Envoy assails ‘Pakistan bashing’ by Indian media
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HYDERABAD (Deccan): Pakistan High Commissioner to India Salman Bashir on Sunday took a swipe at Indian media, saying ‘Pakistan bashing’ had become its ‘favourite pastime’.
"Fortunately, in Pakistan this is not the case. Our media doesn’t extensively report negative about India. But, in India some of them (media channels) made a good business out of it. It certainly does not help our relationship,” Mr Bashir told reporters here while debunking reports about Pakistani infiltration in Keran sector of India-held Kashmir.
Friendship (between India and Pakistan) can only flourish if it is cultivated and nurtured in the hearts and the minds of people. So by poisoning their hearts and minds, you are killing the soil on which it is sought to be based.
“Twisted reports (by media) prove to be a big disservice not only to our friendship, peace and future of peoples but they also hold us back from friendship and realising our potential as nation states.
“True friendship comes from hearts. This is where this sort of negativity dampens it. Hope the (Indian) media doesn’t just go by sensational reporting but also try to take the essence and the spirit of good things that both countries have,” he added.
The envoy said he would endorse a proposal for setting up a Pakistani visa facilitation centre in Hyderabad.
“We need the government of India’s approval for that,” he said.
Rahnuma-e-Deccan editor-in-chief Syed Vicaruddin, who hosted lunch in honour of the high commissioner, said he would take up the issue with External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid.
Mr Vicaruddin also requested the Pakistani envoy to take steps towards introducing at least a weekly direct flight between Hyderabad and Karachi.
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Oct 07, 2013 07:44am
"Friendship (between India and Pakistan) can only flourish if it is cultivated and nurtured in the hearts and the minds of people." Let's start by changing Pakistani history books by narrating the truth. Easy to point to others.
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Oct 07, 2013 08:45am
Finally someone is actually speaking up about this fact being a real thing. Shame on you Indian media.
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Oct 07, 2013 09:15am
Good point, yes there are some channels in India, one of them main-stream, that make money by flaring up passions. Two things I would like to point out however. Such channels are equally abrasive on Indian government when it comes to criticizing. Secondly, while the way debates are conducted and news reported could be far more professional, I don't think these channels ever "mis-reported". In all fairness, there are issues with Pakistan that the latter needs to address.
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Oct 07, 2013 09:43am
He is right you know,
Either you become what you hate, or you fall victim to what you hate. ...
In this case it might be good for India
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Oct 07, 2013 09:41am
Mr Bashir, CNN, Fox, BBC bash Pakistan- go tell them too...the root cause is not media but what Pakistan has become in eyes of the world.
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Oct 07, 2013 10:34am
Oh Pak Media thinks of India positively, thanks for the tweet.Indian media mainly talks about militants based in Pak, so how can it be positive?
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Oct 07, 2013 10:45am
How come you guys didn't mention that in the same "speech", he also claimed that LeT was a charity organization in Pakistan!! What do they donate?? Bombs, and bloodshed?!?! :D
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Oct 07, 2013 10:50am
Indians will never ever be trustworthy. They always look for opportunity to stab your back.
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Oct 07, 2013 10:59am
Good suggestions by Mr. Vicaruddin.
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Oct 07, 2013 12:06pm
It is a travesty that the people of two countries, born from one, who have the same blood and DNA, do not see themselves as brothers. There is animosity on both sides but there needs to be a focus on similarities rather than petty differences.
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Oct 07, 2013 12:38pm
I couldn't agree more with Mr. Bashir. Well said!
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Oct 07, 2013 02:29pm
Wow! What great choice of words Mr. Bashir. Unfortunately, your country's action towards India are always the opposite. Your body language on the border speaks so much that I am not able hear your speeches!!
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Oct 07, 2013 03:37pm
@John:
Do you want to elaborate on your statement?
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Oct 07, 2013 04:07pm
LOL ... The whole nation suffers with split personality ....
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Oct 07, 2013 04:19pm
@John:
What exactly you wanted to be changed?
Is that another pre-condition from your side?
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Oct 07, 2013 05:42pm
Author "Friendship (between India and Pakistan) can only flourish if it is cultivated and nurtured in the hearts and the minds of people."
Pakistan needs to stop using terrorism as a tool of its foreign police. Terrorism has now become a cottage industry in Pakistan. One hundred and one terrorist attacks took place in first 100 days of new Mian Sharif's government.
