Hi Gouri, Got your post on the arrest of Sudhir Dhawle On 7 January 2011 13:12, Gouri Patwardhan <[email protected]> wrote: > I have been on this mailing list for the last three years. I want to > know if being on the list gives you the right of posting something > here? Or does it mean that you can receive posts by some key members > of green youth and comment on those? > I have tried to post articles/news here but it has never appeared in my > mailbox. > the latest was the news of the arrest of the Dalit activist and editor > of a literary magazine Vidrohi, from Mumbai, Sudhir Dhawle on 2 > January that I posted yesterday. > Gouri Patwardhan > > On 1/5/11, Sukla Sen <[email protected]> wrote: >> http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110106/jsp/frontpage/story_13399000.jsp >> >> <http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110106/jsp/frontpage/story_13399000.jsp> >> Pak petals fly like bullets >> - Flowers and backslap for assassinOUR BUREAU >> >> *Jan. 5: *A response as telling as the 26 bullets that tore into Salmaan >> Taseer unfolded in Pakistan a day after the assassination of the governor of >> its most powerful Punjab province. >> >> Lawyers showered suspected killer Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri with rose >> petals, 500 religious scholars warned against any expression of grief in >> public, mourners had trouble finding a cleric courageous enough to preside >> over the last rites of Taseer and the Net crackled with praise for the >> assassin. >> >> The worst cut was yet to come: police are probing suggestions that several >> bodyguards of Taseer refused to shoot the assassin when he turned his gun on >> the governor known for his opposition to the blasphemy law that can award >> death to those found guilty of insulting Islam. >> >> It also emerged that a top official had warned about the extremist leanings >> of Qadri — a name commonly adopted by devout men of the Barelvi sect that >> follows a brand of Islam considered moderate. The officer had specifically >> said that Qadri should not be assigned to guard VIPs. Qadri’s name was not >> on the duty roster to guard the governor till Monday night but he was >> included at his own request on Tuesday morning, interior minister Rehman >> Malik said. >> >> The *Dawn *said Qadri, 26, had been deployed to guard Prime Minister Yousaf >> Raza Gilani at least once. >> >> At least 36 of the 40 people detained are policemen — a pointer to the >> religious fervour that has seeped into law-enforcement agencies that makes >> it so hard to stabilise Pakistan. Some intelligence officials said they had >> uncovered connections between Qadri and the Dawat-e-Islami, a Sunni >> religious group. >> >> At court today, Qadri was greeted with petals tossed by lawyers who were not >> involved in the case. Some 300 lawyers told the court they were willing to >> defend the accused free of charge. Qadri made his first appearance in an >> Islamabad court, which remanded him in custody. A rowdy crowd slapped him on >> the back and kissed his cheek as he was escorted inside. >> >> After the attack yesterday, Qadri had thrown his weapon down and put his >> hands up when a colleague aimed at him, pleading to be arrested alive, an >> officer said. Serving and retired police officers are at a loss why the >> other elite force personnel did not shoot Qadri although he kept firing for >> 30 seconds —long enough for a commando to respond. >> >> “The blue book dealing with VVIP security is clear that security will react >> without wasting any time,” said former Balochistan police chief Chaudhry >> Yaqub. Among the policemen detained, four apparently knew about Qadri’s >> plans. >> >> Qadri was born into a poor and uneducated labourer’s family in Rawalpindi in >> 1985. He was selected to the elite group in 2008. >> >> In Lahore, Taseer, 66, was laid to rest with full state honours but >> President Asif Ali Zardari, who was close to the governor, did not attend >> because of security reasons. The funeral prayer at the Governor’s house was >> delayed by almost an hour as several clerics reportedly refused to lead it. >> >> Scores of civil society activists and some of Taseer’s followers on Twitter >> marched from the capital’s famous bookstore, Mr Books, to Kohsar Market, >> where the governor was shot yesterday. Such outpourings were confined to >> certain pockets. >> >> In contrast, several pages popped up on Facebook eulogising the assassin. >> One page was titled: “Salute to the greatness of Ghazi Malik Mumtaz Qadri”. >> Several pages gained hundreds of followers within hours. >> WRITTEN WITH REPORTS FROM NASIR JAFFRY IN ISLAMABAD, AP AND PTI >> >> -- >> Peace Is Doable >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Green Youth Movement" group. >> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Green Youth Movement" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB. > >
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