Prayer leader jailed for five years over hate speech
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LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court sentenced on Tuesday a prayer leader of Kasur to five years in jail for delivering a hate speech at a public gathering.
A case under Section 9 of the Anti-Terrorism Act had been registered against Qari Abubakar at Kot Radha Kishan police station on a complaint lodged by a sub-inspector.
According to the prosecution, the prayer leader was inciting people against a particular religious sect and he was arrested on the spot.
Also read: Sindh asked to take on hate speech, ‘extremist material’
The prosecution also produced before the court the video recording of the speech.
The accused denied the charge and took the plea that he did not attend the gathering. The defence counsel accused police of implicating his client in a fabricated case and requested the court to acquit him.
After going through the case, Judge Haroon Latif sentenced the cleric to five-year term. According to an official, 21 people have been convicted this year of delivering hate speeches. Some of them had been jailed for up to eight years. Two of them are from Lahore.
Published in Dawn, May 20th, 2015
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May 20, 2015 07:25am
5 years jail sentence is two less for any type of extremism.
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May 20, 2015 07:40am
Finally something good in the state of Pakistan.These people should be publicly punished.No space for hate in our country.We are all brothers.No racial or religious discrimination should be practiced in the state of pakistan.
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May 20, 2015 07:41am
Some good news from pakistan.
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May 20, 2015 07:50am
At least something is being done to combat religious extremism and sectarianism.
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May 20, 2015 07:55am
Good job.
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May 20, 2015 08:00am
Way to go! I admire this judge- God bless.
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May 20, 2015 08:01am
Good move, every clerics who cross the limits, must be punished.
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May 20, 2015 08:02am
Good. Glad to hear that. Love, not hate for all; regardless of religion, color, gender or ethnicity.
Government should also advise Imams to encourage tolerance through their Friday sermons.
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May 20, 2015 08:06am
Great job Sub Inspector & Prosecutor!
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May 20, 2015 08:06am
As a first step army should close down all the madrassahs belong to any faith. After micro monitoring those are found innocent could be allowed to reopen.
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May 20, 2015 08:09am
great job
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May 20, 2015 08:11am
That's the way to go. Punishment for hate crime.
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May 20, 2015 08:12am
Small step toward end of religious hate mongering will bring big positive results.
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May 20, 2015 08:20am
Keep him in jail forever.............haters are losers.
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May 20, 2015 08:22am
With such baby steps, Pakistan will be running with full pace in next 500 years.
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May 20, 2015 08:29am
Excellent start but clean up Jhung the epicenter of hate.
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May 20, 2015 08:31am
This is strange, unique but up lifting.
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May 20, 2015 08:33am
Visible change towards good direction.
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May 20, 2015 08:33am
Good.
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May 20, 2015 08:34am
And people say we are not serious in eliminating extremism and terrorism.
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May 20, 2015 08:35am
Against whom?? Sikhs??? Hindus?? Shias?? Christians???
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May 20, 2015 08:35am
Excellent!
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May 20, 2015 08:41am
Good job prosecutors, presenting video evidence and properly conducting investigation.
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May 20, 2015 08:41am
Good news.
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May 20, 2015 08:43am
Great news.
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May 20, 2015 08:43am
Great job police!!!
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May 20, 2015 08:47am
Good Job. Our media is doing good job to publish such stories as their main headlines. This will ultimately discourage the militants and hate spreaders.
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May 20, 2015 08:50am
Excellent, job well done.
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May 20, 2015 08:57am
Very good-Most of the sectarian killings are started from the Friday sermons stuffed with extreme hatred about other sects. Such quick actions by the law enforcers must get huge praise.
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May 20, 2015 08:59am
It is about time ...
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May 20, 2015 08:59am
This is the best news ever. Ideology and nation building is the need of the hour. Hatred against any human beings will not be tolerated in Pakistan.
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May 20, 2015 09:01am
Great, jail Hafiz Muhammad Saeed now.
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May 20, 2015 09:04am
Lock him up and throw the key away. Pakistan does not have room for those that incite hatred and violence amongst it's beautiful citizens.
