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GWADAR: Police claimed to have seized ‘objectionable’ material, including books, here on Wednesday.

A police team raided Al Badar Bookshop and news agency, seized a number of books on Balochistan and the Baloch people and arrested Khuda Bakhsh, a salesman.

“Police raided the bookshop after receiving information about objectionable books and other material kept there,” District Police Officer Pervez Umrani said.

The policemen also confiscated two well-known books on Balochistan’s history -- Lala Hatu Ram’s ‘Tariekh-i-Balochistan’ and Dr Shah Mohammad Marri’s ‘Baloch’.

A case was registered against the owner of the shop under Sections 109, 123A and 124A.

Police also seized a number of CDs from a shop on Airport Road and arrested its owner.

Two booksellers had been arrested in Turbat a day earlier.

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M. Emad
Apr 03, 2014 11:39pm
Why Pakistani Police seized history books on Balochistan & the Baloch people and arrested booksellers?
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Shamsher Singh Dhillion
Apr 04, 2014 05:34am
Oh but when it comes to Kashmir you shed crocodile tears. Pakistan is treating Baloch the same way they treated Bengalis.
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Hamza Baloch
Apr 04, 2014 08:03am
Books promoting ethnic base killings, must be banned. Finally govt decided to stop the material promoting hatred among the communities. Weldon.
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ahsan7979
Apr 05, 2014 08:31pm
@Shamsher Singh Dhillion: Perhaps you have forgotten the attack on the Golden Temple...
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