The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) Faisalabad on Monday arrested two people for allegedly publishing banned literature linked to the Ahmedi community.
“A case has been registered in a CTD Faisalabad police station and two suspects have been arrested from Chenab Nagar,” confirmed the spokesperson for CTD Punjab.
Copies of the banned publications Tehreek-e-Jadeed and Al-Fazal were seized and their printing press was sealed, the spokesperson confirmed.
In a notification dated December 9 2014, the government of Punjab banned the publication and referred to it as “seditious and treasonable”.
“In exercise of powers conferred under Section 99-A of CrPC, the government of Punjab is pleased to ban and declare every copy/version of the book to be forfeited, wherever found in the open market, stocks, and shops with immediate effect,” a part of the government notification reads.
However, in a press release by the public affairs division of Anjum-i-Ahmadiyya Pakistan, the community claimed that a petition was filed in the Lahore High Court, and the presiding judge had ordered no further action against the publication till the next hearing.
The order by the judge was issued on June 2, 2015.