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May 20, 2015 09:04am
Its such a painful fact that we muslims are so divided in name of sects etc..
this is somehow a step to the right direction.
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May 20, 2015 09:12am
But why these people spread hatred..what is the problem with them..??
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May 20, 2015 09:12am
Good Decision. Anyone who incites violence and disturbs peace in the society must be punished.
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May 20, 2015 09:13am
It's time to turn the page nation!
Hatred is only slowing us down.
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May 20, 2015 09:17am
Well done
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May 20, 2015 09:18am
That's a great start. Something we should have done long back. Better late than never. Put some of these mullahs behind bars and the see the remaining following the law like sheep.
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May 20, 2015 09:19am
Well done
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May 20, 2015 09:20am
Take back all the powers of mullah and you will have a peaceful pakistan :)
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May 20, 2015 09:21am
Good
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May 20, 2015 09:21am
A step in the right direction!
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May 20, 2015 09:23am
good job.
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May 20, 2015 09:24am
Finally, they actually did something against terrorism.
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May 20, 2015 09:25am
Thank God, ball is rolling finally
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May 20, 2015 09:29am
good at last authorities show spine to deal with the sympathisers of ideology of hate and terror
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May 20, 2015 09:30am
Very well done. May you succeed in all such ventures
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May 20, 2015 09:31am
Goo job!
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May 20, 2015 09:34am
salute to this judge! keep it up Pakistan.
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May 20, 2015 09:34am
Good!
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May 20, 2015 09:36am
Five or Eight years is not enough.
The Government needs to deliver a harsh message by extending prison term to life. They are equally responsible for instigating people to pull trigger on innocent civilians.
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May 20, 2015 09:37am
Good move. Terrorism needs to be countered at the grass roots level. This is one of them.
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May 20, 2015 09:42am
Remarkable Job
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May 20, 2015 09:42am
Way to go! Keep it up!
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May 20, 2015 09:44am
Good move. He needs education of tolerance, religious harmony training in Jail. Don't let him go until he improves. Once improved and released than he deserves to be kept away from sermon delivery and should be watched for next 5 years closely for his activities. If found guilty then higher level of punishment.
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May 20, 2015 09:45am
good job. they were above law earlier. each mosque Friday speech need to be recorded
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May 20, 2015 09:49am
Should be rated it as the best news of the year.
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May 20, 2015 09:51am
Well done
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May 20, 2015 09:53am
Excellent job done by Punjab Police. Hats off to them. When will other provinces wake up?
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May 20, 2015 09:56am
Hate speeches and sects are the reason for decline of Pakistan in all spheres in life. Salams
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May 20, 2015 09:58am
A very good step
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May 20, 2015 09:58am
These are the steps and actions, that will make Pakistan move again.
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May 20, 2015 10:01am
Finally we in Pakistan are waking up!
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May 20, 2015 10:02am
Every small step makes a difference.
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May 20, 2015 10:08am
Well done!
These self proclaimed Mullahs should be punished even harder to give a lesson of good deeds to others.
Make your motto Love not hate
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May 20, 2015 10:08am
That's the way to extricate Pakistan & Islam from the paws of vulture.
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May 20, 2015 10:11am
Very good job done, keep our country free of sectarian rifts
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May 20, 2015 10:11am
If this is true then it is a new beginning and a new chapter in Pakistan's history. I am curious will this last and if it does God bless this judge and pray and hope that every patriotic Pakistani, specially the judges to stand up for the right reasons and for the right causes protecting the weak and up holding the law to it's fullest.
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May 20, 2015 10:13am
@mohammad Akhtar
Respect you Akhtar sahib, if this is really coming from your heart Sir.
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May 20, 2015 10:15am
Love is Godly and hate is Satanic, therefore hate mongering & acts of hate should be made culpable offence
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May 20, 2015 10:18am
So happy to see some justice being done on this front. Certainly getting tired of these hate speeches in every other mosque.