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Oct 07, 2013 06:02pm
@DJ Lim:
He is talking about the cheap and negative journalism that was reporting the price of Hina Rabbani's Handbag and her goggles. Whats the point?
Such kind of media does not contribute in strengthening the moral fiber of society. It creates jealousy and hatred. Media is the greatest platform to transform the mind of masses today. It is the social responsibility of Media to help improve things by giving a positive message.
Whatever is happening in Pakistan, the important thing is that our prime ministers want to extend the arm of friendship but Indian media seems to have a different agenda.
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Oct 07, 2013 06:00pm
I fully agree with Salman Bashir on this.
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Oct 07, 2013 06:09pm
*"...there needs to be a focus on similarities rather than petty differences."*
Differences arising out of carnage of 160 innocent citizens of an Indian metropolis or decapitating of soldiers of India defending their country at its border and taking their heads as trophies are not petty. They shake up the very core of civilized people!
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Oct 07, 2013 06:12pm
@John:
Can you be a little more specific about what you want changed in the Pakistani history books? I am genuinely interested.
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Oct 07, 2013 06:13pm
But, the fundamental question is " Why this friendship required ?, Friendship occurs when interests are common" After 66 years of continuous animosity, India has come to the conclusion "There is nothing which Pakistan can offer to India ? whatever good it had, has already been destroyed. Now, it will keep on taking one thing or the other in exchange of whatever worst it has, like hardliner jihadis, theological identity, violent attitude, illitrate elites etc. etc......list is long". India, specially youth has moved on and is no more interested in all this. Only few oldies from Punjab keep on living in the distant memories of their childhood in today's Pakistan. In another 10 years or so this baggage is also going to end.
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Oct 07, 2013 06:12pm
Janaab Bashir Saheb, Yeh Pakistan-bashing nahin. Yeh aap ka anti-Indianism hai jo har waqt aap ke har lafz mein dikhai deta hai. Aap apnaa rawaiyya aur maqsad sahi kar lein. Uske baad Hindustaan ke saath aap ke talluqaat theek ho jayenge. Why does it not occur to you that you should give up your patronage to terror and terrorist outfits? If you don't do that, things shall not improve. Baaqi duniyaa bhi dekhti hai. Woh to Hindustan ke control mein nahin. Phir woh kyon kehte hain ke duniya ka 70 se 80 phi sadi terror Pakistan se nikalta hai? Woh sab aap ne bhi padha hoga. Hum se naa sahi, apne allah se to dariye. Allah aap ko muaf nahin karega jab woh dekhe gaa ke usi ke banaye huye aur bandon ko aap halaaq karte hain? Aap ki tarah woh bhi to usi allah ke banaye hue hain. Kabhi soch liya ki jiye. V. C. Bhutani, Delhi, 7 Oct 2013, 1845 IST
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Oct 07, 2013 06:30pm
This is Indian media always trying to malign the image of Pakistan. Their anti- Pakistan stance has served to create anti- Pakistani sentiments among Indian public. Indian media, during recent border clashes have showed totally immature and biased behavior. It can be easily understandable from the recent event that when defense minister said terrorists, who were in Pakistani forces uniform have killed Indian soldiers. Media propagated by saying that they were Pakistani troops. Even media pressurized defense minister to change his statement.
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Oct 07, 2013 06:30pm
Media is free to report anything they want. We need to change our image through our actions.
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Oct 07, 2013 06:31pm
@John:
Very True..
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Oct 07, 2013 07:06pm
@Indian:
Stop believing in the news blindly my brother. your 'on-the-couch-watching-news' information may be wrong.
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Oct 07, 2013 07:08pm
@John:
History books?? The only history books that NEED to reflect the truth are the ones taught in indian schools.
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Oct 07, 2013 07:15pm
Pakistani Text Books do the similar job (of India and Hindu Bashing) far better than Indian Media. Indoctrination of hate, and false information impressed in tender minds will not change at later by media
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Oct 07, 2013 07:38pm
@John:
Can you be more specific? History is just a perspective and every country including the gr8 USA presents a perspective that suits them. Pakistani and Indian history is no exception.
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Oct 07, 2013 07:41pm
As an Indian, i couldn't agree more!
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Oct 07, 2013 07:49pm
@Shyam Kokku: Yours was the most sensible response from across the fence. Its not only Pakistan but Bharat itself needs to resolve lots of issues. All those issues are open for a long time. We all know that.
Honorable Pakistani Ambassador suggestions should be greeted by peace lovers on both sides. Adding non stop negativity by Bharati media shall hurt Bharat in the long run more than any one else.
