RAWALPINDI: The Central Government has cancelled the declaration of the daily “Sun”, Karachi, according to an official handout issued tonight [July 17]. According to a handout ... the ... Government has made this order under the Defence of Pakistan Rules. The Government has ... ordered that all copies of daily “Sun” of July 17, 1972, and the Sun Publications Press where such copies were published, be forfeited to it. The Government had also empowered the Senior Superintendent of Police, Karachi, to seize all copies of the July 17 issue of the newspaper wherever found, and the Sun Publication Press.

… [T]he Government of Sind, by its order … addressed to printers, publishers and editors generally required all matter relating to the language issue in the Province of Sind, before being published, to be submitted for scrutiny to an authority specified … [W]hereas the daily “Sun”, edited by Mr Shamim Ahmed, … published a news item captioned “Language Ordinance Promulgated”, in contravention of the aforesaid order … The officials said, knowing very well that such material was “inflammable” the newspaper did not submit the copy for pre-censorship which it was required to do... . — News agencies

Published in Dawn, July 18th, 2022