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[mukto-mona] Torching of train in Narsingdi: Perpetrators should be punished--editorial



Torching of train in Narsingdi: Perpetrators should be punished

A national daily has editorially commented that “hell broke loose as activists of pro-ruling party student body Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) went violent in protest against the killing of Narsingdi mayor Lokman Hossain on Tuesday.As if disruption of traffic movement by calling a strike and putting barricades on roads were not enough, they torched an intercity train next day.Undoubtedly, those who were behind the killing of the mayor committed an outrage and deserve the highest punishment that the law provides. So, if the shocked followers of the mayor and their other fellow travellers in the BCL had any score to settle, they should have done it by making sure the killer was caught.But what had the train or its passengers to do with the assassination? Unfortunately, their senseless act of vandalism inflicted immense damage to public property and caused enormous suffering to the passengers of the train.”The paper further commented “we are constrained to point fingers at the administration and the ruling Awami League (AL) for their sloth in handling the situation promptly. There is no question that the scenario in Narsingdi in the aftermath of the mayor's murder was one of law and order. In the same breath, it was also a party related issue as the AL's student activists were involved in the vandalism that ensued. But neither the administration nor the ruling party was prompt to act and control the situation.This is quite contrary to what the government usually does during street agitation by the parties in opposition. They swoop down on them in no time.”

We feel the same way.The torching of an intercity train is not a small affair. We are surprised that none of Chatra League has been arrested or no case has yet been filed. If this would be done by opposition activists case would have been filed against five thousand people as we have seen police doing. This is strange behavior. We do not say that case be filed against five thousand people .This practice of police with opposition is wrong. However we ask the government to file cases the direct perpetrators of torching and taking them to law.



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Re: [mukto-mona] Bangladesh Wins Freedom



Addressing a few more of QAR's statements:
 
QAR: "Specifically west Bengal is far from being fair to Muslims."
 
Response from SB: I am not sure what basis Mr. Rahman has to make this statement. West Bengal has many Muslims in positions of power. If in important jobs, Muslims are represented less than their percentage in the population, that is hardly unfair; because Muslims are indeed poorer when it comes to education is science and humanities. I know from my Dhaka University days, Hindu students were more in number at the top of their class compared to their number in the class; and that in spite of the emigration of a huge percentage of the better educated Hindus from East Bengal over quite a few decades. A fair system should reflect more Hindus in positions of power than their percentage in the overall population of Bangladesh today; and the country is doing opposite there. In West Bengal and in India overall, over many generations, Hindus have been more into modern education compared to the Muslims. It would be unfair to put a less qualified Muslim in a job over a better qualified Hindu. People like Mr. Rahman can help the Muslims more by asking them to get some real education, as opposed to keeping too much of their mind in the religion.
 
QAR: "Well I am not an Indian. Indians have to decide on that issue. As long people are treated fairly, I do not mind. Obviously a majority population have some influence in popular culture. When you watch Indian TV you hear more "Namaskars" than "Salaams" even when they are talking to Muslims. I do not mind as long people are being courteous and respectful to each other. Salaam means 'Peace" and it is a wonderful way to greet people. So if a Hindu wishes peace unto me by saying 'Shanti", I enjoy that!!" (This was on my query "Would you like the Indian constitution to begin with Om (the Hindu Trinity), and proclaim Hinduism as the country's state religion?")
 
Response from SB: The question was for Mr. Rahman. The bold-font first sentence in the response tells me that he did not want to answer the question. To me, "Om" to begin the constitution of the country would be terribly unfair to the non-Hindus of India, many of whom do not look at their God in multiple forms, many of whom do not believe in God. The constitution of the country is not 'popular culture'; it is the highest legal document of the country, it is supposed to be revered by all citizens. Greetings on TV shows and personal greetings are not the same as putting a religious symbol on the constitution. I myself greet Muslim elders with salam or adab. People like Mr. Rahman coming clean on this subject or not, they need to realize that making the state legally unfair to minority communities would make the state morally bankrupt, with a lot of bad consequences for the state, and for the majority community from within the majority community; and I do highlight within.
 
QAR: "I have not ask Bangladesh to be an "Islamic" country."
 
Response from SB: Thank you.
 
Sorry, I have to stop here now,
 
Sukhamaya Bain
 
From: qar <qrahman@netscape.net>
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2011 4:28 PM
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] Bangladesh Wins Freedom

 
Did I say "fairness" Mr. Rahman? No, I said "equal respect."

>>>>>>> Not a big difference. You have to give people "Equal status" to be fair. If I do not respect you and your background, I cannot be fair with you. If you really want to get into it, fairness is the NEXT step after 'Equal respect". Once you have equal respect, fairness is the result of it. So we are essentially saying similar things but you wanted to make an issue out of it!!