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Oct 07, 2013 08:15pm
@Saghir Ahmed:
I think you should keep this stupid statement to yoursel, if both nations had same DNA and way of life, then what was the point of seperation?Why was Pakistan created then?
Do you know anything about the mindset of these hindus?
Do all women in Pakistan wear sari ? Do you eat all types of indian food ?
Do you speak marhati and malbari?
Yes both countries should live in peace but it doesnot mean that both countries are same.
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Oct 07, 2013 08:23pm
Indians think that they are top planners but they always fall in their own traps. Their agencies once said that there are three Pakistani agents roaming in India and also showed their images on News Channels. But just after the news on Indian news channels, Pakistani media found those guys in Lahore. They were shopkeepers in the local shopping mall.
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Oct 07, 2013 08:28pm
@Ravi Dallas TX:
Just go through main Indian news papers, you will see anti Pakistan news. Just an example, recently TOI published a news that girls were not allowed to wear jeans and tights in a Pakistani University; there were more than 700 anti Pakistan comments. In US majority of the schools won't allow girls to wear tights or shorts. Have Indian ever point out finger to US? NO. It's their past time hobby to tease and use bad language against pakistan.
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Oct 07, 2013 08:30pm
@John:
How about changing negative Indian mentality? Just log in to TOI, you will see anti Pakistan Masala news.
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Oct 07, 2013 08:37pm
The claim that Pakistani media does not report negatively about India is ridiculous. Take Dawn. Dawn often reports about single brutal rapes in India. One does not find anything about rapes in Pakistan in the Indian media. Dawn also picks and chooses AFP reports that are negative about India. The reality is that the Pakistan military and terrorism machine does much to invite the ire of the Indian media.
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Oct 07, 2013 08:39pm
It is about time foreign ministry should catalogue the Indian foreign office and press lies about Pakistan. Pakistan should be aggressive in damage control and challenging the lies by India. We have missed out thirty to forty years of good diplomacy. We have to show the real Indian face to the world, namely terror by Indian army in Kashmir, phony allegations and LOC attacks. I am pleased to see one diplomat who has the courage and hope his boss, the P.M shows some courage also.
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Oct 07, 2013 08:53pm
Mr salman bashir also termed Jamat-ul-dawa as charitable organisation. If Mr. Bhasir indeed thinks JuD chief hafiz saeed is not a terrorist but a saint then pls do not cry infront of whole world and project yourself as victim of terrorism.
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Oct 07, 2013 09:57pm
They like doing their Own dances while they eat their stale cake, then de-cry about Pakistan some more in the US Congress " Mr Hindustan its not about bigger is better, its about mutual respect & courtesy irregardless of the size of the country, reminder, Pakistan is very much nuclear Powered" Nation"
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Oct 07, 2013 10:32pm
@John:
Perhaps you should read UN Resolution on Kashmir. It is the truth that India ran to UN when she was too scared to lose what it had illegally acquired. It is also true that Pandit Nehru had promised that the future of Kashmir will be decided through plebiscite. . Please google these items and you shall know the truth. A country that doesn't respect the promises made by her founding fathers does not deserve the world's respect.
So what was it about changing the history in Pakistan's books?
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Oct 07, 2013 10:58pm
Pakistan is in a Glass House. But, throwing stones on outside innocent person. They cant imagine their fate if outsider throws same stone back.
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Oct 08, 2013 04:50am
I think it is not the best place to have the visa center.
Nizam ruled that place and wanted to join with Pakistan, move to different area. you will bound to bring death and fight , back in old Muslim era. Not good idea.There are elements will cause hatred, lets choose Madras, less problem and easy to do. Are you sensible in saying or just to create more hatred.
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Oct 08, 2013 07:13am
I totally agree with Salman Bashir sahib.. media from both sides are responsible. but especially Indian media. all Pakistani are not extremists or terrorist. i used to lived in Europe and north America. i have more Pakistani friends than Indians.
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Oct 08, 2013 07:58am
Things may be a bit hyped up in Indian media, but they are not spreading lies about Pakistan. Indian media (NDTV) has on its website puts photographs of killed militants lying on both sides of the fence on LOC. Salman Bashir says that Pak Army is not involved in what is happening on the LOC.
Have the militants reached the border fence without the knowledge of Pak Army patrolling the border? Can anyone believe it?
