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| NGOs blowing flogging incident out of proportion: Fazl |
| 2009-04-07 |
| [The News (Pak)] Chief of his faction of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Sunday said the non-governmental organisations that had created a furore over the flogging of a 17-year-old girl in Swat should also be included in the probe. Coming down hard on NGOs, he said these women rights bodies were always ready to protest against an incident even before it was confirmed. Speaking at "Meet the Press" programme of the Peshawar Press Club, he said it was the NGOs' democratic right to protest and voice concern over the Swat incident but when it came to the drone attacks and killing of innocent women and children in tribal and settled areas, these organisations were always silent. He said the government and the Taliban had expressed ignorance about the whipping incident. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Ah-ha! I knew it! JUI-F minister terms Swat flogging a Jewish plot KARACHI: Federal Minister Senator Azam Khan Swati of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) said on Saturday that the flogging of the 17-year-old girl in Swat was a Jewish conspiracy aimed at destroying peace in Swat and distort the image of those Islamists who sport beards and wear turbans. Speaking at a reception hosted by the JUI-F Karachi Chapter in his honour, Swati said that the JUI-F may part ways with the PPP-led coalition government if drone attacks continue to violate the sovereignty of Pakistan. “We shall not tolerate the violation of our country’s sovereignty through drone attacks,” he said, adding that under a deep-rooted conspiracy, the Pakistan Army was being defamed. He said that the ISI might be modernised on the lines that they bring a bad name to its reputation among Pakistanis.He said that the US administration has declared Baitullah Mehsud as its enemy and approved financial aid for the Pakistan government for actions against people such as Mehsud. “There are apprehensions that the US administration may turn Pakistan into the next Afghanistan on the pretext of an operation against terrorists as they did with Afghanistan in the name of Osama Bin Laden,” said Swati. The JUI-F minister expressed concern over the fact that the US might target Pakistan’s nuclear installations, adding that we must be careful. “It is unfortunate that we long for water and electricity in this age of advancement,” he lamented, while also condemning the killings of Pukhtoons in interior Sindh. Qari Usman, Qari Sher Afzal and Maulana Abdul Karim Abid of the JUI-F also spoke on the occasion. staff report. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-04-07 10:25 |
| #1 Maybe he should demonstrate how benign flogging is by getting the same treatment himself on camera and showing how it doesn't hurt???? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2009-04-07 09:01 |