Pakistan ends cheap late-night mobile phone deals to protect young from "vulgarity"

While some welcomed the directive as a way of preventing teenagers spending
hours on the phone, others mocked the step suggesting the government was
trying to ban the late-night booty call.

Sami Shah, a comedian, tweeted: “Sexting and Dirty talk just got a whole lot
more expensive in Pakistan.”

Pakistan (which in Urdu means “land of the pure”) has expended great efforts
to keep its population free from digital filth.

Earlier this year the PTA asked a 15-year-old computer whizz to compile a list
of pornographic website after he wrote to the regulator complaining that he
could still find page after page of sex sites despite an official ban.

Youtube remains blocked to prevent Pakistanis watching a trailer for the
inflammatory “Innocence
of Muslims” film which sparked riots in September.

Some attempts to censor everyday life have led to embarrassing climbdowns,
including an effort to sanitise SMS services.

Last year, regulators compiled a list of more than 1000 apparently obscene
words and phrases to be banned from text messages.

However, the plan was dropped amid widespread disbelief when it emerged the
list included such words as “tampon”, “headlights” and even “Jesus Christ”.

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