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Oct 08, 2013 08:15am
@asgher: Are you suffering from some amnesia? Last time Sharif extended hand of friendship and Indian PM trusted and went to Pakistan only to find that was a drama for Kargil. With this kind of history how do you expect Indians to react to your so called "arm of friendship".
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Oct 08, 2013 09:30am
@John: "Let's start by changing Pakistani history books by narrating the truth."
Have you considered the fact that it is the Bharti history books that have been so very subtly altered? Perhaps you are so brainwashed...you fail to notice, see the facts on the ground, staring you in the face.
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"Easy to point to others"
That is exactly what you have been doing here? Have you no insight to even notice that?
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Oct 08, 2013 09:40am
@AH:
He can't write down the whole text book to read.....Go back and read your school history books or read from Wikipedia.... here is the link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistani_textbooks_controversy
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Oct 08, 2013 10:54am
True. I feel sorry for the attitude of indian news media. It seems they thrive on anti pakistan sentiments building of the entire indian nation.
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Oct 08, 2013 11:51am
@hapuchi:
Your indoctrination is well displayed by your so-called "educated" media persons for everyone to see on Indian propaganda mouthpiece (a.k.a print and electronic media) barring The Hindu only. Indian xenophobia and jingoism is well known so stop lecturing all of you people from across the border.
As for Text book indoctrination, educating young minds with distorted history is a global phenomenon (and yours is no exception), even Columbus was (and still is) hailed as a hero and a savior of the 'New World' to school children in the US.
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Oct 08, 2013 12:12pm
There is a huge infiltration of Pakistani militants in the Keran sector. The media in India conducted a debate with three Pakistani ex-Generals and Indian ex-Servicemen. To my surprise, Pakistanis mocked at the proof presented by the anchor about the Pakistani origin of the terrorists like their id card, weapons and ammunition. Pakistan is never going to admit that it uses terrorism as a legitimate weapon against India. No proof will ever be enough! Pakistan suffers from a pathological hatred towards India which is manifested by the repeated terror attacks against India. Any dialogue with them is totally a waste of time now. We will have to give time to Pakistan to realize its own follies and how it is ruining its own interests by supporting terrorism against India. It will take time but the smart people of Pakistan will get there eventually, until then we Indians will have to wait and put forth our arguments patiently. Interestingly the ex-Generals from Pakistan on the debate admitted that Kargil war was active;ly supported by the Pakistani army and the then PM was fully ware of it. Given that, we should take Mr. Nawaz Sheriff's friendship call with a pinch of salt.
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Oct 08, 2013 12:49pm
@Wallis:
An Indian this side, and I am in total agreement with what you say. The two nations are separate, and the romantic dreams of uniting them are just a utopia. However, this should not stop us from dreaming of peaceful and cordial coexistence.
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Oct 08, 2013 12:46pm
The fact that this news invited so many comments from both the sides proves that we have lost our heads and wits to the media; be it in India and Pakistan.
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Oct 08, 2013 01:58pm
@Pankaj:
Isn't this distorted view exactly what this article is about! thanks a lot for giving us a demonstration of your cheap arrogance!
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Oct 08, 2013 02:15pm
He's just trying to say that media needs to be a responsible business. You all are wasting each other's time. I don't care about friendship, but peace will help both Pakistan and India as they both are poor countries. Masses are without basic facilities all over respective countries. And the governments continue to waste a lot of money on defense which can be used for the development of masses in so many different ways. That to me matters. Friendship would be preferred but not necessary.
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Oct 08, 2013 03:09pm
@Nizamuddin Aali:
Why you forgot the Baluchistan, why you forgot the Talibans ....after all... that also comes from across the border.
No one is all saint per say.
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Oct 08, 2013 03:58pm
@John:
Too Goood summation.......
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Oct 08, 2013 04:53pm
@Nadeem (US):
Who started this first. Why don't you see archives of PTV . And see the archives of DD at the same time. You will find out who started it first.
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Oct 08, 2013 05:06pm
True Friend !! Indeed !
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Oct 08, 2013 06:38pm
I can surely endorse Mr Ambassador's observations. As a retired person sitting in a foreign land I regularly read TOI and HT of India and Dawn of Pakistan beside other regional dailies. As a neutral observer I can vouch that Indian media thrives on Pakistan and Islam bashing. In any blog whenever it comes to a topic of Islam or Pakistan you simply have to watch how low the writers can stoop. Among them are many highly educated and highly placed Indians at home and abroad. I don't know how they have developed this vicious mindset. It negates the high achievement India has made in the fields of journalism, medicine, economy etc.
