Kassab: New Photo, New Questions.
February 4, 2009“Pakistan’s Claims Fall Flat” – screams the headline on Times of India this morning.
‘Nailing Pakistan’s claims that Ajmal Kasab was ‘dead’, TV channel Times Now has got access to the latest pictures of the lone surviving terrorist of the November 26, Mumbai attacks.’ – it says.
Strange that, when on the very same page they admit “There is, however, no clear indication about when this picture was taken or where, because the terrorist is not dressed in any prison gear, casually clad in a t-shirt and brown pants. ” [link]
So basically, the photograph labelled as ‘latest’ by TOI could well have been taken weeks ago, if not months (if reports of his kidnapping from Nepal in 2006 are to be believed.)
Times of India had previously linked PKKH to the ISI – claiming that ‘Reports which security sources suspect to have been planted by Pakistani official agencies, Islamabad alleges that captured Mumbai terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab is actually dead.’
Needless to say, it is the latest example of extremely poor and lazy journalism by a publication that is read by millions in India and is one of the leading newspapers worldwide in terms of circulation figures.
It seems as if the Indian media has taken a leaf out of Bollywood’s book – which thrives on the avoidance of reality by absorption of the mind in entertainment or imaginative situations / activities – in coming up with ‘reports’ that are far, far from reality.
UPDATE: CNN IBN with the same claims as TOI – Call it an ‘Exclusive!’
CNN-IBN are reporting on the same story, and claiming that the above photograph has been ‘exclusively made available to CNN-IBN by highly placed sources in the Mumbai’. LINK
Bizzarely, both the reports in TOI and CNN-IBN have failed to put a date on this photograph, which means they could well have been taken immediately after Kassab’s ‘arrest’.
False propaganda dies its own miserable death. India’s media is now on the run, with us at PKKH on the chase. This has turned out to be more of a nightmare for these poor dafts. Soon India will chicken out of it and call it a night.
Slowly all our predictions are unfolding into realities. All you have to do to believe us is be neutral. Unbiased.
So, Mumbai police have a cosy living room for Kasab to chill out in, with a laptop and casual cloting at his disposal loll… strange treatment for an enemy of the state. Look at the background and look at the guy himself. Is he in prison or in a motel?
PKKH has itself said it can neither confirm nor deny Kasab is dead, so we have to be careful with assumptions. Either way, Indian media’s latest reply is hardly anything to be taken too seriously. The key component of this ‘evidence’ on their part – the date of the picture – is missing. If I were them I would have sat quiet instead.
Why Indians are so afraid of just bunch of Pakistani bloggers??? They should simply show Kassab on TV live, this will clarify all but unfortunately, Indians cant, because the whole thing is a drama and propaganda against Pakistan
Alas, you are the same people who still beleive that 9/11 was planned by the Jews, even though Sheikh Khalid, a Pakistani has confessed to be the mastermind,,,,, Paki’s disowned him too, then again ANY BODY WHO TURNS AGAINST IT’S OWN MOTHER (HINDUSTAN) AS PAKIS HAVE THEY CAN’T BE LOYAL TO ANYBODY, EVERYTHING YOU HAVE (LANGUAGE, FOOD, CUSTOMS) ARE HINDUSTANI, YOU ARE NOT ARABS OR PERSIANS OR AFGHANIS, YOU ARE ALL DISGRUNTLED HINDUSTANIS, UNTILL YOU COME TO TERMS WITH THAT YOU’LL ALWAYS BE MISERABLE.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A “PAKISTANI” AS THERE IS NO KHALISTANI,
WAKE UP AND SEE THE LIGHT, WRITING IS ON THE WALL, YOUR END IS NEARER THAN YOU THINK.
who denies that we are not hindustanis .. WE ARE HINDUSTANIS…Our great prophet mentioned 1430 years ago that we will liberate hindustan.. we have ruled for more that 1000 years… its time for you guys to pack up your bags cause the Mujahideen have knocked on the gateway of India… its just a matter of time..and as far as Mr.Kassab is concerned…hmm. one thing is for sure if he is alive..I personally feel Indian agencies and interogators havent been able to break up the guy… like their combat forces failed for 60 plus hours… the dude seems to be showing tough resliance.. thats why the remand is prolonged..and no visuals of confession are aired..
[...] on the backfoot. The denials came thick and fast. The Times of India even went to the extent of producing an old photograph of Kassab and, bizzarely, claiming to have ‘nailed Pakistan’s [...]
[...] on the backfoot. The denials came thick and fast. The Times of India even went to the extent of producing an old photograph of Kassab and, bizzarely, claiming to have ‘nailed Pakistan’s [...]
[...] on the backfoot. The denials came thick and fast. The Times of India even went to the extent of producing an old photograph of Kassab and, bizzarely, claiming to have ‘nailed Pakistan’s [...]
[...] on the backfoot. The denials came thick and fast. The Times of India even went to the extent of producing an old photograph of Kassab and, bizzarely, claiming to have ‘nailed Pakistan’s [...]
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KASAB IS NOT TERRORIST HE IS JUST A POOR GUY