Comments on: Free Speech in Pakistan? You’re serious? http://bakkah.wordpress.com/2006/11/20/free-speech-in-pakistan-youre-serious/ My views on cricket, life, politics, Islam and some more cricket Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:15:11 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: hemlock http://bakkah.wordpress.com/2006/11/20/free-speech-in-pakistan-youre-serious/#comment-168 hemlock Fri, 08 Dec 2006 18:34:15 +0000 http://bakkah.wordpress.com/2006/11/20/free-speech-in-pakistan-youre-serious/#comment-168 yeh na thee hamari kismet... i returned to find two updates, and none about najam sethi... you better believe im eagerly awaiting it... (and die of ecstacy therein)... and no, i didnt badmouth your blog. i just said it was boring. yeh na thee hamari kismet…

i returned to find two updates, and none about najam sethi…
you better believe im eagerly awaiting it… (and die of ecstacy therein)…

and no, i didnt badmouth your blog. i just said it was boring.

]]> By: Moderate Enlightenment http://bakkah.wordpress.com/2006/11/20/free-speech-in-pakistan-youre-serious/#comment-150 Moderate Enlightenment Sun, 03 Dec 2006 06:32:56 +0000 http://bakkah.wordpress.com/2006/11/20/free-speech-in-pakistan-youre-serious/#comment-150 <i>hemlock: i will eagerly await it.</i> Khushi se mar ne jatey agar 'aitebaar hota . . ! Waisey you have some cheek saying that, after bad-mouthing this <i>poor wee</i> blog for hours n hours the other day....! ;-) hemlock: i will eagerly await it.

Khushi se mar ne jatey agar ‘aitebaar hota . . !

Waisey you have some cheek saying that, after bad-mouthing this poor wee blog for hours n hours the other day….! ;-)

]]> By: hemlock http://bakkah.wordpress.com/2006/11/20/free-speech-in-pakistan-youre-serious/#comment-145 hemlock Sat, 02 Dec 2006 12:37:38 +0000 http://bakkah.wordpress.com/2006/11/20/free-speech-in-pakistan-youre-serious/#comment-145 one day, some day, i hope you will write that response. i will eagerly await it. dunno about the brickbats though... one day, some day, i hope you will write that response. i will eagerly await it.
dunno about the brickbats though…

]]> By: Abu Abdur Rahman http://bakkah.wordpress.com/2006/11/20/free-speech-in-pakistan-youre-serious/#comment-138 Abu Abdur Rahman Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:47:53 +0000 http://bakkah.wordpress.com/2006/11/20/free-speech-in-pakistan-youre-serious/#comment-138 Hemlock - thank you for stopping by :-) My reply to your comments merits a post of its own; at least I hope it does. One day, some day, I will write it and eagerly await the brickbats that will surely follow. Hemlock – thank you for stopping by :-)

My reply to your comments merits a post of its own; at least I hope it does. One day, some day, I will write it and eagerly await the brickbats that will surely follow.

]]> By: hemlock http://bakkah.wordpress.com/2006/11/20/free-speech-in-pakistan-youre-serious/#comment-111 hemlock Tue, 21 Nov 2006 01:39:13 +0000 http://bakkah.wordpress.com/2006/11/20/free-speech-in-pakistan-youre-serious/#comment-111 Najam Sethi has been in jail for writing against establishment. Ejaz Haider, Khalid Ahmed and Irfan Hussain have been living off a racket called The Friday Times for over a decade now, so DT, if anything, was a step down from the throne. DT has by far been the most outspoken paper in musharraf's reign, at the same time, has been upfront in giving praise where and when it was due. yes, If being critical of muslims, or a new-and-improved-to-suit-your-daily-needs version of islam, or a group of baton wielding men representing a nation of 160 million people is buying them advertisements, then yes, daily times is guilty on those accounts. at no time has DT ever put down the ideology, the country, or the religion it was based on in its four years of publication. it is a paper written by the elite FOR the elite, and it speaks the one language they can understand; in an effort to perhaps bring about a change the country so desperately needs. Najam Sethi has been in jail for writing against establishment. Ejaz Haider, Khalid Ahmed and Irfan Hussain have been living off a racket called The Friday Times for over a decade now, so DT, if anything, was a step down from the throne.
DT has by far been the most outspoken paper in musharraf’s reign, at the same time, has been upfront in giving praise where and when it was due.
yes, If being critical of muslims, or a new-and-improved-to-suit-your-daily-needs version of islam, or a group of baton wielding men representing a nation of 160 million people is buying them advertisements, then yes, daily times is guilty on those accounts. at no time has DT ever put down the ideology, the country, or the religion it was based on in its four years of publication.
it is a paper written by the elite FOR the elite, and it speaks the one language they can understand; in an effort to perhaps bring about a change the country so desperately needs.

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