QUETTA, Sept 24: The Balochistan government has ordered forfeiture of books and literature espousing hatred and carrying objectionable material. According to a notification issued here on Saturday, the publications of the Muttahida Sunni Movement — weekly Roza Afzal International, daily Ansar Allah and Sach Likhna Jurm Hai — are to be immediately forfeited.

The government has also ordered forfeiture of Roohani Digest, Karachi, and a book titled Bidat Quran-o-Hadis ki Roshni main, the notification said. —APP

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