Minister for Information Technology Anusha Rehman on Thursday said the ban on YouTube would be removed in the coming few days after the sitting of Inter-Ministerial Committee.
Addressing a press conference, she said the auction of the 3G would be made once the board of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) is completed.
Anusha said her ministry alone could not remove the ban and the final decision would be made by the Inter-Ministerial Committee.
She was of the view that her ministry had blocked at least 4,000 internet websites that were carrying the blasphemous material.
She was of the view that a technical formula had been finalised that would assist in blocking and removing more websites containing the blasphemous material.
Anusha said a special cell had been formed in the ministry that would respond to any complaints about the blasphemous material present anywhere.
To a question, she said Google did not cooperated with the government in removing the blasphemous material from the websites or getting it blocked, however now the government was working on providing the umbrella of Cyber Crimes Protection to avoid such issues.
She was of the view that once the board of the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) was completed, an auction for the 3 G would be introduced, adding that a few people, for the sake of their illegal businesses, did not want to get the PTA board completed.
The minister said now the appointment of the consultant would be made by the IT Ministry and not by the PTA.
To another question, Anusha said after the removal of certain conditions, new companies could also now participate in the auction.
She was of the view that that earlier there was no system to control the grey traffic, adding “however, now a system is being installed at the PTA headquarters”.
“The installation of the particular system would be completed by September 15, with the cost of around Rs 2,700 million,” the minister added.