• it was created before 1958 (as per the S.21 of Copyright Act 1911);
• it was published prior to 1 January 1964 (as per the S.25 of The Indian Copyright Act, 1957);
• its author died prior to 1 January 1964.

This Pakistani work is now in the public domain because its term of copyright has expired according to the Copyright Ordinance, 1962 as amended by Copyright (Amendment) Ordinance, 2000 (details).

The work meets one of the following criteria:

• it is a photograph, a cinematographic work or a sound recording and at least 50 years have passed since the end of the year of its publication (or since the year of creation for photographs from before independence in 1947, as per the Copyright Act 1911).
• it is a governmental or anonymous work and at least 50 years have passed since the end of the year of its publication.

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