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Banned magazines to be seized

BY AZAR ABBAS
KARACHI, August 20 2005: The federal interior ministry has issued strict directives to Sindh government to seize and forfeit the monthly magazines “Hatif-e-Mehdi” and “The voice of Mehdi,” authored by banned Gohar Shahi, under section of 99-A of criminal procedure code 1898, sources told The Nation on Friday August 19.

It was further informed that the Home Secretary Sindh Brig(r) Ghulam Muhammad Mohatarem, has issued the notification No SOJ-1/12-17/05 and directed the Inspector General IGP Sindh Asad Jahangir Khan to take instantaneous legal action against the alleged writer, publisher and distributor of material along with its translations in any magazine.

The magazines contain alleged matter, which is objectionable and maliciously intended to outrage the religious feelings of the Muslims and these should be seized, the sources concluded.
Source: The Nation
Date:8/20/2005