So obviously everyone who spends time on the internet in Pakistan must know by now about our latest feat – we rank number one in porn searches around the world.

Surprised? I’m not sure. I understand that being a Muslim state, there are a lot of restrictions and bans on our society, which may not be a justification, but an explanation of why the levels of frustration are leading the people towards online porn… and animals. No actually, I still don’t get the animals part.

And how much fun Fox and Times of India are having with this report! All of a sudden instead of being good old Pakistan in the news we are being referred to with our full name, ‘The Islamic Republic of Pakistan’ and our alias, ‘The Land of the Pure’. Perfect – respectful and honourable mentions. Sensationalise our love for animals and sex a bit more why don’t you? But the best was ‘Pornistan’, how some copy-editor in the FoxNews’ newsroom must be gloating right now.

Google stated that according to its data, Pakistan ranked number one on various sex-related terms searches. However, Google also stated that: "We do our best to provide accurate data and to provide insights into broad search patterns, but the results for a given query may contain inaccuracies due to data sampling issues, approximations, or incomplete data for the terms entered." Inaccuracies or not… this remains a troubling and embarrassing finding nonetheless!

Obviously stories about terrorism and corruption in our country are becoming monotonous so this one must be a real winner for Fox News. Leaving aside Fox’s big break for a minute – let’s peer into what this says about our governing and monitoring boards. Reflecting upon the choice of animals and varieties of porn will take us away from the point – for that we need a variety of professionals who can analyse why, for instance, camels? Hence, let’s focus on the monitoring and censorship going on in our country.

We are Muslims so of course we should not facilitate and cater to blasphemous content…. But that doesn’t mean we should be accessing Fun in the Jungle in another window either. Where’s the ban on that Pakistan? Hypocrisy has been a regular characteristic here, but after this incident of the Facebook ban, all the authorities involved should really be ashamed of themselves for having double standards. You want a good moral society that isn’t going towards unholy tangents – ban the porn sites! After all, banning Facebook certainly didn't take much time for the officials to do...

Being a country ready to take out demonstrations against anything and everything, doesn’t anyone want to protest the findings on Pakistan’s porn obsession and accessibility? Where are the placards now? Where is the young, angry and righteous youth now? Where are the religious parties now? Is everyone at the internet cafés already…it’s still early in the day... no?

Shyema Sajjad is the Deputy Editor at Dawn.com

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