Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Friday said the suspension of cellular network on Yaum-e-Ishq-e-Rasool (Love of Prophet (PBUH) Day) had foiled the nefarious plans of terrorists, and that the idea had proved successful. “If mobile phone is the root cause of the problem, we would surely curb its misuse. Soon, we will come up with a strategy,” he told reporters while visiting a police checkpost to examine security situation amidst demonstrations against a blasphemous anti-Islam film. He said the protestors had been asked to gather in F-9 Park or at D-Chowk and not damage the public property. To a question, Malik said he had sought a report on the killing of a private television channel’s worker during a demonstration in Peshawar, and that he would talk to the prime minister for providing financial assistance to the victim’s family. Malik said the police was handling the protestors with iron hand and that no one challenging the government’s writ was being spared. He said that until Thursday night there were intelligence reports of likely terror incidents in Peshawar, Quetta and Islamabad. “However, the strategy of suspending cell phone service got applause even from Karachi, where unprecedented peace has been witnessed for the very reason,” he said. The interior minister said that pillion riding had also been banned in Islamabad for a day, as motorcyclists holding batons and petrol bottles were seen to torch public properties. “Those who come for peaceful protest never come with baton in their hands. Even some people were also seen shooting with pistols. It looked as if they were coming for a feud,” Malik said. To a question about the arrival of banned outfits’ activists, he said that “known faces” would be nabbed but at the present moment, police could not do anything against those who were unfamiliar. He said the Rangers had already been deployed to support the police, while the army has been put on alert to handle any emergency situation. “However, after yesterday’s (Thursday) action, the violent elements would have realized that we mean business. And even today, I mean business,” Malik said.
Dear Mr. Rehman, We are now into the day after the night before. The adrenaline kick is over and we have headache after being exposed to the tear gas. The country gives the impression of having been in a civil war. There is destruction everywhere.Was is really due to the insult to our prophet(b.p.h(?.or was it due to other factors. The sight of mostly ?uneducated, unemployed young men going bizzark was frightening and then they were joined by students from religious schools and universities. Most of them were playing to the cammeras. If pakistan was suppossed to be a civilised country there was ample proof to contradict this. We were destroying our own country, killing our own fallow citizens for what? Those who have no hope in hell were creating hell for everybody.
Continuation of the above.__Now Mr.Rehman wants to take the credit for having prevented a bigger mayheim.Let us for a second assume all those participating in this vicious circus had jobs., were married and had families to support would they have participated with this anger knowing very well that this would lead to loss of their livlihood–I doubt it.__At least President Obama rose to the occasion and appealed to the reason. Where was our President. Could he not appeal to the sanity.? It is high time he took a tour of his country on foot to see what is going on. He wants foreign investors to flock to Pakistan–the reverse seems to be the case.__Poverty breeds frustration and what we saw yesterday was a proof of this. Let us not use religion as a pretext. Islam is a religion of peace but not in Pakistan where we kill in the name of Islam.__
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