‘Objectionable material’: AJK govt bans Indian author’s book

The Azad Jammu and Kashmir government banned a ‘controversial book’ by an Indian author throughout the disputed state.

MUZAFFARABAD: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government on Wednesday proscribed a ‘controversial book’ by an Indian author throughout the disputed state.

According to an order of the AJK Home Department, the book “Kashmir and Sindh”, written by Saranjan Das, a Professor of History at the Calcutta University, is being banned as it “contains objectionable material”. The home department has also ordered confiscation of the book.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 12^th, 2013.