Sunday, May 22, 2005
Another letter on Sialkot college girl Rape !!!!
Keep protest flay UP, high up .......
... (www.nation.com.pk) dated: May 22, 2005 ...Letters Columns
The continuos rape ........ ......
We, as a nation should be ashamed of ourselves for what happened to the hapless rape victim of Silakot; who was not only violated by the perverts who raped her but was also thoroughly humiliated by the custodians of the law. Her character, personality and her life was completely tarnished in the brief span of a moment. I would like to highlight some glaring points in this regard.First of all why did not the concerned authorities take immediate notice of this and why did they have to wait for a directive from President of the country, to take action. If this is not a travesty of justice, tell me what is? Then, why were the photographs of the poor girl splashed on the front page of the newspapers? Why don’t we show the ugly faces of the ones involved in this heinous crime. This is something beyond my comprehension; we profane the victims in our media but protect the identity of the rapists. -AASIM AYUB, via e-mail.
... (www.nation.com.pk) dated: May 22, 2005 ...Letters Columns
The continuos rape ........ ......
We, as a nation should be ashamed of ourselves for what happened to the hapless rape victim of Silakot; who was not only violated by the perverts who raped her but was also thoroughly humiliated by the custodians of the law. Her character, personality and her life was completely tarnished in the brief span of a moment. I would like to highlight some glaring points in this regard.First of all why did not the concerned authorities take immediate notice of this and why did they have to wait for a directive from President of the country, to take action. If this is not a travesty of justice, tell me what is? Then, why were the photographs of the poor girl splashed on the front page of the newspapers? Why don’t we show the ugly faces of the ones involved in this heinous crime. This is something beyond my comprehension; we profane the victims in our media but protect the identity of the rapists. -AASIM AYUB, via e-mail.
Monday, May 16, 2005
Rapes of innocent girls' causing concern in Pakistan too!!!
http://www.nation.com.pk dated May 17, 2005 .... under OPED .......
Who cares?........
COL (RETD) RAFI NASIM.......
It is admirable that the nation has woken up to the slur of ever mounting incidence of rape in the country. While in a murder case the bereaved family forgets the loss and settles down after the passage of time, the consequences of a rape are disastrous. The incidence of rape casts a black spot on the family for the whole of life, as a result of which the victim never gets out of the trauma, the parents are looked down upon and other girls in the family get no marriage proposals. In our social system the family having lost the honor, is doomed forever. Despite this well known fact the people in power have the interests of rapists dear to their heart than the girls who lose every thing after the rape.It is disgusting that on account of ever rising corruption in our system the twisting of evidence and hushing up cases to protect the criminals, has become a common practice. The victim’s ordeal which starts from a police station not registering the case goes up to the High Court which also does not provide her the relief. In between falls a hoard of officials and influentials who play all the tricks to deprive the victim of justice. Take the famous Mukhtar Mai rape case. She was shoved in a room by the Panchayat with four or five gladiators following on her heels. After the alleged gang rape she was thrown out of the room half naked, picked up by her father with the help of others and taken home. With such a synopsis of the episode the incident appeared in the international press. To show sympathy with Mukhtar Mai, the President of Pakistan as well as some foreign welfare agencies provided financial aid to her which she rightly utilised for opening a school in the village. The High Court acquitted the culprits as if ‘nothing had happened’. For the argument’s sake let us accept that the evidence had been twisted or destroyed in such a way that the rape could not be proved, does not the ‘stripping of a woman’ fall under any section of the Pakistan Penal Code?What a wonderful legal system this land of the pure has, that once the aggrieved party stops pursuing the case, the file is closed. This is exactly what has happened in Dr Shazia’s case. Since her departure from the country with no hope of justice, there is no further progress in the case. It is all joy for perpetrators of the offence and the Sui Gas Company’s officials, who treating the incident as a ‘point of prestige’ made all possible efforts to hide it.The frustration of the aggrieved families is obvious because, the police which is supposed to be the custodians of law do not pay heed to such a heinous crime. Take the case of a college girl from Sialkot who was raped but the police did not register the case. In a fit of grief cum desperation her father attempted self immolation in front of the Lahore Press Club but was saved at the last moment. Taking notice of the incident, the President had to order an enquiry. With a General as Head of the state why do not we use the iron hand to streamline the system.Hundreds of rape cases are reported every month but we hardly read of a culprit having been severely punished. Let us have a glimpse of some of the incidents: In village Baseerpur four dacoits tied a zamindar with strings and gang raped his newly wed wife in front of him. The man recognised one of the culprits, still no action taken. A 12 years old girl belonging to a village in Muzafargarh was raped by two of her relatives. The father of the girl was so poor that he could not even afford medical treatment of the girl what to speak of pursuing the case with police or the court of law. He left the matter with the local panchayat to decide. Instead of punishing the culprits, the panchayat forced the man to compromise with the offenders in exchange for a sum of Rs 60,000.With the ‘no punishment syndrome’ that prevails in the country, the incidence of child rape and molestation are also on the increase. Among the cases having occurred recently, a four year old girl of village Bakhtewala was raped by a young man name Naveed while in Harbanspura a vagabond raped a six year old girl who used to come to his house to learn the Holy Quran from his wife. In a village of Sargodha district a seven year old girl was raped by a neighbour named Mazhar. In Sheikhupura a nine year old boy was molested by a young man named Zahid on gun point. Since the case was not registered for a week, the victim’s father was compelled to draw the attention of the Chief Minister.A glaring incident of rape in which Moazam son of Tawakal Ullah Virk, the Nazim of Sheikhupura is alleged to have raped their ten year old maid servant is the focus of attention these days. See how many twists and turns the case has taken because the culprit happened to be the scion of an influential family. Not only that the family of the girl was bribed or threatened to withdraw the case, the medical reports of the victim also disappeared from the hospital. The case is alive only because a brave brother of the victim did not succumb to the pressure and stood up even against the weak parents to pursue the case to the hilt.According to a press report over 15,000 cases of rape have taken place in the country during the last six years. The number of culprits arrested and punished would surely be equivalent to peanuts. I do not remember even one having been hanged for the crime. The apathy of our legal system is that the cases are kept pending for not months but years to give time to the culprits to twist or destroy the evidence. While the voice of the poor is not heard even by the ordinary cop, the influential and the affluent being above the law command the police force. The situation can only improve if the power of the powerful is taken away and they are taught to live and behave like normal citizens.As for the proof and punishment, if we continue insisting on the stone-age law of four witnesses, no offender will ever be punished. The DNA test has proved its worth universally and is treated as the authentic proof in such cases. The tsunami baby claimed by nine couples was handed over to the legitimate parents after the DNA test. A similar case also occurred recently in Pakistan too. I am a witness to the case of a female relative whose son settled in New York sponsored her immigration to the USA. To encounter the frauds that take place the Americans have resorted to the DNA test. A DNA test of the mother was conducted at the US Embassy in Islamabad while her 45 years old son was tested in New York. The tests being positive the lady was granted immigration to USA.The rape being the most heinous crime, its perpetrators deserve the severest punishment. Our religion prescribes death penalty for it. As suggested in one of my earlier articles, if we want to curb the crime, the provision of compensation and compromise must be abolished. While we are too shy of hanging the criminals, let me point out that in USA where many states have no death penalty, 59 criminals were executed last year.If the authorities still consider it too much. Let us accept a suggestion by Justice (Retd) Nasira Iqbal. Addressing a seminar organised by the Aurat Foundation she suggested that the rapists be castigated, as a punishment to eliminate this crime from the Pakistan society. The learned judge recommended, ‘Castration as punishment should be introduced since men greatly value their manhood’. Lot of trash goes on in the National Assembly every day. Why cannot we legislate on the above points of vital importance and get the ruling
Who cares?........
