Pakistan's Punjab seeks social media ban on security concerns

LAHORE, Pakistan, July 5 (Reuters) - Pakistan's largest province of Punjab is proposing a ban on all social media platforms for six days due to security concerns during thousands of religious processions which start next week, its information minister Uzma Bukhari said on Friday. The proposal relates to Muharram's Ashura processions, 10 days of mourning by minority Shi'ite Muslims. The event is the holiest in the Shi'ite calendar and commemorates the 7th century death of political and religious leader Hussain Ibn Ali. Hussain was grandson of the Muslims' last Prophet...