Pakistan: Media Under Siege

#9 Posted by hamidm2 on November 23, 2007 5:43:51 pm

Re: # 8

bubba,

.... i was just trying to illustrate the dilemma of choosing between two equally bad options ........ you can pick your own metaphor

#8 Posted by bubba on November 23, 2007 5:29:02 pm

Re: # 6 Posted by hamidm2 on November 23, 2007 4:37:08 pm

[we are caught between the devil and mo of mecca .........]

sorry, but there is no need for such a comment.

#7 Posted by tahmed32 on November 23, 2007 5:23:12 pm

#2 bjkumar: In other words, he would fit right in here on chowk with the rest of us weirdos. :-)

#6 Posted by hamidm2 on November 23, 2007 4:37:08 pm

Re: # 4

urstruly,

...... be thankful for small blessings - at least he is not blowing up video stores, burning audio cassesttes, and beheading journalists after jumaa prayers ..... we are caught between the devil and mo of mecca .........

#5 Posted by nasah on November 23, 2007 4:15:22 pm

Ras -- what about Aitzaz Ahsan -- first to be arrested last to be released?

#4 Posted by Urstruly on November 23, 2007 4:01:23 pm

Re: # 2

Well said. And unfortunately his is the liberal, moderate, secular face of Pakistan. At least Taliban practice what they preach.

#3 Posted by hamidm2 on November 23, 2007 2:47:01 pm

Re: # 2

bj,

....... you can post all the pictures you want !....... i couldn't agree with you more ......

#2 Posted by bjkumar on November 23, 2007 2:34:51 pm

Never in recent memory has a Pakistani ruler done so much damage to his credibility and to his possible legacy in such a short time frame! The Mushy's vacillating ways (including those related to his treatment of the media) provide more clear an insight into the muddle-headed thought process of the individual than any amount of scholarly analysis could ever had yielded. With each passing day, his pathetically plaintive exclamations of "It is not about me but about the country!" sound hollower still. The man is a walking caricature, a stick figure made entirely of lies who lives in his bubble world of make-believe carefully shielded by sycophants hankering after a few crumbs of power and determinedly propped up by a barely-covered line of bayonets held by the strongest mafia in today's world - the Pakistani khakis. Muzzling the media in this day and age is so inconceivable that no individual with an iota of the touch of reality would expect to get away with it in any corner of this world - but the Mushy's grasp of what is and what is not real seems to have slipped away into a world of his own making.

#1 Posted by Ras on November 23, 2007 1:23:15 pm

Beena,

Can somebody provide a list of these jounalists

still in custody? They should all be released shortly.

The "Siege" is not supposed to last very long.

Musharraf is not Zia (Thank God for small favours).

Pakistanis today will not put up with nonsense.

I expect Geo to be back on soon. But the Pakistani

Channels need to report more and concentrate less on

creating public opinion and trying to help in regime

change. That should be left to elections.