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Facebook banned by Pakistan court

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Authorities in Pakistan have ordered that Facebook be blocked across the country, after a page was set up encouraging users to post caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad.

The depiction of any prophet is prohibited in the Muslim faith.

The BBC's Aleem Maqbool reports.

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