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NWFP bus owners asked to remove music systems
 Transporters in the NWFP on Sunday asked bus drivers to remove TVs and music players from their vehicles, following Taliban threats to bus owners a few days back. A banner put up at the general bus stand in Peshawar by Haji Zahir Shah Yousafzai, president of the Sarhad Transport Owners Federation, asked bus owners to remove audio and visual equipment by January 25. "If any TV or VCR is found in a vehicle after the deadline, the owner will be fined Rs 5,000 and the equipment will be seized," the banner read. The Taliban warned all bus owners to remove audio and video systems from their vehicles by January 25 or face the consequences. Shah said it was not the Taliban threats that had forced the music systems' removal, but the federation was trying to discourage the drivers practice of showing obscene films during inter-city travelling. Ajmal, a driver who travels between Hangu and Peshawar, told Daily Times that he had removed the cassette player from his vehicle after the Taliban threat. However, the drivers travelling on local routes are still playing music in their buses and do not intend to remove the equipment. "Listening to music is not illegal and most of the people, especially the youth, prefer to sit in buses that have music playing in them," Niamat, a local driver, said. Posted by: Fred 2009-01-26 |
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