COL (RETD) RAFI NASIM.......
It is admirable that the nation has woken up to the slur of ever mounting incidence of rape in the country. While in a murder case the bereaved family forgets the loss and settles down after the passage of time, the consequences of a rape are disastrous. The incidence of rape casts a black spot on the family for the whole of life, as a result of which the victim never gets out of the trauma, the parents are looked down upon and other girls in the family get no marriage proposals. In our social system the family having lost the honor, is doomed forever. Despite this well known fact the people in power have the interests of rapists dear to their heart than the girls who lose every thing after the rape.It is disgusting that on account of ever rising corruption in our system the twisting of evidence and hushing up cases to protect the criminals, has become a common practice. The victim’s ordeal which starts from a police station not registering the case goes up to the High Court which also does not provide her the relief. In between falls a hoard of officials and influentials who play all the tricks to deprive the victim of justice. Take the famous Mukhtar Mai rape case. She was shoved in a room by the Panchayat with four or five gladiators following on her heels. After the alleged gang rape she was thrown out of the room half naked, picked up by her father with the help of others and taken home. With such a synopsis of the episode the incident appeared in the international press. To show sympathy with Mukhtar Mai, the President of Pakistan as well as some foreign welfare agencies provided financial aid to her which she rightly utilised for opening a school in the village. The High Court acquitted the culprits as if ‘nothing had happened’. For the argument’s sake let us accept that the evidence had been twisted or destroyed in such a way that the rape could not be proved, does not the ‘stripping of a woman’ fall under any section of the Pakistan Penal Code?What a wonderful legal system this land of the pure has, that once the aggrieved party stops pursuing the case, the file is closed. This is exactly what has happened in Dr Shazia’s case. Since her departure from the country with no hope of justice, there is no further progress in the case. It is all joy for perpetrators of the offence and the Sui Gas Company’s officials, who treating the incident as a ‘point of prestige’ made all possible efforts to hide it.The frustration of the aggrieved families is obvious because, the police which is supposed to be the custodians of law do not pay heed to such a heinous crime. Take the case of a college girl from Sialkot who was raped but the police did not register the case. In a fit of grief cum desperation her father attempted self immolation in front of the Lahore Press Club but was saved at the last moment. Taking notice of the incident, the President had to order an enquiry. With a General as Head of the state why do not we use the iron hand to streamline the system.Hundreds of rape cases are reported every month but we hardly read of a culprit having been severely punished. Let us have a glimpse of some of the incidents: In village Baseerpur four dacoits tied a zamindar with strings and gang raped his newly wed wife in front of him. The man recognised one of the culprits, still no action taken. A 12 years old girl belonging to a village in Muzafargarh was raped by two of her relatives. The father of the girl was so poor that he could not even afford medical treatment of the girl what to speak of pursuing the case with police or the court of law. He left the matter with the local panchayat to decide. Instead of punishing the culprits, the panchayat forced the man to compromise with the offenders in exchange for a sum of Rs 60,000.With the ‘no punishment syndrome’ that prevails in the country, the incidence of child rape and molestation are also on the increase. Among the cases having occurred recently, a four year old girl of village Bakhtewala was raped by a young man name Naveed while in Harbanspura a vagabond raped a six year old girl who used to come to his house to learn the Holy Quran from his wife. In a village of Sargodha district a seven year old girl was raped by a neighbour named Mazhar. In Sheikhupura a nine year old boy was molested by a young man named Zahid on gun point. Since the case was not registered for a week, the victim’s father was compelled to draw the attention of the Chief Minister.A glaring incident of rape in which Moazam son of Tawakal Ullah Virk, the Nazim of Sheikhupura is alleged to have raped their ten year old maid servant is the focus of attention these days. See how many twists and turns the case has taken because the culprit happened to be the scion of an influential family. Not only that the family of the girl was bribed or threatened to withdraw the case, the medical reports of the victim also disappeared from the hospital. The case is alive only because a brave brother of the victim did not succumb to the pressure and stood up even against the weak parents to pursue the case to the hilt.According to a press report over 15,000 cases of rape have taken place in the country during the last six years. The number of culprits arrested and punished would surely be equivalent to peanuts. I do not remember even one having been hanged for the crime. The apathy of our legal system is that the cases are kept pending for not months but years to give time to the culprits to twist or destroy the evidence. While the voice of the poor is not heard even by the ordinary cop, the influential and the affluent being above the law command the police force. The situation can only improve if the power of the powerful is taken away and they are taught to live and behave like normal citizens.As for the proof and punishment, if we continue insisting on the stone-age law of four witnesses, no offender will ever be punished. The DNA test has proved its worth universally and is treated as the authentic proof in such cases. The tsunami baby claimed by nine couples was handed over to the legitimate parents after the DNA test. A similar case also occurred recently in Pakistan too. I am a witness to the case of a female relative whose son settled in New York sponsored her immigration to the USA. To encounter the frauds that take place the Americans have resorted to the DNA test. A DNA test of the mother was conducted at the US Embassy in Islamabad while her 45 years old son was tested in New York. The tests being positive the lady was granted immigration to USA.The rape being the most heinous crime, its perpetrators deserve the severest punishment. Our religion prescribes death penalty for it. As suggested in one of my earlier articles, if we want to curb the crime, the provision of compensation and compromise must be abolished. While we are too shy of hanging the criminals, let me point out that in USA where many states have no death penalty, 59 criminals were executed last year.If the authorities still consider it too much. Let us accept a suggestion by Justice (Retd) Nasira Iqbal. Addressing a seminar organised by the Aurat Foundation she suggested that the rapists be castigated, as a punishment to eliminate this crime from the Pakistan society. The learned judge recommended, ‘Castration as punishment should be introduced since men greatly value their manhood’. Lot of trash goes on in the National Assembly every day. Why cannot we legislate on the above points of vital importance and get the ruling
Two faces of politics in Pakistan.
