Indian Journalism

[ravage]

Heres an article posted on the Hindustan Times

A group of 67 Pakistani nationals, including 12 children, lodged at Tihar jail for the past 19 months are in no mood to return home.

Last week, the inmates, who belong to the Ahmadiyya community, approached the Delhi High Court, requesting it to stop the execution of the Home Ministry’s decision to “withdraw” cases against them and “repatriate” them.

According to the petition filed on the Pakistanis’ behalf by the Mehdi Foundation International Organisation, they are unwilling to return home because they fear they will be “persecuted in Pakistan on religious grounds”. They face “blasphemy charges” that are “punishable by either life term or execution”.

The petition said the inmates belong to a sect of Islam that considers a living Pakistani spiritual leader, “His Lordship” Riaz Gauhar Shahi, a divine man (the “Promised Messiah of Islam, Hinduism and other faiths”). This is why Pakistani police registered blasphemy charges against them. Shahi, who was convicted of blasphemy, is serving a life term.

Last April, the Pakistanis had “held a protest at Jantar Mantar and proceeded to burn their passports and visas, raised slogans against their government, and burnt effigies of… Pervez Musharraf and Osama Bin Laden,” reads a Home ministry report. “They burnt their passport/visas in order to stay permanently in the country.” They were then arrested under sections of the Foreigners’ Act, the Indian Penal Code and the Registration of Foreigners’ Act.

HindustanTimes-Print

Just emailed the guy with this:

What abysmally stupid reporting.

Followers of Gohar Shahi are NOT ahmedies. this is a cult that began 15 or so years ago that most people dont even know about. these clowns WISH they were persecuted, if only to get some street cred.See their site: http://www.mehdifoundation.org/

Riaz ****ing Gohar Shahi is not serving a life term, hes never been in a pakistani prison because he fled the country, and heres the reallly important part you freaking amateur: hes been dead for over 7 years.

unbelievable.

Do they not have the budget for basic fact checking over at Hindustan Times?

[cricketplaya]

Re: Indian Journalism

From where to where they connect dots... unbelievable. I sent some words of my own.

[desert_bird]

Re: Indian Journalism

I think its the same Hindustan Times which made a leading story of Manmohan "**Summons" *ISI Spy Chief. After that there is a strong resistance from Pakistan Armed Forces specially when ARYOne anchor person asked General. Athar Abbas of ISPR when Gen. Shuja Pasha,DG ISI will leave for india. He replied.' *We will see** 'when the orders of PM will come. So foolish PM Gilani and Zardari have to pay price for taking Panga against Armed Forces and offering india everything probably thier clothes also if they will demand !

[aam_bandha]

I. So foolish PM Gilani and Zardari have to pay price for taking Panga against Armed Forces and offering india everything probably thier clothes also if they will demand !

Zardari, Gilani or even common Pakistani all have nothing to loose if relations with India improve .... but Army has everything to loose .... improved relation with India and a better understand with the " enemy" means it gives them lesser levarage to topple the civilian government.

Funny that there is no statement from the foreign ministery of Pakistan or any other civilian entity about this threating phone call. It seems the military "sources" get these calls whenever it is convinient for them to get it ......

[samara_khan]

Is is true that ISI won't listen to president zardari as was said by F.M of pakistan i.e they have dropped da plan to send chief of ISI. can any one tell me what is the role and relationship of ISI with present govt of pak?

[desert_bird]

Re: Indian Journalism

Look all people, Pakistan is not a provincial state of India that they use words like Manmohan summons ISI chief. Neither we are Bhutan,Nepal or Bangla Desh.We want peace but not like someone start giving us orders !

[aam_bandha]

Look all people, Pakistan is not a provincial state of India that they use words like Manmohan summons ISI chief. Neither we are Bhutan,Nepal or Bangla Desh.We want peace but not like someone start giving us orders !

Take is easy birdy ..... i think the bloggers have proved beyond reasonable doubt that MM did not "summon" the ISI chief ... it was a " request" ..... it is ok ... you dont have to justify the actions or inactions of the leadership .... move on .... :biggthumb

[Captain1]

Is is true that ISI won't listen to president zardari as was said by F.M of pakistan i.e they have dropped da plan to send chief of ISI. can any one tell me what is the role and relationship of ISI with present govt of pak?

I am not sure if India only requested ISI chief but Pakistan did agree to send a representative from the agency.