Another set of ‘reports’ from the Indian media exposed
Supposedly professional Indian news outfits like the Times of India, Hindustan Times and India Today have recently been publishing dramatic reports about the Pakistani ex-president Pervez Musharraf ‘admitting’ to having deceived the US and ‘unlawfully diverted’ American aid and equipment. An interview the ex-president gave to a Pakistani news channel is vaguely attributed to as source of the ‘revelations’.
An examination of the actual interview revealed, unsurprisingly, that the president said no such thing. In response to a question, he only deliberated on the ludicrous nature of claims that American aid was being ‘misused’. He simply pointed out that new equipment is issued to the regiments and units of the Pakistan Army; not to a particular campaign or theatre. Units of the army are regularly rotated out of the Western Front to their peacetime locations in the east [near India] and they cannot be expected to leave their combat gear out in the mountains when being re-posted. THAT cannot and is not considered a diversion of funds or a breach of any agreement or understanding, the general implied.
How Musharraf’s words can possibly be translated into ‘Musharraf admitted that he had violated rules governing the use of the military aid, and justified his actions by saying he had acted in the best interest of Pakistan’ and ‘he said he did not care whether the US would be angered by his disclosure’ is beyond understanding. Musharraf never considered his words to be a ‘disclosure’ of any sort, in fact he was pointing out what he thought was obvious so the notion of him ‘not caring’ about spilling beans doesn’t even apply. Such blatantly conceived un-journalistic distortions are beyond anything resembling professional fault and firmly in the realm of malicious disinformation campaigning.
Predictably anti-Pakistani enthusiats throughout the world (including top Indian officials) jumped on this as if it were some long expected ‘vindication’ of their baseless accusations regarding Pakistan hoodwinking the west on its role in the WoT. The fact that Musharraf didn’t even mention any checks and restrictions placed by the US (let alone talk about breaking them) didn’t deter enthused politicians and ‘observers’ alike from ranting themselves hoarse at Musharraf’s ‘irresponsibility’ or Pakistan’s ‘duplicity’. Such was the strength of the propaganda, and the naivety of those willing to believe it, that Musharraf was forced to issue a clarification, saying that nowhere did he imply that the US was disregarded or unaware about how their assistance is used.
Some would suggest that Musharraf be careful of what he says in the future. But that’s entirely beside the point since what he said did not remotely resemble what was published by the Indian press and reported by the Indian media in their typical sensationalist fashion. The more worrying development is the increasing number of people, unaware of the instinctive tendency in India to malign their hated rival at every opportunity, end up considering Indian sources to be neutral. The lesson here is simple: the Indian press and media should not to be confused for a balanced or objective source of information in regards to Pakistan.
To drive the point home we have another, slightly more amusing, example of ‘reporting’ from the Indian press. The Times of India ran another interesting piece of late titled ‘Musharraf rewarded militant who slit throat of Indian officer’. The source of the report was apparently the Urdu newspaper column of a rather sensationalist journalist Hamid Mir. It is not common for the mainstream Pakistani press to give much credence to his work and others of the same quality, but the Indian press obviously thinks otherwise. Claims of the Pakistani high command practicing barbarianism, and appreciating beheaded Indian bodies, would be received well in India undoubtedly. But the same couldn’t be said of the preceding paragraph in the referred column, which would perhaps explain why it was conveniently omitted entirely:
“Indian Army killed 14 civilians on February 25, 2000 in Lonjot village of Nakial in Azad Kashmir. Indian commandos crossed the LoC, spent the whole night in a Pakistani village and left early morning. They slit the throats of three girls and took away their heads with them. They also kidnapped two local girls. The next morning, the heads of the kidnapped girls were thrown towards Pakistani soldiers by the Indian Army.”
This was the motivation behind the Indian officer’s supposed mutilation, according to Hamid Mir. Thus, if such utterly unverifiable tripe about something that allegedly happened years ago is suddenly relevant enough for the Indian media to report, then they could’ve at least quoted it in its context. If Hamid Mir is so credible, why be so selective with his article? Is it because the Indian press considers the allegation of Musharraf rewarding a militant for beheading an Indian army-man more serious than Indian soldiers beheading five innocent girls and throwing their heads at Pakistani soldiers? Obviously, professional integrity or moral accountability is not much of priority.
