Pakistani authorities on Thursday blocked video sharing website YouTube for hosting 'objectionable content', a day after cutting off access to Facebook over a page featuring blasphemous caricatures of Prophet Mohammed.

In a statement, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) said that YouTube had been blocked due to 'objectionable content'. It did not give detail about the content. The PTA directed Internet service providers to block YouTube. By late afternoon, most Internet users were unable to access the site.