PTA Gets a Bad Name for Pakistan in International Media by Banning the word ‘Jesus’

Sidrah Zaheer — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:40:40 +0000

If Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) were to act sane and stop degrading Pakistan’s already much distorted international image, it would not impose such regulations on words which are being put under criticism not just by the citizen groups in the country, but also in the international media. Those who are just on the look-out for any such bizarre act coming from Pakistan, they get to make the news big in a negative way and get a reason once more to say how uncivilized the whole nation still is.

If PTA is to ban words like Jesus, it should then ban words like Muhammad and Allah. PTA has not justified the reasons for banning the words that it did. One might assume that the word ‘Jesus’ was banned because some might use it in an abusive context, though Jesus (known as Isa in Islam) is considered to be an honourable prophet by all Muslims. If that could be the case, then equal measure of care should be given to other religious personalities, including that of Buddha and Guru Nanak Dev. If an abuse could be hurled toward religious figures, it could be thrown at any one.

It would really be a telecommunication mess to stop words like this. The decision is on a trial basis for now. Till the time that it would really be implemented, the mobile operating companies, who are also not pleased with such a ban, have a chance to upgrade their software for detecting any such questionable words and to choose which ones will finally make the list of banned words.

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