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Blank space replaces New York Times article criticising Pakistani army
[Dhaka Tribune] An International New York Times...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... opinion piece criticising the powerful Mighty Pak Army was censored by its local publisher Friday. The story saying Pakistain’s government protected Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... forces was censored by the publisher’s printing partner in that country, resulting in a blank hole on the front page of its international edition. The article, a 4,800-word excerpt from a forthcoming book by NY Times news hound Carlotta Gall to be published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt next month, appeared in the New York Times magazine in the US and was intended as a front-page article of the International New York Times. While the story appears on most copies of the international edition, it doesn’t show up in papers distributed in Pakistain, about 9,000 copies, according to the publisher. The NY Times’s Pakistain printer, part of the Express Tribune newspaper in that country, removed the article without its knowledge, according to NY Times spokeswoman Eileen Murphy. "We would never self-censor and this decision was made without our knowledge or agreement," she said in an e-mail. "While we understand that our publishing partners are sometimes faced with local pressures, we regret any censorship of our journalism." It is unclear if the NY Times will continue its partnership with Express Tribune. Gall’s reporting looks at the ties between Pakistain’s main intelligence service, ISI, and the Taliban. Her article points to former Pakistain President  Pervez PervMusharraf ... former dictator of Pakistain, who was less dictatorial and corrupt than any Pak civilian government to date ... as one of the Taliban’s protectors who knew about the late Osama bin Laden ... who has left the building... ’s whereabouts in Afghanistan. Posted by: Fred 2017-05-06 |
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