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May 20, 2015 10:18am
hate speech kills, no room for hate speech in Pakistan
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May 20, 2015 10:19am
I've been following Dawn for more than an year, the best in South Asia.This is my first comment and I am excited to write that Pakistan is changing and stepping forward to become more tolerant. This judgement is a step forward. Good Luck and keep going Pakistan.
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May 20, 2015 10:22am
Thumbs up for the honourable judge and sub inspector.
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May 20, 2015 10:26am
"The prosecution produced before the court the video recording of the speech.
The accused denied the charge and took the plea that he did not attend the gathering."... Didn't he mentioned in court this is big conspiracy against... :) I hope he wont get bail from higher courts. Good Job
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May 20, 2015 10:27am
Thank God!
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May 20, 2015 10:31am
Fantastic....you create hate you go to jail..
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May 20, 2015 10:31am
@fudge My dear you are not doing it to listen praise from people, you will have to do it for the betterment of your country. Keep it up.
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May 20, 2015 10:33am
Good job !!!
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May 20, 2015 10:34am
Late decision but excellent, such cases should be taken up on priority basis to eradicate hate from society.
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May 20, 2015 10:35am
good job
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May 20, 2015 10:38am
Better late than never
Keep it up the good work!
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May 20, 2015 10:41am
Please mention his sect and the sect he was doing hate speech against.
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May 20, 2015 10:44am
Great...
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May 20, 2015 10:45am
Keep doing that, we will be a tolerant society pretty soon. InshAllah
Appreciate that.
Rgds,
HZQ
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May 20, 2015 10:45am
Good job by police. We need this much regularly and forcefully.
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May 20, 2015 10:50am
Clerics should (as a religious duty) incite love, peace and harmony instead of preaching hate and negative sentiments - all sects, religions and communities are entitled to same respect.
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May 20, 2015 10:50am
Next, get rid of your blashpemy laws and follow Jinna's speech in the parliament on co-existence of religious communities.
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May 20, 2015 10:51am
There should be strict rule for to avoid such hatred speeches.
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May 20, 2015 10:59am
Good job done.
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May 20, 2015 11:00am
this is the best way of dealing with violence against other minorities. i respect the pakistan judiciary for this.
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May 20, 2015 11:02am
Very good decision. In this way we can overcome this religious problem.
I appreciate court´s bold decision .
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May 20, 2015 11:10am
Job well done!
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May 20, 2015 11:21am
@Ismail Khan, Karachi - I think the editorial deliberately kept that anonymous to prevent hate speech on this forum and perhaps some hate crimes on the ground. Good job all around.
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May 20, 2015 11:28am
Good job.
Nobody is above the law.
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May 20, 2015 11:32am
This ruling should be used as precedence and subsequent cases can be disposed very quickly. Need to punish at least 1000 such people in next few weeks.
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May 20, 2015 11:32am
Respect to Pakistani courts.
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May 20, 2015 11:47am
Good.... humanity first, If god wanted us all to be muslims then we would all be Muslims. This world is a test and we need to respect each other. Religion is between god and you, Respect that!
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May 20, 2015 11:49am
Excellent move. Good things have started working in Pakistan
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May 20, 2015 11:49am
No one should be allowed to spread sectarian or religious hatred. The law must be implemented vigorously.
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May 20, 2015 11:51am
While at it, police should attend seremons of other sects as well.
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May 20, 2015 11:52am
Good News. But only 21 such persons has been convicted this year which is not enough. Arrest number should have been in hundreds if not thousands, so to give a clear message to those who has no value for innocents.
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May 20, 2015 11:52am
Why isn't there a state run Khutbaas for a coherent state policy depicting the true image of Islam rather the distorted one?
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May 20, 2015 11:54am
Well done.Hats off to the prosecutor.
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May 20, 2015 12:02pm
that's a start.. well done
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May 20, 2015 12:02pm
Very Good!
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May 20, 2015 12:04pm
a good step against outfit
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May 20, 2015 12:04pm
GOOD JOB
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May 20, 2015 12:08pm
Finally some action against hate preachers. Well done PMLN
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May 20, 2015 12:08pm
The matter should be thoroughly investigated. 5 years is a very long term. Its his life and the life of his children that is at stake. possibilty is that he might be trapped.