http://www.nation.com.pk dated May 15th,2005. ...... (My own contribution published in this newspaper)
... Realpolitik .........
........ Will Asif Zardari’s recent arrival in Pakistan help people to move to “real” democracy. His wife is silent on the issue for the time being. General Musharraf, claims that PPP-P have to be kept on board as it is a ‘progressive and liberal’ political party? If this is the case then people fail to understand as to why Zaradari was not allowed to see his supporters at the Lahore airport ? Why this double face on either side?-ZULFIQAR ALI BUTT, Lamar, USA, via e-mail, April 22.
... Realpolitik .........
........ Will Asif Zardari’s recent arrival in Pakistan help people to move to “real” democracy. His wife is silent on the issue for the time being. General Musharraf, claims that PPP-P have to be kept on board as it is a ‘progressive and liberal’ political party? If this is the case then people fail to understand as to why Zaradari was not allowed to see his supporters at the Lahore airport ? Why this double face on either side?-ZULFIQAR ALI BUTT, Lamar, USA, via e-mail, April 22.
Sunday, May 15, 2005
Some thoughts
. Bush to wage peace ????? Other Side
. By: Zulfiqar Ali Butt
. President Bush prayed for ‘peace’ on Easter this year and this was seen as a welcome step in the Muslim world in particular. A former US Republican President, Dwight. D. Eisenhower, ‘waged peace’ in his second term, which is evident from his book,” Waging Peace”. This brought ‘peace’ to the world at large in the fifties. Many ask if President Bush will also ‘wage peace’ instead of ‘war’ in his second term? I believe he would now follow the path of ‘waging peace instead of war’. His latest offer to Hezbullah in Lebanon is an open example which showed what he is going to do in his second term.
Looking back at the events which followed 9/11 a weak nation like Afghanistan, which could not fire a bullet back, was chosen to win victory. Later Iraq was attacked. Majority of world protested against this war but Mr. Bush went ahead with war.
He did not go ahead with war against North Korea which could reply back. Now he is talking about Iran’s nuclear plans. As after wars in Afghanistan and Iraq many things have changed and many war realities have come up to light before the world, I believe, Mr. Bush will not go to war with Iran. Same can be said about Syria. He is just forcing these countries to make them submit to ‘Bush doctrine’ and bring political gains home. He got Pakistan on his side in 2001 with just a telephone call. Same can be said about Libya. He has demanded of Syria to pull out its army from Lebanon, while in a more complicated situation the US army continues to stay in Iraq. Elections were held in Iraq which have been described to be the ever “fair’ elections held there during the last 50 years. People have no other way out than to accept this US claim.
Iran is a Shi’itte Muslim state. With elections in Iraq a new Shi’itte Muslim country has come up. Hezbullah in Lebanon is a Shi’itte party having great influence over the majority population there. This means that majority pro-Shi'itte members will be elected in the coming elections there, which in turn means, that another Shi'itte Government will be coming up in Lebanon too. Syria is also a pro-Shiite country and, with Shi’itte Governments in Iran, Iraq and Lebanon President Bush has created a ”Big Shi'itte" block with common borders in Middle East. Is it going to pay in the long run?
Osama bin Laden is still alive and there. Despite best efforts, including Pakistan’s, no one has been able to eliminate him. On the other hand the opposing elements look more organized. Fear of life is a factor with which one can stop the terrorists but as they are ready to do or die how President Bush is going to stop them? I think he can do this now by waging peace instead of war and by increasing home land security in USA.
He has appointed his former election campaign secretary to work for creating better understanding between the people of USA and the Middle Eastern countries. This is another welcome step towards peace. Of late he has offered ‘a peace’ offer to Hezbullah in Lebanon to disarm and take part in the political life. President Bush can bring peace in the area by asking Israel to recognize the ground realities and by not just shielding it. Shielding Israel is creating more problems for world peace.
Now President Bush claims that there will be peace in these countries as well as in USA because democratic people don't indulge in acts of terrorism. People around the world fail to understand as to how democracy will bring peace in the world for these are not the countries, mainly, which are responsible for terrorist acts but individuals and reactionary people. All America lives in the fear of terrorist attacks, gas prices are going up, Medicare and Medicaid are being cut down, people are loosing jobs in thousands, financial deficit has increased by many folds and dollar is loosing its buying power world over. Where the things are going to end?
