Orya Maqbool Jan is not a Meddarsah graduate; neither part of any religious organisation nor does he talk on gaining any personal material objective. He is a well-known intellectual and a government officer who was upright during his services. Today he is honest in sharing his opinions. Just like any other individual he has the right to express his views, and by using that right he questioned Q-mobile Ad and referred it as vulgar based on the past action of Pakistan’s censor board. This is just a normal objection and he had expressed his opinions against vulgarity in the past as well. But this time after his opinion on Q-mobile ad was publicised; we saw matchless opposition & campaign against his personality & his personal life.
The liberal/secular community in Pakistan could not come up with better reasoning, so they start bashing Orya Maqbool Jan on his statement against Q-mobile ad. If they think the argument of Orya was wrong or weak, & that the ad was not vulgar, they should try to bring a new definition of vulgar (Fe’hash) from Pakistan’s cultural or religious sources and would have tried to refute his claim. Instead of tackling Orya Jan rationally the educated liberal class of Pakistan started bashing him on personal basis. Some so called intellectuals on the recorded TV show; twisted his name “Orya” with “Oryaniat” while others on social media called him “perverted old dirty man” and few posted highly objectionable mockery regarding his birth or delivery.
Waqas Imam
The author of this letter in his unconditional and blind dedication to some one who he believes is honest, intellectual and scholar, has forgotten that if his idol is free to say anything he likes then so are common people who haven described in this letter as ‘liberals’. However, the difference is while the hero of the author of this letter is known for inciting to violence and denying historical facts, the liberals mere criticise his bigotry and sickness which promotes intolerance to dissent and plurality in the vilest firm. I wish the author of the letter as well as the Editor of Pakistan Today had distinguished the rights of the so called honest honest intellectual from the rights of the people to disagree with him.
The author of this letter in his unconditional and blind dedication to some one who he believes is honest, intellectual and scholar, has forgotten that if his idol is free to say anything he likes then so are common people who have been described in this letter as ‘liberals’. However, the difference is while the hero of the author in his letter is known for inciting to violence and denying historical facts, while the liberals merely criticise his vilest bigotry and pathological sickness which promote intolerance to dissent and plurality at the same time advances violent vigilantism. I wish the author of the letter as well as the Editor of Pakistan Today had distinguished the rights of the so called honest intellectual from the rights of the people to disagree with him.
Orya Sahib is a true gentleman and a patriot.
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