The official distributors of Shahzad’s book in Pakistan sent out an email to their distributors on Friday, announcing the release of the book in the country. Salespeople from some of the outlets in Karachi said the copies of the book had arrived at shops at around 5 pm.But by 7:30pm, not only had the copies of the book been pulled off the shelves, but the posters promoting the launch were also tore down from shop windows.
The staff initially claimed the copies had been “sent back” for being “damaged”.
But sources later said that they had received phone calls “from the above” ordering the books be taken off the shelves.
