(PPF/IFEX) – On Sunday 6 August 2000, the declaration, or publishing licence, of the “Daily Inquilab” was cancelled by the district magistrate of the city of Quetta, in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. According to press reports, the reason given for the cancellation of the declaration was the paper’s alleged 4 June publication of “false […]
(PPF/IFEX) – On Sunday 6 August 2000, the declaration, or publishing licence, of the “Daily Inquilab” was cancelled by the district magistrate of the city of Quetta, in the Balochistan province of Pakistan.
According to press reports, the reason given for the cancellation of the declaration was the paper’s alleged 4 June publication of “false and fabricated news” against the province’s chief secretary. The notification added that the editor and publisher were served with a notice to produce documentary evidence to support the news story, but failed to produce the necessary proof. The declaration was therefore cancelled.
Interestingly, the action has been taken under the Press and Publication Ordinance of 1963, which was revoked in 1988 with the enactment of the Registration of Publications and Printing Presses Ordinance (RPPPO). The owner of the newspaper plans to appeal to the courts against the action.