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May 20, 2015 12:10pm
Excellent. Make sure that he serves the sentence
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May 20, 2015 12:13pm
This judge is a hero ! , can we lease ensure those incite hatred against ahmadis are also dealt with in the same way
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May 20, 2015 12:15pm
i love pakistan! :)
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May 20, 2015 12:16pm
It is a very welcome move from court to curb hate spreaders in our country.
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May 20, 2015 12:16pm
Good work
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May 20, 2015 12:19pm
@ramu Blasphemy law cannot be removed at any cost but misuse of that law should be avoided and only the courts are authorized to decide in such cases not the individuals.
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May 20, 2015 12:23pm
For mutual respect and harmony in the society, the hate speeches from whatever side have to be dealt with decisively as in the present case.
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May 20, 2015 12:26pm
separate state from mosque. still long way to becoming a liberal secular society.
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May 20, 2015 12:27pm
@Ismail Khan, Karachi Does it matter? Hate is hate, no matter which religion is the target.
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May 20, 2015 12:28pm
Convinced by his hate speech any simple person may have turned into a terrorist and may have killed dozens of innocents of the rival sect. In view thereof the punishment is too mild. Such hate spreading clerics are the real culprits and deserve much harsher punishment.
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May 20, 2015 12:30pm
This kind of hate spreading spree is in full swing in Karachi and in interior Sindh too. But the Sindh govt is not reported to have arranged punishment to any one in this regard.
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May 20, 2015 12:31pm
Time has come for law to take action against those trouble makers
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May 20, 2015 12:31pm
This happens all the time in J & K and some other parts of India after Friday prayers
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May 20, 2015 12:45pm
They should be dealt with severely
and and punished rigorously.
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May 20, 2015 12:54pm
good
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May 20, 2015 01:04pm
@Shaukat Ali -Yes, that was lenient.
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May 20, 2015 01:05pm
Great
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May 20, 2015 01:07pm
This should be done fair and square all over the country. No room for bigotry
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May 20, 2015 01:17pm
The judge and the police sub inspector are our heroes. Salute and respect
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May 20, 2015 01:21pm
More please.
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May 20, 2015 01:26pm
It is just like fighting against branches while hatred tree rather forest is there. There should b one educational system, one sylabous,trained teachers to make one strong nation.it requires political will which lacks in present selfcentered political lot.
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May 20, 2015 01:32pm
It will be proved death for the sectarian violence
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May 20, 2015 01:34pm
There are hate speeches and feelings against Ahmadis taking place relentlessly and nobody bats an eye. But this is a goo move.
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May 20, 2015 01:42pm
@Ismail Khan, Karachi does it matter? Or is it OK to hate a particular group?
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May 20, 2015 01:48pm
@Shaukat Ali
I agree 100%, he should be banned for life!!! Hate is NOT what we need in Pakistan.
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May 20, 2015 01:50pm
@frozen :
Good Job!!!!
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May 20, 2015 01:51pm
the first good news of the year 2015..... a herald of peaceful pakistan
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May 20, 2015 01:54pm
I hope Pakistan's politicians and ruler are reading these comments and understand what actually Pakistani people want. Respect to the Judge and hope the judgment will not be altered by the higher court.
Sharif, Bangladesh.
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May 20, 2015 01:54pm
We the nation support this whole heatedly. Well done authorities
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May 20, 2015 02:05pm
What about hate banners and hate speaches against Ahmadis?? Pllz no more selective justice..
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May 20, 2015 02:06pm
@Papu saeen , solution lies in abrogating Section 295C of CPC. The moment Pakistan is declared a secular country, these extremists will lose their brain, go on a rampage but it will last for a few hours or days and then things will start getting back to normal. What worse can they do than what we have gone through for over 2 decades? Time is ripe to take a bold step. Time is now to put Pakistan back on an understanding and tolerant society and free itself from the clutches of dracula of 'My way or the high way', mine is the only right way of praying , mine is the only book full of wisdom rest all are humbugs, mine is the best mirror and rest else are fake.
