Pakistan Bans Facebook

The court complied with the request by the Islamic Lawyers Forum and ordered the government to temporarily block the site until May 31, Malik said.

Lawyers outside the courtroom hailed the ruling, chanting 'down with Facebook'.

As of early this afternoon, the controversial Facebook page had been blocked, but the site itself was still functioning.

Ali, the Pakistani telecommunications official, said he was awaiting final instructions from the government before ordering Internet service providers to fully block Facebook.