Listening to the voices from around the world Mr. Bush has come to understand the need for peace now. It may be for this reason that he is trying to mend ways with his counter parts in Europe, UN and Putin. Let us see if he is able to win peace instead of war and bring relief to the world at large and the USA in particular in the second term of his office. God bless America.
12:04:06 PM
April 11
Talabani, the new Iraqi President
See Bush has Talabani as the new Iraqi President. He got rid of Talabans in Afghanistan but the Talabans in the form of Talabani are following him. What a reward .....
11:55:01 AM
April 09
Have shifted to DSL/SBCglobe.net
We have shifted to DSL from today. Now its easy and faster to get you. Come and write.
10:34:44 AM
April 08
Terri and Pope II
Pope and Terri will be remembered by millions of people around the world.
8:44:36 AM
April 03
Fall Out
Terri and Pope have passed away. Both leaving behind a big fall out.
7:48:28 PM
April 02
Terri and Pope
Terri is gone but battle for her remains still continues. An other big even is coming up where millions of followers are looking towards God to help Pope have smooth sailing. Pope Paul is respected by Jews,Christians and Muslims equally as he is a honest man who speaks his heart and, that too not according to the "poll" requirments. God bless him.
Aaiza Butt loves her younger brother ....
ok send..... [ This is Zain Ali Butt, (ZAB) like me ,with his elder sister, Aaiza, and his father, Touqeer Ali Butt, in London. I wanted to post this picture earlier but could not do so because of my limited computer knowledge. I was, however, able to post it today and I should thank God for this.
With this I will try to post other photos too of my family here in the coming days. Still missing here is my daughter-in-law, Roomina Butt, also living in London and I will try to bring her up here too.
Its Sunday 4:10 a.m. here.
I could not sleep after 2:30 a.m. so I decided to come over to the computer and started working with a program called "Hello" with the help of which one can send pictures to one's blogs. I was lucky to find a way out and this is the latest picture which I have been able to post right now. I will be posting other pictures soon.
I talked to Tanvir, Musa, Hamza, Sajra Noor and Anne at Narowal, Pakistan, on the telephone on their Sunday morning. As they did not have school today all of them were home. It made all this a very pleasant meeting.
Abdullah Suleman Jan Butt, who is Tanvin's youngest son said a 'hello' to me with a passion. He can't utter any word,properly, at the moment.. He is too little a baby. I hope he will be able to speak soon.
Weather here has considerably changed again. At night it is around 44 f and around 59 in the morning. We received rain last night which brought the temperature down but its going to be around 74 in the morning. Its almost the end of Spring here. Summer will start from May 21st,2005.
Missouri's summer is like winter in Lahore.
Posted by Hello: Sunday 15
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
Summer Holidays !
Tomorrow the schools will close for summer holidays. Weather here is getting hotter and hotter but for me it is quite pleasent. In Pakistan the weather has gone to 100 f and around but it around 80f here. Helen has put the AC on .
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
Missing is Roomina, my daughter-in-law, in London. Daughter Aaiza and Zain are with their father, Touqeer Butt.
Posted by Hello
This is Zain Ali Butt, my latest grand-son, born to Roomina and my son, Touqeer Ali Butt. Zain has an elder sister and her name is Aaiza Butt.
Posted by Hello
A Prayer !
A Prayer !
- Humbly do I implore You.
- Keep me in Your Divine grace and,
- deprive me not of peace.
- Save me from suddent misfortunes;
- Deliver me and sustain me !
- May I never
- Displease You, my God. (Ameen)
Touqeer in London
Touqeer Butt is my son in London. He spoke to me on phone today. While he was speaking to me I could over hear his 5-month old son, Zain Ali Butt, whom I have not seen as yet. God bless him.
In his photo Zain appeared like having a shade of his mother, Diya.
But I am to tell you that he has our family style 'nose' and one can
easily trace his family tree.
In his photo Zain appeared like having a shade of his mother, Diya.
But I am to tell you that he has our family style 'nose' and one can
easily trace his family tree.
Monday, May 09, 2005
Helen's ex-Mother-in-law dies !
- Helen's ex-Mother-in-law died on Mothers' Day. She was 89.
- We pray for this dear departed !!!! please join.
Sunday, May 08, 2005
Wed May 4th, 2005 at 19:42:32 PDT[ Parent Reply to This
* Black is the right
. Any body can call Africans by any name but its the way you say it is which matters.
The tone which may be polite or harsh.
I am married to an american (white) and her chilrden here used to be confused to call me 'father' for I am not their real 'father' and as they are grown up children and, they don't want to forget their "real" father. Right they are and I respect their feeling. But what they should call me when they had to introduce me to the ONES I was expected to meet.
I realised their hardship and requested them to call me Baba (meaning old man) Baba means "father" in India and Pakistan. I did not want to be called a step-father. So I told them that when they are asked as to what Baba means by their white fellows, they can tell them that it means "our old man" but if you would tell them in a loving tone it would mean father. On the other hand, if you would tell them in a harsh and uneasy forceful tone they will equally understand what you really ment.
So it does not mean any thing if you call some body as nigger, black or African American, Spana, Asian or yellow race. What matters is the tone you use.
Love combines all the names and, so does the hate. Take care !!!! God be with you and protect you.
by ZAB on Wed May 4th, 2005 at 20:07:01 PDT[ Parent Reply to This ]
* Black is the right
. Any body can call Africans by any name but its the way you say it is which matters.
The tone which may be polite or harsh.
I am married to an american (white) and her chilrden here used to be confused to call me 'father' for I am not their real 'father' and as they are grown up children and, they don't want to forget their "real" father. Right they are and I respect their feeling. But what they should call me when they had to introduce me to the ONES I was expected to meet.
I realised their hardship and requested them to call me Baba (meaning old man) Baba means "father" in India and Pakistan. I did not want to be called a step-father. So I told them that when they are asked as to what Baba means by their white fellows, they can tell them that it means "our old man" but if you would tell them in a loving tone it would mean father. On the other hand, if you would tell them in a harsh and uneasy forceful tone they will equally understand what you really ment.