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May 20, 2015 02:11pm
First step in the right direction. I hail judiciary for passing this judgement.
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May 20, 2015 02:12pm
Everyone should only elaborate goodness of their school of faith without attacking and insulting those who differ from them in any manner.
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May 20, 2015 02:16pm
@Zahir It is across the Board!
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May 20, 2015 02:21pm
sigh of relief,,,,this has to continue.....
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May 20, 2015 02:22pm
These are positive developments being taken place mainly after APS attack. Such hate spreading criminals are bound to be strictly punished by law. That is the only way to prevent them from creating mischief in the land.
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May 20, 2015 02:35pm
Sad to see this story very next to the above one. Is there any hope?
http://www.dawn.com/news/1183121/counter-terrorism-department-dsp-gunned-down-in-peshawar
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May 20, 2015 02:56pm
Not Good. Why only poor people. When will the law be enforced against powerful.
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May 20, 2015 03:04pm
Good well done. Need to teach these people that hate speech will not be tolerated .
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May 20, 2015 03:07pm
EXCELLENT MOVE.
PLEASE DO MORE ...
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May 20, 2015 03:11pm
Finally we are taking some positive measures
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May 20, 2015 03:35pm
This is a very positive development. These hate-mongers should be taken to task so as to effectively reduce this menace from the society. I like the concluding sentence which says 21 such hate-mongers have been sentenced so far. We should keep the tally so that others take a cue from it. That would be a very effective deterrent.
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May 20, 2015 03:52pm
Highly appreciable. Nip the evil in the bud.
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May 20, 2015 04:01pm
Well done Govt
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May 20, 2015 04:04pm
Good job Shahbaz Sharif, punjab is certainly progressing under PMLn. I wonder when other provinces will follow. No expectations from KPK. Since PTI is a taliban sympathizer . Good step, everyone spreading hate needs to be locked up.
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May 20, 2015 04:19pm
We'll done but more stringent punishment should be given.
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May 20, 2015 04:26pm
Very Good News...... severe punishment required for such so called ulema.
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May 20, 2015 04:52pm
First step towards our progress. Now we are thinking about our country.
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May 20, 2015 04:55pm
A step in the right direction.
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May 20, 2015 04:59pm
What kind of pray leader is he, even though he was on Video delivering the hate speech it was not me ! Again and again it looks like when the extremist are caught and brought to court it was not me.
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May 20, 2015 05:08pm
A brave and revolutionary step taken by this noble judge. @ismail -whoever may b by cast, was targeted ,was a human being first . This news prompt me to write this. Dawn good reporting!
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May 20, 2015 05:36pm
It is pleasing comment by all sensitive people Great
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May 20, 2015 05:36pm
@Shaukat Ali "5 years jail sentence is two less for any type of extremism." So it should be a 7 year sentence then?
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May 20, 2015 05:49pm
Great. Commendable work by Punjab government.
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May 20, 2015 05:50pm
@Nag_Indian agree 100%
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May 20, 2015 05:55pm
It is about time we remove those hateful "declarations" about a particular group from passport and CNIC applications. Thats what started all this.
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May 20, 2015 06:02pm
This is still pick and choose, all religious clergymen involved in hate speech should be punished and made an example out off.
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May 20, 2015 06:04pm
@Padmakar There are hateful People in every society. Whenever, they can, they will spread hatered towads weaker groups to feel superior. When their society does not stop them, they keep raising notches until they devastate the nation and then people wake up and try to control these hate mongers. Unfortuately South Asia has had more of these people than most other groups.
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May 20, 2015 06:16pm
Thank you. Please do not release guys like this from prison until they have gone through complete rehabilitation, otherwise, they will come out of jail even more hard core than before they went in.
it is time to send a very strong message to the mullah community. No more gunda gardi in the name of religion.
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May 20, 2015 06:19pm
years is far too lenient. It should have been a much more than 5 years to send a message to all other hate mongers.
