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NGOs blowing flogging incident out of proportion: Fazl
[The News (Pak)] Chief of his faction of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Sunday said the non-governmental organisations that had created a furore over the flogging of a 17-year-old girl in Swat should also be included in the probe. Coming down hard on NGOs, he said these women rights bodies were always ready to protest against an incident even before it was confirmed.Speaking at "Meet the Press" programme of the Peshawar Press Club, he said it was the NGOs' democratic right to protest and voice concern over the Swat incident but when it came to the drone attacks and killing of innocent women and children in tribal and settled areas, these organisations were always silent. He said the government and the Taliban had expressed ignorance about the whipping incident. Posted by: Fred 2009-04-07 |
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