Pakistan

A person commits an offence if he prints, publishes or disseminates any material, whether by audio or video-cassettes or any form of data, storage devise, FM radio station or by any visible sign or by written, photographic, electronic, digital, wall-chalking or any other method or means of communication which glorifies terrorists or terrorist activities or incites religious, sectarian or ethnic hatred or gives projection to any person convicted for a terrorist act or any person or organization concerned in terrorism or proscribed organization or an organization placed under observation: Provided that a factual news report, made in good faith shall not be construed to mean “projection” for the purposes of this section. … Any person guilty of an offence under sub-section (1) shall be punishable on conviction with imprisonment which may extend to five years and with fine.

Anti-Terrorism Act 1997 (XXVII of 1997) s.11W as consolidated in the Sindh High Court Judges’ Library text (Gazette-based). The glorification limb was inserted by Act XX of 2013. Working English is the official English of the Act.

Cite · ATA 1997 (XXVII of 1997), s.11W (as amended 2013) · as of 2026-09-05

• Do not treat the hatred limb as the whole of s.11W. Glorification of terrorists is a distinct charged form.

• The glorification limb is on the face of s.11W. The same section also carries a religious/sectarian/ethnic-hatred overlay. Those are distinct charged forms.
• PPC s.153A (promoting enmity between groups) is a separate overlay, not quoted here.