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Thursday, April 12, 2007

Balochistan government bans Urdu magazine

QUETTA: The Balochistan Home and Tribal Affairs Department on Wednesday banned a magazine and ordered confiscation of all of its copies. An official handout released here in connection with the ban on the Urdu language magazine, Samalan, which was being published from Bolan district, said, “Samalan, which published contents that undermined national integrity and ideology and promoted hatred, has been banned.” Samalan Baloch, the editor of the magazine, said that he was “surprised” at the decision and added that he would take up the issue with the authorities concerned. “We will move the court against the decision,” he said. This is the first time that the government has banned a publication in Balochistan in recent years. malik siraj akbar

Courtesy DailyTimes.com.pk

 

 

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