[Reader-list] letter that i plan to write to Indian newspapers

[Yousuf]

Dear Sara Inayat
You should certainly write this letter, but Indian
govt. would rather spend its energy on pressurizing
Pakistan if the latter is promoting cross border
terrorism. This emergency everyone thinks is actually
meant to fight the extremists, so they think its good
for India. The silence of Indian lawyers and judges is
certainly pathetic although predictable. But I am not
sure if banning India-Pak cricket would mean anything.
Imran Khan is struggling as a politician, and every
one should condemn his arrest not just because he was
a cricketer. Pakistani cricket team may have been sent
by the state, but some of us (in India) believe that
India-Pak cricket actually promotes a bomhomie between
us. (of course there are some in India who want to ban
it for certain other reasons too). In that regard it
would be good to allow the cricket going on. 

BTW, I had sent a message on a few Indian e-lists
condemning the banning of Paksitani TV channels, but
no one reacted to it. We have too many of our own
problems to deal with.

Yousuf
 
--- yasir ~ <yasir.media at gmail.com> wrote:

> FYI
> 
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: sara inayat <inayat.sara at gmail.com>
> Date: Nov 24, 2007 2:15 AM
> 
> 
> 
> Dear All,
> I seek your opinions on a letter that i plan to
> write to Indian
> newspapers. The Idea is to get the Indian government
> to quit sitting
> on the fence and to speak out against state excesses
> in Pakistan. the
> main idea however is to condemn the Indian
> government's decision  to
> permit cricket between the two teams.
> The aparthied regime in south Africa was barred from
> participating in
> any international sporting competitions. There is no
> way for us to
> measure the impact that this had on the collapse of
> the Aparthied
> regime, howver it did build soft pressure on the
> regime. by taking
> such an action the international community made it
> obvious to the
> world that Aparthied was unacceptable.
> Perhaps a similar pressure can be built up on the
> Pakistani state by
> refusing to let the cricket team participate in any
> match. Plz also be
> mindful of the fact that the ICC and the cricketers
> of the world had
> noithing to say about the incarceration of Imran
> Khan. That is not
> only shocking its downright shameful.
> Just let me know what u think . Once we have a
> concensus on this ill
> send out the letter.
> In the letter i have also complained of the
> indifference of the indian
> judges,, lawyers and journalists. My understanding
> of the indian civil
> society's response to the martial law  is based on
> Kudip Nayar' recent
> article in Dawn. According to that article the
> response has been quite
> pathetic.
> Plz do comment , as i want to send this letter only
> after consulting u guys.
> Regards
> sara Inayat
> 
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