Re: Musharraf and MukhtaraN Mai
Wrong. Wrong. And completely wrong.
You can criticize Musharaf as much as you want, and I may even join you; however where I disagreed with you is your claim that press in Pakistan is not allowed to criticize Musharraf. I don’t think thats quite true any more.
And re: MukhtaraN Mai issue which seems to have gripped your (and Chann ji’s) entire existance for the past one week (4+ threads), I just think putting her on ECL and grabbing her passport is a *ghatia *act. It is these kinds of power abuses that brings much more worse name to the country. At the same time, I disagree with those who are suggesting that allowing her to travel abroad can somehow be spun in a favorable way for Pakistan. I don’t think thats quite true, especially with the present bias displayed by most of the international media regarding Pakistan (Osama hiding at our borders, women rights, religious protests etc). What happened to her (gang rape and subsequent freeing her rapists) is a black spot (Kalank ka teeka) on our national image and we just have to face it and remedy the causes for future.