The biggest ban in the history of publication | ASFE World TV

In an unprecedented attack on freedom of the press on 29 June1995, the government of Pakistan banned six mass circulation Urdu language daily newspapers of Karachi for a period of 60 days. Five of the banned newspapers, “Public”, “Qaumi Akhbar”, “EveningSpecial”, “Aghaz” and “Awam” are evening papers, and one,“Public”, publishes morning and evening editions, both of which have been banned. One of the banned papers, “Evening Special”,belongs to the government-owned Mashriq group of newspapers.