| His lips move. Words come out. They don't make any sense... |
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Central Information Secretary Muhammad Siddiqul Farooque said on Friday that it was quite irrational to blame any Muslim group for the Thursdayâs explosions in London before an inquiry.
| A Muslim said "irrational." Now my head's going to ache for the rest of the night... |
In a statement issued here, Mr Farooque expressed shock and grief at the loss of human lives in London.
He said that the people responsible for the attacks should be brought to justice if proved that the explosions were engineered by some miscreants rather than caused by a sudden power surge.
| A... sudden... power... surge? Right. That's what it must have been... |
The PML-N leader said that no Muslim could carry out such barbaric activities.
| "Never has a Moose limb carried out such barbaric activities! NEVER!... They've carried out different barbaric activities." |
Terrorism and armed struggles for freedom have been going on in the world since the times of colonial rule mainly due to tyranny, exploitation, injustice and inequality, he said, adding that if the world community was really interested in eliminating terrorism and armed struggles, it should give priority to removing causes behind such struggles.
| I quite agree. I've come to the conclusion that every time we bang a chunk of cannon fodder, we should hunt down the holy man who dispatched him and bang him, too... |
All political issues, including Palestine and Kashmir â based on fundamental human rights â should be settled on human grounds rather than on religious, regional and linguistic basis, he said, adding that those fighting for their rights should be granted general amnesty and honourable position in society.
| Did that make any sense? Or does he consider religious, regional and linguistic grounds to be inhuman? Which honorable positions in society should sadistic murderers receive after their general amnesties? |
The PML-N leader said that President General Pervez Musharraf, US President George W Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair had categorically claimed to have broken the back of the Al Qaeda network. âTerrorists working in guise of Al Qaeda should be tracked down without any delay,â he added.
| Good idea. That's what we're trying to do now... |
Mr Farooque suggested that armed forces â occupying Iraq and Palestinian territory â be withdrawn, governments having no roots in public be removed, and transparent elections be held there to empower local people.
| Right. That'll work, because... ummm... |
He said propaganda against Islam and Muslims and discriminatory treatment in reaction to terrorist incidents should be stopped. It must be realised that crime and criminals exist in every society â eastern or western â as they do not belong to any particular religion or race, he added. |