‘Hate’ material: Home Dept bans sale of 28 books
According to the notification, special measurements should be taken to ban the sale and purchase of books.
GUJRANWALA:
The Home Department has banned 28 books in the Punjab citing objectionable content. Home Department Secretary Azam Suleman issued notifications to all districts directing them to ban the publishing and dissemination of books published by various professors as they carried ‘objectionable material’. According to the notification, special measurements should be taken to ban the sale and purchase of these books as well.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 1st, 2014.
The Home Department has banned 28 books in the Punjab citing objectionable content. Home Department Secretary Azam Suleman issued notifications to all districts directing them to ban the publishing and dissemination of books published by various professors as they carried ‘objectionable material’. According to the notification, special measurements should be taken to ban the sale and purchase of these books as well.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 1st, 2014.