Foreign works are covered by section 54 read with the International Copyright Order, 1968.
Licenses may also be granted by the Copyright Board to republish a work withheld from the public (s. 36).
If a work is not published within 50 years after the death of the author or, the author being unknown, within 50 years after its creation, it falls into the public domain (s. 23) Copyright means inter alia the exclusive right When an author assigns the rights in the intellectual property, he does not assign his moral rights (s.
The Federal Investigation Agency can take cognizance of such cases where violation of some Government work is involved.
Copyright protection in Pakistan is a major economic, political and diplomatic issue.
that Pakistan remain on the Watch List, and USTR agreed, while noting "greater efforts to combat copyright piracy".