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Banned and restricted books in Pakistan
21 titles have been banned or restricted in Pakistan, recorded across 21 dated, source-cited events, most often for political content.
Titles
21
Ban events
21
Top reason
Political content
Decades active
4
Most-restricted titles
| Title | Author | Year | Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| I Am Malala | Malala Yousafzai | 2013 | 1 |
| In the Name of Honor | Mukhtar Mai | 2006 | 1 |
| Taseer of Lahore | Jugnu Mohsin | 2011 | 1 |
| The Reluctant Fundamentalist | Mohsin Hamid | 2007 | 1 |
| The Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam | Mirza Ghulam Ahmad | 1896 | 1 |
| Reconciliation | Benazir Bhutto | 2008 | 1 |
| The Satanic Verses | Salman Rushdie | 1988 | 1 |
| A Case of Exploding Mangoes | Mohammed Hanif | 2008 | 1 |
| The Da Vinci Code | Dan Brown | 2003 | 1 |
| Jinnah of Pakistan | Stanley Wolpert | 1984 | 1 |
| The Truth About Muhammad | Robert Spencer | 2006 | 1 |
| Shame | Rudolph Conway Ph. D. | — | 1 |
| Military Inc.: Inside Pakistan's Military Economy | Ayesha Siddiqa | 2007 | 1 |
| After the Prophet | Lesley Hazleton | 2009 | 1 |
| The First Muslim | Lesley Hazleton | 2013 | 1 |
| A Short History of Islam | Mazhar-ul-Haq | 1977 | 1 |
| I Am Not the Accused, I Am the Complainant | Alamzaib Khan Mahsud | 2020 | 1 |
| Can Pakistan Survive? The Death of a State | Tariq Ali | 1983 | 1 |
| The History and Culture of Pakistan | Nigel Kelly | 2004 | 1 |
| Sociology (Cambridge O Level Coursebook) | Jonathan Blundell | 2014 | 1 |
| Rangila Rasul | M.A. Chamupati | 1924 | 1 |
Stated reasons
- Political content
- 12
- Religious / blasphemy
- 11
- Immorality
- 1
- Race / colonialism
- 1
- LGBTQ+ content
- 1
By decade
1980s5
2000s6
2010s3
2020s6
Documented bans
All 21 recorded events, most severe and most recent first.
The History and Culture of Pakistan2023
Sociology (Cambridge O Level Coursebook)2023
After the Prophet2020
The First Muslim2020
A Short History of Islam2020
I Am Not the Accused, I Am the Complainant2020
I Am Malala2013
Taseer of Lahore2011
The Reluctant Fundamentalist2010
Reconciliation2008
A Case of Exploding Mangoes2008
Military Inc.: Inside Pakistan's Military Economy2007
In the Name of Honor2006
The Truth About Muhammad2006
The Da Vinci Code2004
The Satanic Verses1988
The Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam1984
Shame1983
Can Pakistan Survive? The Death of a State1983
Jinnah of Pakistan1982
Rangila Rasul—
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