LAHORE – Last Sunday, while Tehrik-i-Namoos-i-Risalat was holding its rally on the Mall Road, Lahore, apparently some zealots of the banned outfit Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) sneaked into the demonstration and started a free distribution of CDs among the participants.
Enclosed in a light pink CD cover and bearing the title “Namoos-i-Risalat”, hundreds of these CDs changed hands silently. The recipients of these CDs later discovered that CD started with a eulogy of Jihad in Arabic Language and nothing about Namoos-i-Risalat. However, the most striking aspect of this CD is that the contents spew hatred and venom against Pakistan Army.
With a total run-time of 34 minutes, this CD comprises stretched media files, most of them from different TV channels. There are also few clips that are apparently filmed with mobile phone camera. Regardless of the technology, however, every single minute of this CD is directed to malign the image of Pakistan’s Security forces:
“First earthquake, then flood and now epidemics like Dengue; why all such calamities hit Pakistan alone ? Is it not the wrath of God? What are the causes of this wrath, it poses the question, and then goes on to show, “Massive killings” of people demanded the rule of sharia in different countries. Following that, documentaries from Nigeria, Algeria, Bosnia appear on the screen.
After that the focus shifts to Pakistan. Dir is the area, where men dressed in Pakistan army uniforms order six youths to line up, a bearded man asks them to recite Kalma, and then all of them are shot. Pictures of Lal Masid after army operation, documentaries about this fiasco, torture on Arab militants and Bush-Musharraf handshake is also the part of this CD.
In the end, master mind behind this CD appeals to the compassion of the viewer by stating that if the sons of these tortured and murdered men turned suicide bombers, they were completely justified in their pursuit. When Pakistan Today contacted TNR convener Dr Abu al Khair Zubair to talk about the matter, he apprised that United States and its agents were working overtime to give a bad name to Tehrik-i-Namoos-i-Risalat.
“They want to divert our attention but we are all law abiding citizens and have nothing to do with the distributors of the CSs,” Zubair maintained.