So it does not mean any thing if you call some body as nigger, black or African American, Spana, Asian or yellow race. What matters is the tone you use.
Love combines all the names and, so does the hate. Take care !!!! God be with you and protect you.
by ZAB on Wed May 4th, 2005 at 20:07:01 PDT[ Parent Reply to This ]
Wednesday, May 04, 2005
Call me by ANY name. I am there
Call me by any name there I am. Remember its the tone you use to address me which matters.
Innocent Girls' Rapeeeeees
Comment
Your story speaks of the fact of life but it is because when we don't help the needy at the time of help they don't have any other way than to do petty jobs. Thank God ( god ???? ) you belong to the upper class and level. There is a lesson in it for all of us.Did you not see natives selling their sex machines abroad. I have met a 58 year old american woman who was entraped by a person from the Indo-Pak sub-continent and styled himself as "the blessed man" from God and would beat that loving and caring woman when she would not give him dollors to drink. She told me that he would stand before God and say his prayers for FORGIVENESS and, as GOD is kind like a mother He would forgive him. Do you think he will be forgiven? If it is so then the Police in Bombay in India and Sialkot in Pakistan also stand forgiven after they raped two innocent girls ?........Instead of talking about that girl in the sari talk and protest to the authorities, in writing, in your country for the injustice done to these victims of OUR neglect. All others are also requested to regsiter their protests in the concerned circles. Don't sit like a STONE and watch helplessly.
Look what is going on in USA schools :.............. .....
Two students were charged Wednesday with sexually assaulting a mentally disabled girl in a high school auditorium. The former principal was charged with failing to notify police.
The case generated criticism because school officials did not immediately report the allegations to police and said they feared negative media attention if they did.
The 16-year-old girl told a teacher at Mifflin High School that she had been dragged into the auditorium March 9 and forced to perform oral sex on at least two boys as other students watched and one boy videotaped, according to investigators. (Yahoo.news dated June First)
Your story speaks of the fact of life but it is because when we don't help the needy at the time of help they don't have any other way than to do petty jobs. Thank God ( god ???? ) you belong to the upper class and level. There is a lesson in it for all of us.Did you not see natives selling their sex machines abroad. I have met a 58 year old american woman who was entraped by a person from the Indo-Pak sub-continent and styled himself as "the blessed man" from God and would beat that loving and caring woman when she would not give him dollors to drink. She told me that he would stand before God and say his prayers for FORGIVENESS and, as GOD is kind like a mother He would forgive him. Do you think he will be forgiven? If it is so then the Police in Bombay in India and Sialkot in Pakistan also stand forgiven after they raped two innocent girls ?........Instead of talking about that girl in the sari talk and protest to the authorities, in writing, in your country for the injustice done to these victims of OUR neglect. All others are also requested to regsiter their protests in the concerned circles. Don't sit like a STONE and watch helplessly.
Look what is going on in USA schools :.............. .....
Two students were charged Wednesday with sexually assaulting a mentally disabled girl in a high school auditorium. The former principal was charged with failing to notify police.
The case generated criticism because school officials did not immediately report the allegations to police and said they feared negative media attention if they did.
The 16-year-old girl told a teacher at Mifflin High School that she had been dragged into the auditorium March 9 and forced to perform oral sex on at least two boys as other students watched and one boy videotaped, according to investigators. (Yahoo.news dated June First)
Tuesday, May 03, 2005
The Latest addition from my Friend
I hope this will be our walk... !
THANKS TO GOD
I pray that this will bless you as it blessed me.
Hello God,I called tonight
To talk a little while I need a friend who'll listen
To my anxiety and trial.
You see, I can't quite make it
Through a day just on my own...
I need your love to guide me,
So I'll never feel alone.
I want to ask you please to keep
My family safe and sound.
Come and fill their lives with confidence
For whatever fate they're bound.
Give me faith, dear God, to face
Each hour throughout the day,
And not to worry over things
I can't change in any way.
I thank you God for being home
And listening to my call,
For giving me such good advice
When I stumble and fall.
Your telephone number, God, is the only one
That answers every time.
I never get a busy signal,
Never had to pay a dime.
So thank you, God, for listening
To my troubles and my sorrow.
Good night, God,
I love You too,
And I'll call again tomorrow!
The man whispered, "God, speak to me"and a meadow-lark sang.
But, the man did not hear.
So the man yelled, "God, speak to me"and the thunder rolled across the sky.
But, the man did not listen.
The man looked around and said,"God let me see you."
And a star shined brightly.
But the man did not see.
And, the man shouted,"God show me a miracle."
And, a life was born.
But, the man did not notice.
So, the man cried out in despair,"Touch me God,and let me know you are here.
"Whereupon, God reached downand touched the man.
But, the man brushed the butterfly away and walked on.
I found this to be a great reminder
that God is always around us in the
little and simple things
that we take for granted...even in our electronic age...
so I would like to add one more:
The man cried,"God, I need your help!"
And an e-mail arrived reaching outwith good news and encouragement.
But, the man deleted it and continued crying...
Don't miss out on a blessing
because it isn't packaged
the way that you expect.
My instructions were to send this
to people that I wanted God to bless
and I picked you.Please pass this to people
you want to be blessed.
Expect the unexpected.....
Have A Happy Day!
Send this to all your friends and family.
Including the person who sent it to you.
Anyone that you love and care about.
Let them know God is there
for them always even when everyone else
has betrayed you and left you.
God bless ...... all .... of YOU !!!! ZAB
THANKS TO GOD
I pray that this will bless you as it blessed me.
Hello God,I called tonight
To talk a little while I need a friend who'll listen
To my anxiety and trial.
You see, I can't quite make it
Through a day just on my own...
I need your love to guide me,
So I'll never feel alone.
I want to ask you please to keep
My family safe and sound.
Come and fill their lives with confidence
For whatever fate they're bound.
Give me faith, dear God, to face
Each hour throughout the day,
And not to worry over things
I can't change in any way.