Indians have to change this state of mind for the betterment of India and the region. This is the earnest and humble prayer of this reader of yours. Amen.
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Oct 08, 2013 06:48pm
This guy, doesn't even knows what to speak and he is in a commissioner position.... good one.. perhaps their army is keeping them in dark bot what they are doing on the borders ;) i won't blame them.. that's how the world sees pakistan's administration controlling null space.. he he he..
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Oct 08, 2013 07:23pm
@Saad(DXB):
Pakistan has all the due respect from world lol...If your country has the guts to take it, come and do so.
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Oct 08, 2013 07:37pm
Hope India and Pakistan can reunite so we can push the media to highlight real problems.
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Oct 08, 2013 07:42pm
How Indian media has turned an overwhelming majority of Indians (I am honestly thinking people of Hinduism faith here) is evident from comments received on articles in Dawn by our Indian friends (I am thinking anti-Pakistani war mongers). Almost all of them are negative. And my question is why are you guys reading our newspapers and leaving negative comments? Is this an instruction from RAW to all you employees? And please ignore this comment and don't put thumbs down on it, because if you do, it will prove my point.
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Oct 08, 2013 09:32pm
@Wallis:
Wallis bhai, languages & clothing/ eating habits of people change every fifty kilometers. Compare languages, food & clothing of people in say Chitral/ Swat to those in Gawadar. Or compare Lahoris with FATA people. Does that mean the Chitralis or Sawatis are less Pakistanis than Gawadaris? Or, FATA pathans less Pakistanis than Lahoris? Before the arrival of the rowdy invaders from middle east, you and I and every one in this part of the sub-continent were either Buddhists or Hindus (remember Bamiyan or Sawat Buddhas?). Taxila university was famous for Buddhist learning. We are all brothers and religious conversion can not change this fact. Do a scientific analysis of your genes & DNA and you will be convinced that they match 100% exactly with the same from people of this side of the border.
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Oct 08, 2013 10:27pm
@Nadeem (US):
Not sure what part of the US you live in. Girls are allowed to wear whatever they want to school. The only restriction is modified clothing to indicate gang affiliation.
TOI is not a serious news outlet in India. Read "The Hindu" if you want "news". Read TOI for entertainment.
And finally, jeans not being allowed in this day and age is news - whether it happens in Bihar or in the US. Clearly for you, putting restrictions on women's wear is just fine - well that's news for Indians who think that Pakistan is like the rest of the world.
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Oct 09, 2013 02:28am
@Siddharth: Its a lie..I checked
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Oct 09, 2013 02:50am
I totally agree that friendship springs from the hearts of people.
Has the Government of Pakistan decided to remove anti-Hindu lessons from "Pakistan Studies" or am I wrong in assuming that it is still being taught?
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Oct 09, 2013 02:57am
Time for Pakistanis to revisit history AS IT IS?
Not the one doctored for legitimizing Partition?
The story of bloody conquest of India by Muslim invaders?
The long standing bitterness about unsavory facets of the Mughal rule?
The charade carried out by Pakistan,which jettisoned secularism almost immediately after Partition?
The shrinking of Hindu population in Pakistan...
The abysmal depths to which minority rights have sunk to in Pakistan?
The quiet approval given to terrorists in Kashmir...being unable to confront India head-to-head militarily?
Lots of things have to be sorted out Mr Ambassador?
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Oct 09, 2013 05:25am
@Saghir Ahmed:
Even though we have same DNA. We belong to two different religions one intent on subjugating the whole world and killing non believers. The other is more than 10,000 year old with great philosophy and non violence. When Pakistan is funding and orchestrating terrorists activities our media is bound to report it. Why is the truth so hurtful to pakistanis?
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Oct 09, 2013 07:19am
@Blitzer:John just like billion other indians has only heard it on indian media and jsut repeating it......
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Oct 09, 2013 10:35am
@Shankar:
But Shankar do keep in mind who went to the UN for resolution of Kashmir dispute and holding Plebiscite??Further do you know who were Makti Bahini?? In Mid 70s and 80s, who used to subject Peshawar and adjoining areas to mortar and rocket attacks across the border??? Why you have so many consulates in Afghanistan who recruit Terrorists and send them across to Pakistan??? What is your interest in Balochistan and when we give you proof, you comment these are insufficient??? What indian origin weapons and ammunition doing in Karachi??? Why you removed your Ambessador in Ukraine when they sold us the T-80UD tanks??? Why you opposed us in our deal with Russia in buying MI25 and MI35 Gunship Helicopters??? Peaceful coexistance can only be possible when India is serious about talks and does not subject dialogue process to preconditioning.. India should not be allergic from the word mediation??? India need to accept Pakistan as a state which is fully capable of confronting India in all walks of life..
