OPEN THE BAN, YOU THEIF !

Almost 2 years and Pakistan Government has Blocked YouTube , YouTube was Blocked on 17 September 2012 The ban was imposed after YouTube refused the Pakistan government's request to remove 'Innocence of the Muslims' from the website, a film that was considered blasphemous and sparked violence in many Muslim countries across the world. On Wednesday 26 Feb 2014, after a US court ordered Google to remove the video from YouTube, many Pakistanis online said the government has no more excuses to maintain the ban. The government will soon have to explain its stance on blocking public access to YouTube. The Lahore High Court recently asked Minister of Information Technology Anushay Rehman to present its case.

It is almost unimaginable to use internet without YouTube, as it is the prime platform for Video Content and it also aware Pakistan from huge number of news, educational and business web sites to deliver videos. From Student, professional, businessman everyone is affecting due to the unavailability of YouTube. The unavailability has made business and educational life of people way harder. The frustration is growing with every passing day. There has been steady resistance since.

This time, unhappy Pakistanis registered their protest in a music video. 

 #KholoBC, a rap song sung partly in Urdu, partly in English by hip hop and rock singer and comedian Ali Gul Pir and rapper Adil Omer, has gone viral on social media. The music video is part of a youth initiative, Pakistan for All, against Internet censorship in Pakistan. Last year, Pakistan for All released another video to make a noise against the YouTube ban in the country, “If you want me back, hug me“; the YouTube mascot from that video makes an appearance in this one.

The catchy lyrics of the songs immediately got the attention and goes Viral on social media networks (Twitter, Facebook) and set the trend, This Video focuses on State censorship in the country especially on YouTube. Song lyrics cleverly uses the slang words “Ban” & “Chor” and refers Chor (thieves) to government who is not taking any stand for the ban and taking things light. In this it is also visible that how politicians and authorities are after YouTube while on the other hand citizen of Pakistan are using VPN’s and other proxy sites to get access to YouTube.

Banning YouTube or any other pillars of internet like Facebook, Twitter or even Google is not the solution and we hope the government find some other ways to resolve this issue, which is less embarrassing and painful for the Nation.