List of books banned in Pakistan

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.[1]
Rangila Rasul (1927) Pt. Chamupati 1927 Religious Currently banned in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.[2]
Jinnah of Pakistan (1982) Stanley Wolpert 1982 Biography Banned in 1984 by the military dictator Zia-ul-Haq's government because of some 'offending passages'. Ban lifted in 1989 by the next democratic government.[3]
The Satanic Verses (1988) Salman Rushdie 1988 Novel Banned for blasphemy against Islam.[4]
The Truth About Muhammad Robert Spencer 2006 Non-fiction On December 20, 2006, the government of Pakistan announced a ban on Spencer's book, citing "objectionable material" as the cause.[5]

References

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  1. ^ The Book on Trial: Fundamentalism and Censorship in India, Girja Kumar
  2. ^ Self and Sovereignty: Individual and Community in South Asian Islam Since 1850 by Ayesha Jalal
  3. ^ "Bring Back Jinnah's Pakistan". Dawn. November 1, 2009. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
  4. ^ Bald, Margaret (c. 2006). Banned Books: Literature Suppressed on Religious Grounds. New York, NY: Facts on File. pp. 291–300. ISBN 0-8160-6269-2.
  5. ^ "Pakistan: Book Closed on Muhammad". National Review. January 9, 2007.
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