Torrent sites such as Pirate Bay, KickassTorrents, Torrentz, Extra Torrent and Mininova were officially blocked by the Interne Service Providers (ISPs) in Pakistan on Wednesday.
Other sites, including Tumblr and TorrentFreak, belonging to famous atheist Richard Dawkins, were also blocked. His stance towards religion might be the catalyst for the decision.
So far, Pakistan has blocked thousands of sites that included adult content or religious or morally-unsuitable data. Previously, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube have also been blocked.
While the blocked sites and many others were all ready on the blacklist, torrent sites have only now been added to it.
Some reports indicated that private torrent sites were still accessible and many proxy sites were available for Pirate Bay and KickassTorrents.