If raising awareness about breaches of international law in the Disputed Territory was the purpose of the article, wouldn’t it make more sense to draw attention to the Indian Army’s well documented atrocities in the rebel infested territories of Kashmir instead of publishing nonsense, even that distortedly? It would appear the purpose of the once respected Indian press is only to stroke the hate of those who choose to harbour nothing but contempt for Pakistan. Pakistan has genuine reasons to be wary of its large, and fairly obsessed, neighbour after all.
LINKS:
US funds were diverted to strengthen defence against India: Musharraf – Pakistan – World – NEWS – The Times of India
Pakistan diverted US funds to strengthen defence against India: Musharraf- Hindustan Times
US funds used to strengthen against India: Mush: Rediff.com news
Musharraf admits US money used against India-News-VIDEOS-The Times of India
‘Musharraf rewarded Pak militant who slit throat of Indian officer’ – Pakistan – World – NEWS – The Times of India
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31 Comments
indian media is always loudmount against pakistan , we must improve our media to reply in same manner
Asalam Alaikum Zaidi sahab.
No, I don’t think we should resort to dirty tactics. What will be the difference between them and us.
Take care.
Allah Hafiz.
Indian media has got nothing else to do, actually Pakistan is the favorite topic of Indian people and specially when it involves negativity. And this seems to be the best way to market their channels and gain viewers and also on the other hand it serves their national duty of trying to ruin the image of Pakistan world wide. And may be this is their strategy where they want to keep their public’s mind diverted towards Pakistan to hide their internal political issues and also to bring some fragrance of patriotism for unity and reducing their inter-state hatred.
Can indian media knows a REAL NEWS?
musharraf ohhhhhhhhh
he was first person who sale OUR GREAT PAKISTAN in hands of bloody americans
hell is ready for hi
Disinformation / media propaganda must not be viewed in isolation from India’s other activities on the ground / military arena, commerce, political, diplomatic and other areas designed to destabilize her neighbors. India has well thought out plans / projects to further her goals in recreating the Hindu empire it had lost a thousand years ago.
^ what they said
Being an Indian, I wouldn’t deny that any news about pakistan is not covered my our media. But, after all, the main aim of this channels has always been TRP. they cater what audience look for.
Coming to Mushrarraf’s issue, I do not know which channel made the news, so won’t comment…
@mujib.khan – ‘India has well thought out plans / projects to further her goals in recreating the Hindu empire it had lost a thousand years ago.’
India is a secular country unlike Pakistan which is an Islamic country. I am a Hindu, and proud of my religion. But, that does not makes me to disrespect other religions. For me, foremost thing comes is to be a humble human, then a proud Indian, and after that falls everything. May be rather than your instincts, your religion drives your thinking. But India isn’t a biased nation which is trying to set your so called ‘Hindu empire’. Ours is enriched diverse culture of various religions and beliefs, which makes it a true ‘empire’.
musharraf did not sold the country the current govt did and the politicans. and so are the rest of the monkeys all for the sake of $$$$$$$
very shameful to see to great countries fighting each other, we should be fighting our 1common enemy which is always in front of us we dont see the enemy at all, infact we welcome him with open arms he sits between us and laughs at us, throws money, converts our people against us spread terrorism in our cities and we bow in front of him as f he is god…….
@zulfiqar74 Correct observation, will you want to name that enemy, i think it exists in between our hearts, its called hatred. And it is creating war, and more and more people are destroyed as a result of war.
@ALL – India is not a Hindu country anymore, I think it was earlier, even when Islam was not born, Birth of Islam was officially around 600 CE(AD). Kuran was assembled around 632 CE. Mesopotamian Civilization is around 5000 years old, that makes it around 3000 BC (BC stands for before the birth of christ). So My point is this war is just 50 years old, and maybe hindu-muslim conflict is a couple of hundred years old, or maybe since Changez Khan conquered India. In other countries they converted people against their will, But maybe they thought in India its not wise to do if everyone is Hindu. So they might have started creating ridges. Well one is free to chose their religion. But my point is we are fightings since so many years but we were one, once, born of same mothers and fathers, our skin has same colour, hair, cultures.. Doesn’t this thought ring a bell that a couple of thousand years ago, we might have the same one person who we can call our ancestor. And we are fighting each other.
