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NWFP gets the government it deserves...
Police in Pakistan's North-west Frontier Province have burnt thousands of items considered to be pornographic as part of a drive against obscenity. A public bonfire was organised in Peshawar's Jinnah Park to destroy the material which included Indian and English films, posters, "sex tonics", or aphrodisiacs and medicines. "Oooh! It's a book burning! What good, clean, Islamic fun!" Police officials said cassettes and other material were voluntarily handed over to them by video sellers. The provincial police chief, Saeed Ahmed Khan, said the video sellers have been given a 15 January deadline to hand in all such material. Those failing to meet the deadline have been warned of strict action. "Gimme them tapes or somebody'll burn your shop down!" "Here, take 'em, you bastard!" "Thanks for your voluntary cooperation!" The province saw a dramatic takeover in October elections by the far-right Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), an alliance of Islamic And very loosely defined "obscenity," at that... The crackdown includes a campaign against gambling, pornographic and unlicensed cinemas, and reinforcement of an existing ban on alcohol. "Stop that unseemly frivolty and mirth! Mahmoud! Hit him!" Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-01-01 |
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