March 29, 2007	Thursday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 9, 1428

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FAISALABAD, March 28: Internet cafes in various parts of the city are allegedly screening porno movies, magnetising the youngsters to earn a fast buck, with the connivance of the police.

A survey conducted by Dawn revealed that the club owners in Ghulam Muhammadabad, eight bazaars of the Clock Tower, Gulberg, Islamnagar, Batala Colony, People’s Colony, Green View, Razaabad, Guru Nanakpura, Madina Town, Muhammadpura and many other parts of the city are luring young people into paying them heavily in the garb of all-in-one business.

Among the visitors are youngsters who even can’t type a single word on keyboard and they are allegedly spreading obscenity. Some of these cafes have become a meeting point for boys and girls who are served meals and drinks as well.

The net club owners charge Rs25 an hour to use the facility, but surprisingly most of the clubs even don’t have the connection facility. They have installed computer systems to screen porno movies for which they charge at will.

A cafe owner in Ghulam Muhammadabad has been heard saying to his customers: “No need to worry. Just enter the cabin if you want to enjoy a porno movie”.

Amir Wains, the former district police officer, had during his tenure taken strict notice of an internet club scandal and devised a strategy regarding the working of such clubs. He directed the SHOs to ensure that the doors to cabins of net clubs should be of glass. However, the police authorities have yet to materialize the plan.

An internet club operator told this correspondent that the local policemen visited his cafe every month to have their ‘share’ for allowing his business to go.

Some of the net cafes have also started providing porno videos to the people. They download movies from the net and supply them to various clubs.

A net café goer claimed that the policemen also enjoyed obscene movies in the clubs of Jhang Bazaar.

DIG (Operations) Muhammad Aslam Tareen told Dawn that the police would certainly take action against the black sheep in the market. He urged the masses to inform him if they found any unlawful activity in the net clubs.