One more thought.. What Indian govt. can do?
in 1929 US govt. forces 100,000 Americans of Mexican origins out of their lands, homes, and sent them to mexico. it is called ‘Mexican Repatriation’ if you want to look up in wikipedia.com
In 1940- germany cancelled the citizenship of Jewish citizens in an effort to drive them out, kill them, tear down Synagogues(prayer houses).
Several times in USA, people who have showed interest of being friendly with the enemy, or even co-inciding with the enemy’s policy are charged with Treason( Gaddaari), their land confiscated, citizenship cancelled(even if by birth).
So, my point is Indian gov.t does not do all this. WHY?
Can it not do it? Ofcourse it can, its been done internationally, some things violate some human rights, but charging kashmiri residents who have anti India opinions with Treason and confiscating their money, land, house etc. is allowed to be done. But that is not the whole point.
Also a school of thought:
Jinnah created pakistan with 20% of the muslim population of British India.
The Hindu’s in pakistan were mostly killed except few exceptions, which today can freely follow hindu religion in there houses.
If Kashmir becomes a secular state, many historians and international affairs experts say that Pakistan will occupy it.
In contrast, more than 60% Kashmiri’s want to be secular of both India and Pakistan.
If let’s say Kashmir is secular then Indian’s will cut all trade ties with new formed Secular Kashmir, as we don’t have trade with Pakistan presently.
No Hindu’s would visit new Kashmir, as we presently don’t visit Pakistan. Kashmir has no major Industries except Artisan- Handicrafts. Most of the people live off Land.
And will continue to live off land, but they will not be able to sell, Carpets, handicrafts, Apples in India. They would require to procure a visa to come to India as opposed to presently where they go to different cities with their goods, and sell them without paying taxes. PS. Some Kashmir Carpets retail for more than Rs. 10,00,000.
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well east or west musharraf is the best…….he really deserves to rule…….military ppl are always good governers…..
sary bikaao hain… we need khalafat system
Usake liye Paisa Chahiye miya..Tumara pura Paisa to Militancy main laga hain ..Ask Taliban to support you guys ..
india ha hi boht bara ……
“BHENCHOD”
Assalam u alikum bro,
if one of them does something like this,
we must not be like them,
because they are proving that how much they are jealous and afraid of us and want our nation to break down by spreadinf false rumours!
ans so we must NOT support them in getting their objectives!
So stand UNITED against all those who want to do that !!
Pakistan Zindabad !!
Dude !!
Control !!
Even if they are, why do we give them any attention ??
Just stand UNITED against people (like these INDIANS) who want to break down our nation !!
WHAT PAKISTAN DOES WRONG
I am a new forum member and i have been avidly reading the entries from various users with different viewpoints. I think the geo political scenario at the present is much different than what it was in the 50′s or the 60′s, when both rival states had equal footing and did not possess any tactical or economic superiority over the other. The situation is much different as a new age dawns.
In the light of truth i think we can safely assume and ….im sure the pakistani counterparts would agree, that india is at a much stronger position economically and militarily and is now a force to be reckoned with in the international scene. Why hasnt pakistan who used to counter indian advancements with advancements of their own failed to reach the same status as india in the 21st century?
Lets examine shall we?…
India was in a retrogressive path up until the 90′s. Infact the situation was so terrible that there was a real chance pakistan could launch an invasion plan and succeed. The indians were swamped with embargos from foreign states save russia. Techonology transfer to india was considered unthinkable to the americans. In fact India remained the underdog until the 90′s and swamped through with the sole support of few nations such as russia. Whereas pakistan revelled in the comfort provided by their all powerful ally the “United States of America”. Tech transfers, military support etc were all given to pakistan without reserve.
