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Banned books are books or other printed works such as essays or plays which have been prohibited by law, or to which free access has been restricted by other means. The practice of banning books is a form of censorship, from political, legal, religious, moral, or commercial motives. This article lists notable banned books and works, giving a ...
Title Author(s) Year published Type Notes Satyarth Prakash: Dayananda Saraswati: 1875 Religious text Swami Dayananda's religious text Satyarth Prakash was banned in some princely states and in Sindh in 1944 and is still banned in Sindh.
Rekhta is an Indian web portal started by Rekhta Foundation, a non-profit organisation dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the Urdu literature. [4] The Rekhta Library Project, its books preservation initiative, has successfully digitized approximately 200,000 books over a span of ten years. [5]
The book was banned for allegedly containing derogatory references on grounds that it could cause a law and order problem. [51] 2006 The Da Vinci Code: Dan Brown: Nagaland: The book was banned by the government for allegedly containing blasphemous remarks about Jesus. [52] 2007 Islam: A Concept of Political World Invasion: R. V. Bhasin Maharashtra
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Although there is a treasure trove of children's books in Urdu, Pakistan fails to provide a good bookshelf of English fiction for children. There have been attempts, but the market is full of international authors like Enid Blyton , Roald Dahl and the popular Sweet Valley, R.L Stine, Famous Five, Hardy Boys series.
The computerised national identity card (CNIC) (Urdu: قومی شناختی کارڈ, romanized: qaumī śanāxtī kārḍ) is an identity card with a 13-digit number available to all adult citizens of Pakistan and their diaspora counterparts, obtained voluntarily.
Article 62 lays down the qualifications that a person must possess to be elected as a Member of Parliament. According to this article, a person must be of good character and reputation, possess adequate knowledge of Islamic teachings and practices, and not have been convicted of any crime involving moral turpitude.