The Facebook page of rock band "Laal" (Red), which was set up by a group of progressive musicians in 2007, has been blocked. Laal Facebook page has more than 400,000 likes.
An official of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority confirmed that they asked Facebook to block certain accounts against which the authority had received complaints.
"Taalibansarezalimans", an anti-Taliban forum and "Pakistani.Meem", a secular site have been recently blocked.
The group Laal frequently performs at progressive seminars and meetings. Some of its song are highly political and anti status coup.
Pakistan frequently bans social websites. YouTube was banned in 2012 and still remains out of access.
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