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Oct 09, 2013 10:51am
Look at the comments here. Are we ready for friendship? Someone is living in a fool's paradise or is in a complete state of denial. One wonder's how far we can be from reality? Politicians live in secured areas where common people and their emotions cannot reach them. The civil servants are their mouthpieces and sometimes spicy mouthpieces. Attacking each other gets the Embassy staff additional brownie points in their home offices.
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Oct 09, 2013 04:25pm
@El Cid:
Can you tell us some instances from Bharti history books that were wrong. Believe me you cant even tell 1. And if there is something that you are able to make out....let know....we will tell you the truth
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Oct 09, 2013 04:56pm
@Sohail Ahmed:
Sir,I think you should help Indians refocus their thinking?
Help rid of negative thoughts about Islam,Pakistan and all things connected with them.
A list by you about the positive aspects of Islam and Pakistan and the benefits of close relationship with them would help us?
My views are very hostile and negative regarding them-it would really help me to get rid of bad thoughts early in the morning reading news about Pakistan in Dawn?
A listing about virtues about your religion and Pakistan and way Pakistan is handling it's affairs with India and the rest of the world?
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Oct 09, 2013 05:08pm
Honestly; Bashir is and always was an incompetent liar.
In India he is not taken very seriously,hence he should stop complaining.
Bashir Nice try to turn the tables on the India media, but its an old ploy, think differently if you can.
An old saying goes as follows; there cannot be any smoke without fire.
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Oct 09, 2013 07:37pm
Indians are still living in stone age where rhetoric and talk of war keeps the clan / tribe together it is their compulsion to keep bashing Pakistan so that their tribe remain united otherwise India will disintegrated they have no other joice
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Oct 09, 2013 08:00pm
Although Pakistani media is much younger than Indian media but Pakistani media proved that they are more independent and unbiased, whereas Indian media is under strict control of Indian establishment and hardcore right wing parties
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Oct 09, 2013 08:43pm
@Youth:
Yeah you are absolutely correct. It is the only way India will thrive, Bashing Pak!!!
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Oct 09, 2013 09:31pm
What Salman Bashir has said is confirmed by reading the way Indians responding to this news.
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Oct 09, 2013 10:00pm
Believe me there is nothing in Indian press worth reading.That is why you find so many Indians taking interest in Pakistani publications. Of course , Indian papers do attract attention when they cover Bollywood stars & Bollywood mughals who sell them dreams on the siver screen.
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Oct 10, 2013 01:39am
@Arun:
The so-called "single brutal rapes" in India are not just reported in Pakistan but throughout the world. The Delhi case was big news here in UK.
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Oct 10, 2013 06:46am
According to Pakistani professor Tariq Rahman, Pakistani textbooks cannot mention Hindus without calling them cunning, scheming, deceptive or something equally insulting. The textbooks ignore the pre-Islamic history of Pakistan except to put the Hindu predecessors in negative light.
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Oct 10, 2013 10:44am
@Rana:
i could not agree more with you brother.. thats sensibility at its best.. proud of your parents who have given you such upbringing.... If all the people on both sides of the border understand this, i don't see why we can't have peace..... war will only take us to destruction and mayhem.
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Oct 10, 2013 10:52am
this bashir is another clone of rahman.. their ex interior minister (if i am not wrong).. i seriously doubt the entire pakistan administration know anything going on the borders at this moment... hence this crap coming out of a commissioner who has little knowledge of it.. these guys don't even have the guts to point fingers or raise questions against their army for fear of another coup... so while their pm is extending the hand of friendship, their army is engaged in another covert operation supporting the terrorists to cross the border fence..... dilemma for india.. who to trust.. friend or the foe..
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Oct 10, 2013 12:06pm
@GSB:
True India is not obsessed with Pakistan but it is the other way round.
Pakistan cannot dare to make its minority citizen a head of state
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Oct 10, 2013 04:34pm
@maslia:
Certainly not in my city!
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Oct 10, 2013 11:25pm
@GSB:
no wonder the whole of India is blowing smoke...hot and cold that is :))
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