I thank you God for being home
And listening to my call,
For giving me such good advice
When I stumble and fall.
Your telephone number, God, is the only one
That answers every time.
I never get a busy signal,
Never had to pay a dime.
So thank you, God, for listening
To my troubles and my sorrow.
Good night, God,
I love You too,
And I'll call again tomorrow!
The man whispered, "God, speak to me"and a meadow-lark sang.
But, the man did not hear.
So the man yelled, "God, speak to me"and the thunder rolled across the sky.
But, the man did not listen.
The man looked around and said,"God let me see you."
And a star shined brightly.
But the man did not see.
And, the man shouted,"God show me a miracle."
And, a life was born.
But, the man did not notice.
So, the man cried out in despair,"Touch me God,and let me know you are here.
"Whereupon, God reached downand touched the man.
But, the man brushed the butterfly away and walked on.
I found this to be a great reminder
that God is always around us in the
little and simple things
that we take for granted...even in our electronic age...
so I would like to add one more:
The man cried,"God, I need your help!"
And an e-mail arrived reaching outwith good news and encouragement.
But, the man deleted it and continued crying...
Don't miss out on a blessing
because it isn't packaged
the way that you expect.
My instructions were to send this
to people that I wanted God to bless
and I picked you.Please pass this to people
you want to be blessed.
Expect the unexpected.....
Have A Happy Day!
Send this to all your friends and family.
Including the person who sent it to you.
Anyone that you love and care about.
Let them know God is there
for them always even when everyone else
has betrayed you and left you.
God bless ...... all .... of YOU !!!! ZAB
Police assult on innocent college Girl.
Police rapes a girl in Police stationby Zulfiqar Ali ButtPosted on May 3, 2005 18:52 PM ESTAccessed 76 Times Hot List Score: 317
There was a minor girl who was raped in Bombay some days back and many had protested. Right..... Police in Sialkot,Pakistan, is alleged to be the latest in this field who raped a college girl, who was recovered from the hands of a "sex gang" after 37 days. How people will condem this act of the Police ?This story is in May 4th edition of the Daily Nation,Lahore,Pakistan. One may look into this cruel act by going to www.nation.com.pk.
Shame on all those who wanted to hush up this cruel action of the influencials and the Police.
What do you think about it. Will you write to Punjab Police Chief. President of Pakistan is reported already to have taken notice of it when the "Girl" threatened to burn herself in front of the National Assembly.
There was a minor girl who was raped in Bombay some days back and many had protested. Right..... Police in Sialkot,Pakistan, is alleged to be the latest in this field who raped a college girl, who was recovered from the hands of a "sex gang" after 37 days. How people will condem this act of the Police ?This story is in May 4th edition of the Daily Nation,Lahore,Pakistan. One may look into this cruel act by going to www.nation.com.pk.
Shame on all those who wanted to hush up this cruel action of the influencials and the Police.
What do you think about it. Will you write to Punjab Police Chief. President of Pakistan is reported already to have taken notice of it when the "Girl" threatened to burn herself in front of the National Assembly.
Sunday, May 01, 2005
What America wants in Pakistan?
Columns
Written in anguish
By Roedad Khan
For Pakistanis, there are three mysteries in life: When they are going to die, when independent democracy will be established and when army will strike again. There are, in my view, two factors that, above all others have shaped our history during the last 50 years or so. One is the growing power of the military in running the affairs of state. The other, without doubt, consists in the total failure of the politicians, the intelligentsia, the intellectuals, in fact, the entire civil society to comprehend the threat posed by a powerful army to the country’s fragile democracy, and to devise ways and means to thwart it. “Military coups”, Alexis De Tocqueville warned more than 200 years ago, “are always to be feared in democracies. They should be reckoned among the most threatening of the perils, which face their future existence. Statesmen must never relax their efforts to find a remedy for this evil”. Sadly, the warning went unheeded in newly independent Pakistan. When our descendants, in a century’s time, come to look at our age, it is these two phenomena that will, I think, be held to be the determining factors of our history - the most demanding of explanation and analysis. Not surprisingly, 58 years after independence, a General in uniform rules 140 million Pakistanis without their consent. Government without consent, as every student of political science knows, is called tyranny. This is not what Mr Jinnah envisioned for Pakistan. Memories come back to me like shards of glass prompting tears, sorrow and anger. 58 years ago, Pakistan symbolised all our wishes and expectations. It was like a dream come true and carried with it a sense of pride, of excitement, and of jubilation. With Mr Jinnah’s death it was as if a great light had gone out, and people were left groping in the dark. The nation donned black. The airwaves resounded to a perpetual lamentation. 57 years after his death, we should be raising a toast to Jinnah, his vision, and his democratic principles. And we should take that opportunity to ask the question: How in the world did we allow ourselves to get from there to here. 57 years after Jinnah’s death, our entire political system has been pulled into a black hole caused by periodic army intervention and prolonged army rule. Today Pakistan is like a nightmare in which you foresee all the horrible things, which are going to happen and can’t stretch out your hand to prevent them. Such is the feeling conjured up by army rule in Pakistan. Why did the army get involved in the politics of Pakistan in the first instance? Why did Ayub Khan stab Pakistan’s fledgling democracy in the back? Why was he allowed to commit the original sin? Worse still, why did everybody acclaim it? There was no breakdown of law and order to justify imposition of Martial Law. There was also no civil commotion to prevent the judges from attending their courts. The country was abuzz with politics, but that happens in all democracies, especially on the eve of elections.Why did the superior judiciary, the guardian of the constitution, the protector of the citizens’ rights, become subservient to the executive and to the philosophy of the party in power? Why is it that no one raised his little finger to protect the Supreme Court when it was attacked by thugs unleashed by the government? Why was the court allowed to be desecrated and demeaned? Why did we allow the rule of law to give way to the rule of man? Why must our judges match their constitutional ideas and legal language to the exigencies of current politics? Why did the courts tailor their decisions for reasons of expediency or, at times, for simple survival? Why did the Parliament, the pillar of our state, the embodiment of the will of the people, become a rubber stamp? Why did it allow itself to be gagged? Why did it surrender its sovereignty to both military and civilian dictators? Why did it acquiesce in the desecration of the Supreme Court? Why did Pakistan