed from the site and now the Government has no reason to continue youtube ban.

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Polio Problems In Pakistan: Relation Of War Against Terrorism With It

WHO has recently impose travel restrictions on three countries including Pakistan. Before saying a word on these restrictions and accusing Pakistanis not to control these disease, one should know the events took place in history which affected the polio campaigns in Pakistan and are still affecting them.

Whole world knows about the so called "Operation Neptune Spear" which was carried out in Pakistan to kill the ghost of Osama Bin Laden. I am not discussing that if it was a drama or real operation but I am only concerned with its consequences. This operation was responsible to vitiate the polio campaigns in whole Pakistan.

The agents of super power took access in the shapes of Polio Workers, to the area where they carried out their operation. They then entered the Pakistani territory and performed their tasks which provoked Pakistani public and a massive public who lives in those areas raised against the polio campaigns. Everyone knows that Pakistan is sacrificing with money, land and lives in this so called War against terrorism which has nothing to do with Pakistan but Pakistan is still fighting this war for their merciless masters.

This war has damaged Pakistan too its roots and the rise in Polio Cases in Pakistan is also due to this war. After this incident, the terrorists have found a pretext to attack on polio workers due to which a number of workers and volunteers working in polio campaign have died in attacks. These terrorists are getting some external aid and orders.

Pakistan had controlled polio to a great extent and we were near to call it as a polio free state before that operation but after it the number of polio cases has increased in the country. Workers are refusing to work as polio worker due to fear of death.

At this stage, UNO should also try to control Big Mad Elephants who are damaging Pakistan from terrorism.

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NA Passes Resolution To Lift Ban On Youtube

In the National Assembly Session of 6th May 2014, National Assembly unanimously passes the resolution to lift the ban on youtube in Pakistan. This resolution was also passed in senate a couple of days ago and finally National Assembly also took action to restore youtube in Pakistan.

The popular video sharing has been blocked in Pakistan since September 2012 by PPP Prime Minister due to the provoking material in the site. A film made by an orthodox in which he made fun of Islam. This movie spark a fire of protests in whole world from Muslim side and in this response, Pakistani government banned Youtube in Pakistan.

In this tenure, Pakistani government had several times shown their intentions to filter the offensive material on this site and lift the ban on Youtube to facilitate public but those intentions haven't modified into actions.

Related to protests and offensive material on the site, A US court in February 2014 ordered Google to remove the objectionable content from their site youtube. Due to this order and recent NA resolution, it seems that Youtube will be opened soon in Pakistan.

At present, public is using proxies and VPNs to access Youtube. By these services, access to Youtube is possible but the government should take the step and open youtube so public can easily access it. Youtube is the source of help, earning and publicity for many people in Pakistan and its blockage in Pakistan isn't good for common public. Our IT experts can block specific URLs and can filter offensive videos easily so it should be done like this. Banning the site isn't a solution.

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Is Ban On Geo/Jang Group Is Solution For Saving Pakistan?

We have been hearing a continuous debate about the Jang/Geo group after the target killing attempt on Hamid Mir, the Senior Anchor Person and Article writer on Geo and Jang group. Hamid Mir and his Family alleged ISI for these attacks after which the state machinery came in to action and we see its consequences in the form of demands to ban Geo Jang group as according to them it is found guilty in accusing the respectable institute of state whose responsibilities are to safeguard the country.

Contrary to it, majority of civil society is against banning or cancelling the license of Jang/Geo group. The reason behind it could be the effective approach of media towards civil society and common public because it sees only what which is shown on media either it is right or wrong. The common public has to think wisely before concluding any theory because they see only one side of the coin while the other side is in dark for them. No doubt the role of media in representing the truth is incredible but watching the other side of scenario, we also have to admit the fact that a huge portion of our media population is also contaminated with lies, twisting of facts, corruption and "enveloped journalism". We cannot deny this fact as we all have experienced many times the truth of these facts.

Well watching the present condition of media, it seems that one of the respectable state institution is wasting its energies in thoughts of defamation claim against Jang Geo group and according to me it won't be taken as a wise decision from public. Majority of our public is of the type who can't differentiate between right or wrong easily so their sympathies can easily be redirected to wrong side. Its not a good decision to ban only one news network but it will be more better to find and track those enemies of state which reside in media and all other important state institutions. It will be more beneficial for the country rather than confusing the public with these quarrels which have no end and will remain forever. We all need to expose those foes of state who live among us in disguising them in the makeup of our sympathetic either speaking for public issues, against our armed forces or inciting the people against a bloody revolution, while undermining the bases of our country. This will be more important than banning a single news network.

