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Objectionable material seized from presses

FAISALABAD, July 27 2005: Police seized objectionable material during raids on a number of printing presses and offices of publishers and arrested their owners on the charges of creating religious hatred among the people.

Police conducted raids on the information got from the arrested activists of banned militant organizations.

The motive behind the crackdown was to trace the printing presses and their owners who published books Khutbat-i-Azam, Islam aur Munafqat, Phir Wohi Qaid-o-Bund, Khilafat-i-Rashida and Toot Gai Zanjeer which were taken into custody during a raid on an office of the Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan in the Rail Bazaar area last night.

The office is being run by close associates and relatives of the late Ziaur Rehman Farooqi.

Raids are being conducted in the Press Market, Aminpur Bazaar, Bhawana Bazaar and Santpura.

District Police Officer Amin Wains, in the meantime, said the operation against the militants would continue.
Source: Dawn
Date:7/27/2005