become a land of opportunities for corrupt, unscrupulous, unprincipled politicians; judges and generals; corrupt and dishonest civil servants; smugglers and tax evaders who have bank accounts, luxurious villas, mansions, and apartments in the West? Why did Pakistan become a nightmare of corruption, crime and despair? Why? Why? The army of Pakistan struck Pakistan’s nascent democracy four times and has been in power for nearly half the country’s existence. It has cast a long shadow over politics in Pakistan even during the period of civilian rule. Repeated army intervention in the politics of Pakistan has been a recipe for disaster. It has thwarted the growth and development of parliamentary democracy and destroyed whatever little faith people had in their political institutions. What is worse, it has eroded people’s faith in themselves as citizens of a sovereign, independent, democratic country. The country is in a mess. Today Pakistan presents an image of a country plagued by political, ethnic and sectarian conflicts. The country appears to be adrift, lacking confidence about its future. Never before has public confidence in the country’s future sunk so low. Today people are besieged in their own country. Their take-off is held back; their development is blocked, although General Musharraf and his Prime Minister honestly think we Pakistanis are living in the best of times. The reality is that the country is headed in the wrong direction. Poverty is deepening. Educated unemployment is rising. It shows how far removed Pakistan is from the proverbial rising tide of the global economy that is supposed to be lifting all boats. What is going on? Actually it is quite simple: Musharraf and his cronies talk only to their base - the military and its corporate interests and are obliviously to everyone else’s concerns. Where are the voices of public outrage? Where is the leadership willing to stand up and say: Enough! Enough! We have sullied ourselves enough. 58 years after independence, are we really free? Are the people masters in their own house? Are our sovereignty and independence untrammelled? The nation has been forced against its will to accept a totalitarian democracy. “Say Pakistan”, and what comes to mind? Military coups, sham democracy and “elected”, all powerful President in uniform, who is also the Chief of Army Staff, a non-sovereign parliament, a figurehead Prime Minister and a spineless judiciary. For a demonstration of why the mere act of holding a rigged election is not an adequate path to democracy, look no further than Pakistan. A ritual conducted in the name of democracy but without a democratic process or a democratic outcome devalues real democracy. Such elections only solidify authoritarian rule, they are worse than counter-productive. Why are we passively mute? How can we be so comatose as a nation when all our political institutions are crumbling before our own eyes? In trying to describe our situation and our apathy I often turn to a book title of some years ago: Sleepwalking through history by Haynes Johnson. Pakistanis are like sleepwalkers who think all is well because they are blind to reality; if they saw reality as it truly is, they might go out of their minds. Today we are back to square one like Sisyphus, the Greek errant in mythology whose punishment in Hades was to push uphill a huge boulder only to have it tumble down again. Tyranny is not abandoned as long as it is served by a modicum of those two enormous and dreadful powers: the ignorance of the people and organised troops. It is going to be an uphill task.Why is Pakistan, under military rule for the fourth time in its life, largely immune to the winds of democracy that have blown everywhere else in the world? Why? That is a pretty important question. And why is it avoided in the United States? Why does America turn a blind eye to the deficit of democracy in Pakistan? It is because United States basically tells the Generals who rule Pakistan, that all they needed to do was to carry out American agenda, fight the so-called terrorists whom they called freedom fighters not very long ago; in the process kill innocent men, women and children; use the state apparatus against all those who resist American imperialism; withdraw support from freedom fighters in Kashmir; accept LoC as an international boundary, propagate “enlightened moderation” in the Islamic world and be nice to India. If they did all that, they could deny their own people the freedom America advocates everywhere else and rule forever. It all began with the cold war at the dawn of independence and systematically weakened democratic forces in Pakistan. After the end of the cold war, the emergence of international terrorism and Bush administration’s war on terror, have continued to favour the maintenance of “friendly” authoritarian regimes. The Bush administration’s call for democratisation invariably takes a backseat to security considerations perpetuating tolerance of “cooperative” dictators who support the war on terror. Pakistan is not on the Bush democracy list. Democracy, freedom of choice, rule of law and human rights, are highly desirable American goals but their priority has obviously diminished since September 11. In an off the cuff comment on the series of constitutional changes announced by President Musharraf, President Bush conveyed a sense that democracy in Pakistan was not all that important and was an afterthought for him
Reodad Khan ... Nation,Lahore May First.2005
Written in anguish
By Roedad Khan
For Pakistanis, there are three mysteries in life: When they are going to die, when independent democracy will be established and when army will strike again. There are, in my view, two factors that, above all others have shaped our history during the last 50 years or so. One is the growing power of the military in running the affairs of state. The other, without doubt, consists in the total failure of the politicians, the intelligentsia, the intellectuals, in fact, the entire civil society to comprehend the threat posed by a powerful army to the country’s fragile democracy, and to devise ways and means to thwart it. “Military coups”, Alexis De Tocqueville warned more than 200 years ago, “are always to be feared in democracies. They should be reckoned among the most threatening of the perils, which face their future existence. Statesmen must never relax their efforts to find a remedy for this evil”. Sadly, the warning went unheeded in newly independent Pakistan. When our descendants, in a century’s time, come to look at our age, it is these two phenomena that will, I think, be held to be the determining factors of our history - the most demanding of explanation and analysis. Not surprisingly, 58 years after independence, a General in uniform rules 140 million Pakistanis without their consent. Government without consent, as every student of political science knows, is called tyranny. This is not what Mr Jinnah envisioned for Pakistan. Memories come back to me like shards of glass prompting tears, sorrow and anger. 58 years ago, Pakistan symbolised all our wishes and expectations. It was like a dream come true and carried with it a sense of pride, of excitement, and of jubilation. With Mr Jinnah’s death it was as if a great light had gone out, and people were left groping in the dark. The nation donned black. The airwaves resounded to a perpetual lamentation. 