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May 20, 2015 06:20pm
I wish we understand the true sense of Islam. When these "Molvis" are going to get sane? I mean you are preaching hate in the name of Islam???!!!!
Very good decision.
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May 20, 2015 06:44pm
Where is freedom
Of expression?
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May 20, 2015 06:49pm
This is just band-aid on cancer. Institutions which are brainwashing kids need to be fixed.
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May 20, 2015 07:01pm
Awesome, he should be banned for life to lead any prayer
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May 20, 2015 07:19pm
Thanks to Pakistani authority. At least you have started understanding the evil side of these activities.
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May 20, 2015 07:22pm
Appreciable judgement. Pakistan is heading in right direction.
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May 20, 2015 07:58pm
Hope he realise his mistake and the harm he was about to do to the humanity. Good news from Pakistan.
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May 20, 2015 08:06pm
Unfortunately the reality is, such hate speeches has been in practice since 80's in our country through different paths. Where have been our countries think tanks since then?
What about hate speeches in Senate, National Assembly and Provincial Assemblies. When will that be considered unethical and unmoral?
When the leaders learn about morality and ethics, so does the nation will.
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May 20, 2015 08:46pm
Exemplary action for all nations and all religions and sects. this is the starting point, nip in the bud they say. Also encourage spread of love and tolerance through the same media and that will will be the best prayer to God almighty.
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May 20, 2015 08:53pm
Good start. Hundreds more to be sent behind bars.
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May 20, 2015 10:18pm
This is good, however it will be good if murder, robbery, land grabbing cases also moves such fast which spans decades.
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May 20, 2015 10:20pm
good job, these type of people should not be free
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May 20, 2015 10:41pm
These are the people to creating the problem
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May 20, 2015 11:56pm
Good news. God bless sub-inspector...
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May 21, 2015 01:07am
Hats off to Pakistan. The world was waiting for the day that extremism would be fought head on in Pakistan. What is remarkable is that a case was registered against this Preacher at Radha Kishan Police Station! Finally, secularism and pluralism seems to be coming back in Pakistan and bigotry is being tackled.
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May 21, 2015 01:09am
Messages of hate should not be tolerated regardless of the origin. The perpetrator of these crimes should attend reform schools under going proper rehabilitation instead of becoming hard-core hatemonger in jails. Meanwhile, all the mosques, Imam-Baras, Jammat-kahanas and other religious and no-religious institutes, traditionally delivering hate messages covertly or openly, should be scrutinized to help develop a peaceful society.
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May 21, 2015 01:29am
The Govt. should announce that hate monger will get lashes and will be jailed with hard labour.
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May 21, 2015 01:54am
@Ismail Khan, Karachi does it matter?
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May 21, 2015 02:20am
I hope they arrest more like this Mullah and put them behind bars, they are defaming good Mullahs.
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May 21, 2015 02:27am
It is never too late.
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May 21, 2015 08:03am
@imtiaz faruqui If you mean that just announcing it will do the trick how can you be so sure that the 'hate-monger' has not read your recommendation here? As if governments are not known to announce one thing and do something else!
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May 21, 2015 09:47am
@Shaan: What ideology exactly?
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May 21, 2015 11:33am
Hate speeches are not uncommon and the speakers get away very easily.
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May 21, 2015 11:43am
A heartening news at last!! To get rid of extremism, it’s essential to tackle it at initiation levels rather than getting people killed and then hanging people (though it is equally important that those who have committed these sins are brought o justice after a due process of law & should be made an example) Punishments are fundamentally meant to work as deterrent/ reason for not attempting to break the law.
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May 21, 2015 02:03pm
Good . Keep Professors of all universities under close watch as well. The terrorist in recent bus attack were students from some well known universities . No reason why Professors and Lecturers from such places should be dealt with gently !
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May 21, 2015 07:38pm
Good to hear that our LEAs and Courts are now mustering courage to round up and sentence punishment to these ruthless mullahs.
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May 21, 2015 08:56pm
1 speech 5 yrs in prison, at this rate "someone" could spend the rest of his life in dungeons due to hateful speeches for last 20 years.
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