After the 90′s India, under the guidance of then financial minister Manmohan Sigh launched a series of economic reforms that transformed the nation from a backwater swamp state to a formidable economic force by the dawn of 21st century. The power of these economic reforms propelled india to a new age. Reforms and the backing of the billion strong indian population gave india the boost it was looking for.
Pakistan however resorted to underhanded tactics trying to destabilize india instead of trying to reform their own economy in response. Instead of launching economic reforms of their own they resorted to printing fake indian currency, lobbying in the foreign law making institutions to further hinder india, etc etc. Infact so much effort was spent on trying to “contain” india that the pakistani leaders forgot to look to their nations well being. They found comfort in magnifying the “indian threat” instead of simply trying to ressurect theuir heavily burdened economy.
A major fault with the pakistani establishment is that the military is the real factor controlling the nation. A true democracy was never allowed to flourish under the pakistani system. Every once in a while one crack-pot general would decide the system is falliable and take over. Sending the country in a spiralling descent into anarchy and poverty. Once he starts stabilising the country another nut job would decide to take over. The cycle repeats over and over again. Pakistan could never attain stability as a democratic entity. And lack of stability resulted in a stagnant economy where investing was considered very risky, not because of stock fluctuations…but because of the fear of losing everything as a result of some national crisis.
When assailed with neuclear embargos and trade restrictions, india struggled. But at the same time the indians made it a point to develop their own indigenous systems so they would be able to perform their needs without having to rely on others. When super computers were denied…they made their own. When nuclear technology transfer was prohibited, they created their own fast breeder reactors. When space technology was denied , they launched their own space programmes.
What does pakistan do when denied? Think about it. All they have done is whine in the international stage about how they were being denied . Pakistan instead of trying to bridge relations, tries further to destabilise its rising neighbour all the while ignoring their own internal struggles.
There is a stark contrast between the indian preception of pakistan and the pakistan preception of india. All the while pakistani leadership spreads propoganda about the “indian threat” and plants seeds of hate and insecurity in the pakistani youth about the non-existent threat; the indian youth dont even care. They have hopes, dreams and aspirations, and petty rivalaries are beneath them. As Pakistanis seem to assume; there are no “anti pakistan” speecehes being made all over india. Infiact there is a growing sympathy to the pakistani struggles. Infact the one thime pakistan was coming under the flood, prayer grups were being organised in various parts of india to pray for the victims of the flood. Undeniably both the RAW and the ISI tries to deter one another. But the difference is, the whole pakistani national effort is spent on trying to contain “india”. Whereas in India only a small effort is being expended on this regard, while the bulk is being set to reforming the national infrastucture, economy and education.
Think hard and deep before flamming me for this post but in the light of truth, these are facts and undeniable.
Regards
Styx.
Well Mujib, it’s true that the quality of reporters in Indian media has deteriorated over the years. It’s possible that the Indian government is ambitious to play the big brother role in the region. But a Hindu empire is entirely out of question, as India is a secular country with a muslim population larger than any other country in the world, not to mention the christians, sikhs etc.. Having said that I earnestly believe the current day Indian media tries to hype stuff to do with Pakistan in a negative way most of the time. But Indian readers are no idiots. Just see how many of them will be in business over the next few years.
what do u guys think of this report frm the Dawn?
Pakistan ranks 10th among ‘failed states’ By Our Correspondent
Tuesday, 22 Jun, 2010 Pakistan has more than once been described as the world’s most dangerous country. — Photo by AFP Editorial
At the edge of an abyss WASHINGTON: Pakistan was ranked the 10th most failed state in the world, just three places below Afghanistan, in a US survey released on Monday.
Somalia tops the 2010 Failed States Index followed by Zimbabwe, Sudan, and Chad.
The index issued by the prestigious Foreign Policy magazine and the Fund for Peace, a Washington-NGO, ranks India 87th in a list of 177 countries.
Burma has been placed at 13. Sri Lanka is ranked 22 and Nepal 25. China is at 57th place.
Norway is ranked the world’s most stable country and is at the bottom of the list.The Untied States is ranked 158 but is not among the 10 most stable countries.