57 years after his death, we should be raising a toast to Jinnah, his vision, and his democratic principles. And we should take that opportunity to ask the question: How in the world did we allow ourselves to get from there to here. 57 years after Jinnah’s death, our entire political system has been pulled into a black hole caused by periodic army intervention and prolonged army rule. Today Pakistan is like a nightmare in which you foresee all the horrible things, which are going to happen and can’t stretch out your hand to prevent them. Such is the feeling conjured up by army rule in Pakistan. Why did the army get involved in the politics of Pakistan in the first instance? Why did Ayub Khan stab Pakistan’s fledgling democracy in the back? Why was he allowed to commit the original sin? Worse still, why did everybody acclaim it? There was no breakdown of law and order to justify imposition of Martial Law. There was also no civil commotion to prevent the judges from attending their courts. The country was abuzz with politics, but that happens in all democracies, especially on the eve of elections.Why did the superior judiciary, the guardian of the constitution, the protector of the citizens’ rights, become subservient to the executive and to the philosophy of the party in power? Why is it that no one raised his little finger to protect the Supreme Court when it was attacked by thugs unleashed by the government? Why was the court allowed to be desecrated and demeaned? Why did we allow the rule of law to give way to the rule of man? Why must our judges match their constitutional ideas and legal language to the exigencies of current politics? Why did the courts tailor their decisions for reasons of expediency or, at times, for simple survival? Why did the Parliament, the pillar of our state, the embodiment of the will of the people, become a rubber stamp? Why did it allow itself to be gagged? Why did it surrender its sovereignty to both military and civilian dictators? Why did it acquiesce in the desecration of the Supreme Court? Why did Pakistan become a land of opportunities for corrupt, unscrupulous, unprincipled politicians; judges and generals; corrupt and dishonest civil servants; smugglers and tax evaders who have bank accounts, luxurious villas, mansions, and apartments in the West? Why did Pakistan become a nightmare of corruption, crime and despair? Why? Why? The army of Pakistan struck Pakistan’s nascent democracy four times and has been in power for nearly half the country’s existence. It has cast a long shadow over politics in Pakistan even during the period of civilian rule. Repeated army intervention in the politics of Pakistan has been a recipe for disaster. It has thwarted the growth and development of parliamentary democracy and destroyed whatever little faith people had in their political institutions. What is worse, it has eroded people’s faith in themselves as citizens of a sovereign, independent, democratic country. The country is in a mess. Today Pakistan presents an image of a country plagued by political, ethnic and sectarian conflicts. The country appears to be adrift, lacking confidence about its future. Never before has public confidence in the country’s future sunk so low. Today people are besieged in their own country. Their take-off is held back; their development is blocked, although General Musharraf and his Prime Minister honestly think we Pakistanis are living in the best of times. The reality is that the country is headed in the wrong direction. Poverty is deepening. Educated unemployment is rising. It shows how far removed Pakistan is from the proverbial rising tide of the global economy that is supposed to be lifting all boats. What is going on? Actually it is quite simple: Musharraf and his cronies talk only to their base - the military and its corporate interests and are obliviously to everyone else’s concerns. Where are the voices of public outrage? Where is the leadership willing to stand up and say: Enough! Enough! We have sullied ourselves enough. 58 years after independence, are we really free? Are the people masters in their own house? Are our sovereignty and independence untrammelled? The nation has been forced against its will to accept a totalitarian democracy. “Say Pakistan”, and what comes to mind? Military coups, sham democracy and “elected”, all powerful President in uniform, who is also the Chief of Army Staff, a non-sovereign parliament, a figurehead Prime Minister and a spineless judiciary. For a demonstration of why the mere act of holding a rigged election is not an adequate path to democracy, look no further than Pakistan. A ritual conducted in the name of democracy but without a democratic process or a democratic outcome devalues real democracy. Such elections only solidify authoritarian rule, they are worse than counter-productive. Why are we passively mute? How can we be so comatose as a nation when all our political institutions are crumbling before our own eyes? In trying to describe our situation and our apathy I often turn to a book title of some years ago: Sleepwalking through history by Haynes Johnson. Pakistanis are like sleepwalkers who think all is well because they are blind to reality; if they saw reality as it truly is, they might go out of their minds. Today we are back to square one like Sisyphus, the Greek errant in mythology whose punishment in Hades was to push uphill a huge boulder only to have it tumble down again. Tyranny is not abandoned as long as it is served by a modicum of those two enormous and dreadful powers: the ignorance of the people and organised troops. It is going to be an uphill task.Why is Pakistan, under military rule for the fourth time in its life, largely immune to the winds of democracy that have blown everywhere else in the world? Why? That is a pretty important question. And why is it avoided in the United States? Why does America turn a blind eye to the deficit of democracy in Pakistan? It is because United States basically tells the Generals who rule Pakistan, that all they needed to do was to carry out American agenda, fight the so-called terrorists whom they called freedom fighters not very long ago; in the process kill innocent men, women and children; use the state apparatus against all those who resist American imperialism; withdraw support from freedom fighters in Kashmir; accept LoC as an international boundary, propagate “enlightened moderation” in the Islamic world and be nice to India. If they did all that, they could deny their own people the freedom America advocates everywhere else and rule forever. It all began with the cold war at the dawn of independence and systematically weakened democratic forces in Pakistan. After the end of the cold war, the emergence of international terrorism and Bush administration’s war on terror, have continued to favour the maintenance of “friendly” authoritarian regimes. The Bush administration’s call for democratisation invariably takes a backseat to security considerations perpetuating tolerance of “cooperative” dictators who support the war on terror. Pakistan is not on the Bush democracy list. Democracy, freedom of choice, rule of law and human rights, are highly desirable American goals but their priority has obviously diminished since September 11. In an off the cuff comment on the series of constitutional changes announced by President Musharraf, President Bush conveyed a sense that democracy in Pakistan was not all that important and was an afterthought for him
Reodad Khan ... Nation,Lahore May First.2005
