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Two papers, presses owned by Ahmadis, seized

Shahnawaz Khan
LAHORE, August 06 2005: Jhang police on August 5 confiscated copies of a daily and a monthly paper and sealed two printing presses in Rabwa. The papers belong to Ahmadis.

The police also arrested two people including the editor of the daily during an operation. According to police spokesman Munawar Shahid, Jhang SSP Hamid Mukhtar Gondal ordered a DSP to seize the papers and the presses. Police sealed the two presses, seized daily newspaper Al-Fazal and a monthly magazine.

Offices of both the papers were in the same building however it was not confirmed whether a single person owned the presses and the papers. Gondal told Daily Times that the papers’ were publishing objectionable material. A case has been registered.
Source: Daily Times
Date:8/6/2005