ISLAMABAD: Wikipedia was back online in Pakistan on Tuesday after the South Asian country's prime minister ordered authorities to lift a block imposed on the online encyclopedia over "blasphemous content."

Blasphemy is a sensitive issue in Muslim-majority Pakistan, and Facebook and YouTube have previously been banned for publishing content deemed sacrilegious.

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