The report notes that Pakistan has more than once been described as the world’s most dangerous country. Its wild northern reaches remain host to various branches of the Pakistani Taliban and Al Qaeda.
More than three million Pakistani civilians were displaced by “counterinsurgency” operations in 2009 — the largest single movement of people since the Rwandan genocide.
“President Asif Ali Zardari’s democratically elected government looks hapless — unable to gain any measure of civilian control over a nuclear-armed military … or an intelligence service that stands accused of abetting the Afghan Taliban,” observes the Foreign Policy magazine.
Social Indicators
Pakistan is the world’s seventh-most populous country, with a population density of over 226 people per kilometre. The country has a moderate youth bulge; the average age is 21 and over 37 per cent of Pakistanis are under 15 years of age.
Pakistan has historically been home to vicious political battles between rival parties, as well as consistent conflicts within the tribal regions and in Balochistan. Pakistan suffers from a significant brain drain.
The instability of the country has pressured many students to seek education abroad; many scientists, doctors, and businesspeople who can afford to leave the country altogether.
Economic Indicators
The poorest 10 per cent of Pakistanis account for four per cent of the national income, while the richest 10 per cent account for over 26 per cent of the income.
“Billionaire President Asif Ali Zardari is one of Pakistan’s wealthiest men.”
The official unemployment rate is 7.4 per cent but it could be higher.
The country had a trade deficit of nearly $15 billion in 2008 and has an inflation rate of 20.8 per cent. The inflation rate increased dramatically due to devaluation of the Pakistani rupee under Pervez Musharraf and the rising costs of production stemming from social and political instability.
Political/Military Indicators
While presidential elections in Pakistan are indirect, President Zardari’s election nevertheless represents a shift towards legitimate democratic governance.
The continuing violence in Pakistan’s poorest and most remote regions makes it extremely difficult for food and medical supplies to reach the areas that need it most. Many parts of the country go without electricity and clean water; conditions are notoriously poor in the refugee camps in northern Pakistan.
The human rights situation has improved significantly since 2008.
The security apparatus indicator has also improved. In Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan local militias exercise significant control over their communities. In the tribal areas, the government’s authority is barely recognized.
The 2008 parliamentary elections brought tensions within the political elite to a peak. However, the conclusion of the elections and the restoration of civilian government have since eased tensions.
The indicator for external intervention has worsened since 2008. Pakistan is the second-largest recipient of US foreign aid. The US is also using drone aircraft to attack Taliban and Al Qaeda sites within Pakistan.
If you want to follow news on your mobile, click on http://dawn.com/mobile/ and download Pakistan’s first mobile news application. Currently this application is for Nokia phones only
you guys almost lost to the taliban a few years ago if you guys couldnt beat a rag tag group of soldiers what makes you think u can beat indias army and listen carefully proudpakistanistudent its HINDUSATN ZINDABAD PAKISTAN MUDRABAD
Your a hypocrite Pakistani Patriot you guys dont even have freedomof press in your country
Indians are learning how to blast Muslims and Pakistan, create fear among their people with use of propaganda, from their new friends – the Zionists. Hate, hate, hate…they work well together as the caste system is an institution of hate, and so Zionism and the Israeli apartheid.
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Musharaf was the best president. He knew how to keep you pakistanis on a tight leash. Bring him back. Before you know it he’d be bending you over looking for some poontang.
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Hi All;
Penetration in Defense Institutions by the “ENEMY” countries has shattered the confidence of the People of Pakistan.Star Gens are drectly negotiating with World Players. They are doing personal businesses rather than to do for Nation.Middle Level leadership of forces will emerge as real guards of Pakistan.
Political Leadership is incompetent, Civil Burocracy is looting and Military Gs are not sincere.Every institution i.e NHA, Railway, WAPDA, KESC, AGRIBANK, PORT TRUST, MILITARY, EDUCATION, HEALTH . UNIVERSITIES have been destroyed very badly.How the Nation can survive?
New, honest, dedicated leadership is emerging., they will comeover very shortly……………… wait for some days.