Reposted from Diagoh Murad's Draw my Borders | April 3, 2012 | Story

By Diagoh Murad

Free Speech is again curtailed by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority & Pakistani Institutions.

Screen that greets visitors to restricted/banned Baloch websites in Pakistan

Occupied Balochistan: In 21st century internet is perhaps the only media where the voiceless also has a voice to talk about injustice and cruelties the world throw at them, the big corporate & businesses have always been controlling media & free speech, in many cases the state oppressed minorities to a extent that the media didn't cared to answer the state ruthlessness with unbiased reporting.

The same can be said for Pakistan, where the state is seeding ideas which are against free speech & freedom of expression, while the Pakistani media is biased against minorities, the internet sure isn't, many minorities in Pakistan are now actively cultivating their ideas through the use of social forums & internet blogs. The system that binds the Pakistan minorities to speak their heart out in social forums & blogs are now targeted by State institutions mainly PTA (Pakistan Telecommunication Authority) which is now making it clear that no voice without state approval can reach the masses that is if it isn't against state or the State institutions.

If we say that the recent ban on Baloch Johd is a step to stop the Baloch minorities to speak about their believes & their worsening demographic situation then we are wrong, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority along with PEMRA & other State institutions have already made a clause to clear the internet from blasphemy ideas & beliefs (Believe it or not but in Pakistan Blasphemy is not just about apostasy but about going against state institutions & state itself), they claim that Baloch website are full of content which are considered state treason which is totally absurd concerning the news item put up i.e.

• Recently Baloch Town of Dera Bugti was seized and all the communications are cut, as many as dozens of Gunship helicopters were seen bombarding the town, injured are not allowed any medical help.
• Pakistani security forces abducted three more Baloch youths from Windar and Sibi town of Balochistan on Saturday 31st March.
• The reports alleged that two named villages were literally burnt to ashes and a Baloch mother namely Sazi Bibi the aged mother of Mr Bangul Khan Bugti who could not run and save her life was badly burnt and succumbed to her injuries on spot

These are the news items that are the featured posts in these Baloch website & they are named as Blasphemy, talking about rubbing salt to injuries, PTA does that all they track people from facebook using their email ids or their twitter accounts they harass people through blog post & now they have totally black out the internet voices of Baloch inside Balochistan by censoring them to practice their right of free speech. Baloch Johd will not stop even PTA or any state institutions think that what they did was correct because morally it is oppressive to censor one's belief because it doesn't match yours.