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Problems Of Rural Population In Pakistan

There are two types of population basically found in Pakistan. First is Urban and the other is rural. Urban population is that which lives in cities and towns which are developed or at the point of development. On the other hand, rural population is that which lives in villages. There is much difference in the lifestyles of both types of population. In Pakistan, urban population is living in much more better fashion if we compare it to lifestyle and problems of rural population. Life in rural areas of Pakistan isn't easy and sometimes it seems that Pakistani rural population is still living in 18th century. Though many parts of rural areas are supplied with electricity and gas specially in the Sindh region but the overall life of these villagers is filled with problems. There are many problems which these poor people are facing but I will explain few major problems of our villagers.

1. Health Problems:

The most prominent problem which our villagers are facing is the problem of health. Even after 64 years of independence, our rural population is not being provided suitable health and care services from the government. There is lack of hospitals and doctors in these areas and we see only those doctors servicing here who possess the passion of servicing the humanity and mankind and we know that there is lack of such people in our country so a huge majority of our rural dwellers are not getting fine facilities of heath and care which is resulting in epidemic diseases and deaths. The recent example is of Thar where hundreds of people died due to multiple diseases in drought conditions. Many common diseases which can be easily cures bring the messages of death to these villagers because they don't know where to cure these diseases. This is a shameful thing.

2. Food Problems:

The large quantity of food which we eat is grown by our villagers but its a disgraceful fact that the people who grow this food die with lack of food. That's true. Due to feudal system, it is a common practice that our farmers and peasants don't get the worth amount of their work. The big profit goes in the pocket of landlord and the people who did hard work in the land get a tiny share. Due to this, lack of food is another big problem of rural population.

3. Water Problems:

Lets talk about the average type of landlords and farmers of this population. In words, they own a land but there problem is that they get almost nothing from their land. The reason is that the "big crocodiles" by force or by corruption get the most of water and these "small fishes" receive a little amount of water to irrigate their fields. Thus failed to get good crops from their land. This is causing them to remain poor and helpless. Well it was about the crops, even the human don't have to drink clean water. Lack of clean water is horrible thing in these areas. Humans and animals drink from the same pond.. Can it be tolerated in an urban population?? But these poor people are bearing this. They are living just like Ethiopians..

4. Feudalism Problems:

Feudalism is itself a problem for our rural population. The landlord in an area lives like the totalitarian king of his area. What he does becomes the law of that area. They don't care of the common people in their territory and keep ruining them for which they aren't answerable to Government and law. They do inhuman activities and brutal acts but are still called respectable. This way our rural population is suffering in a dual way. No one is to really hear them because they only know the landlord of their state.

Well the problems of our rural population aren't end here. They are suffering in many other ways like women rights, unavailability of basic facilities etc but I end my article here. Its better to see the poor condition of these villagers with our own eyes rather than just reading in papers or blogs.

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Problem Of Unemployment In Pakistan

Unemployment has become a beast nowadays which is engulfing the peace of the world. It is not only the problem in Pakistan but the whole world is facing a massive decrease in jobs including the most developed and civilized nations of the world including United States and United Kingdom. The continuous increase in the realization of uncertainty is killing the world economy which is causing the giant drop in jobs. In the last year, million of people lost their jobs. Well it is the situation of whole world but as a Pakistani citizen, I will be confined to problem of unemployment in Pakistan only.Its not a recent problem in Pakistan. This problem has been existing since the independence of Pakistan. Well at that time, it wasn't difficult to manage because population and rate of unemployment were both at a limited point. As soon as the population started increasing and the resources got decreasing, it caused the decrease in job opportunities too. This situation is still existing. This is boosted by terrorism, corruption and other factors which are killing for country's economy. We see daily that factories stop working due to unavailability of electricity and gas, due to insecurity and for so many reasons. Shut down of one factory effects thousands of workers and they loose their jobs. In this way, many people get unemployed. It is the fact at the workers level who are working as labors. This situation is worse for educated people who are graduated and even masters in their subjects but still they don't find good job for them. They give interviews and send their CVs too many offices but are rejected which creates a state of frustration.
The frustration which comes from unemployment and lack of jobs gives rise to damaging peace. Yeah, most of the street crimes which we see in our country happen because of the reason that the looters have not succeeded in finding any jobs. Increasing the jobs can maintain the law and order situation of country. We have an example of UAE where at a time critical law and order situation was controlled successfully by increasing the job opportunities.
Well another thing important for the unemployed people is that they should not loose hope and try to continue their struggle if they don't find a job. Job is not the only solution of unemployment. They can work yourself to earn money. The basic purpose of job is to earn money and to have a peaceful life. If this purpose can be fulfilled by other sources, then why is there need to run behind the glittering gold. Try to discover the diamond skills invaded by you and use them to work. There are thousand of works which can an unemployed person do to be safe from the lack of money.

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