India Releases A New Picture Of Kassab, Raising New Questions
By DAN QAYYUM
February 4, 2009 | PakistanKaKhudaHafiz.com
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—“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 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 labeled as ‘latest’ by Times of India 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.
Dan Qayyum can be reached at dan.qayyumATgmail.com
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