Some context here. There were a series of large scale terrorist attacks in Pakistan recently, with recent killing 101 people. This has caused an extreme level

Some context here. There were a series of large scale terrorist attacks in Pakistan recently, with recent killing 101 people. This has caused an extreme level of criticism of the government, and the government is trying desperately to find a way to do a diversion. Ban on Wikipedia is a highly visible attempt to distract Pakistani literati class from security issues. Nothing to do with religion