Why?

I am extremely reluctant in debating/discussing with thoroughly brainwashed and irrational people, especially on the subject that has made them so. They are too passionate about whatever has washed their brain, rationality does not work there. I am very reluctant to take up a task, such as educating this kind people, in which I am almost sure of my failure.


>>>>>>> I am passionate just like you passionately think religion is the mother of all problem. Communists used to think that way around 100 years ago and last century has shown us they were wrong!!

1) Would you like to have the Hindus of India run India (because they are inthe majority there), and just treat the Muslims with fairness? Or would you like the individual Indian Muslims, based upon their qualifications, to be in positions of power and visibility in their homeland of centuries?


>>>>>>>>> Yes, if and when minority Indians ( Christian, Muslims, lower caste Hindus etc) are treated with fairness, automatically the qualified person will get the positions they deserve. Fairness ALSO means giving equal access to education, hospitals, transportation etc. India (Specifically west Bengal is far from being fair to Muslims).

2) Would you like the Indian constitution to begin with Om (the Hindu Trinity), and proclaim Hinduism as the country's state religion?

>>>>>>>>>  Well I am not an Indian. Indians have to decide on that issue. As long people are treated fairly, I do not mind. Obviously a majority population have some influence in popular culture. When you watch Indian TV you hear more "Namaskars" than "Salaams" even when they are talking to Muslims. I do not mind as long people are being courteous and respectful to each other. Salaam means 'Peace" and it is a wonderful way to greet people. So if a Hindu wishes peace unto me by saying 'Shanti", I enjoy that!!

Just so you don't get carried away by reading some verses of the Qur'an I shared, I have not demanded to make Bangladesh an "Islamic" country. Personally it is NOT a priority to me. History teaches us when we "Impose" religion on people, it does not work. I want to see Muslims of Bangladesh have proper/accurate understanding of Islam. Lack of religious knowledge caused a lot of pain on Muslims and non-Muslims alike. Once we have some basic understanding of religions, we have live in a peaceful environment.


3) If Bangladesh had a right to be a Muslim country, what moral right did the country have to have Chittagong Hill Tracts to be a district of that country? Shouldn't they be allowed to form their own country just like Pakistan was formed in 1947? This is just one example. You can replace the CHT with any non-Muslim majority area of Bangladesh to come up with other examples. And where does this kind of divisions end?

>>>>>>>>> Mr. Bain first of all, I have not ask Bangladesh to be an "Islamic" country. An official announcement will not educate many fools walking all around us. We need to have solid secular and religious education for our population. In fact, not only Muslims most Hindus of Bangladesh cannot even explain their religion with proper reference from scriptures. So I am for better "Hindu" education for our Hindu population as well.

For now, I would say, believe what you like, but please try to bring some objectivity into your thoughts, so that at least you would not be too hateful to others that do not believe what you believe.

>>>>>>>>>> I have been fair and respectful to all members. However I have not seen any VALID reason to share ignorant people who just rant against religion without having a clue what they are talking about. I spend quite a bit of time to give reference to support what I say and everyone is welcome to verify everything. If I made any mistake, I am willing to learn from you and correct myself.

Having said that, I am every right disagree with you. It is a fundamental human right. Similarly you have every right to disagree with my opinions ( That is all I am sharing here!!). It would be nice if we learn few things from each other.

.And please try to realize that most people's so-called belief is mostly the result of brainwashing from the day they were born; almost 100% of them inherited their so-called belief from their family, with no unbiased exposure to other beliefs/rationalities


>>>>>>>>>> Well I AM ONE OF THOSE  lucky ones, who examined his faith and even challenged it. At the end I have found answers to many questions that haunted me for most of my life ( The concept of free will and how that interact with predestination/fate in Islam is one such issue). The difference with me and some other members is I do not impose my belief or lack on belief like you just did (
please try to realize that most people's so-called belief is mostly the result of brainwashing).



So
if you are humble enough to analyze your statement, you will see that, you are acting like one of those intolerant people you profess to dislike. If you "think" religion is a result of brain washing, that is YOUR belief ( Flawed in my opinion).

I'll be with you if you want to criticize how religion is taught ( Below standard Madrasas, Hindu temples etc), I'll agree with you BUT religion also deals with spirituality. And that is a whole different 'Talk show" my friend.....

I have one question for you. I have been only sharing and correcting some intolerant/inaccurate rants against religion. Which hopefully help members like yourself get authentic knowledge of Islam. I have NEVER preached Islam to anyone or disrespected other faiths. So why are you "Offended" by my posts?

Wishing you an "Open mind".
;-)

---Original Message-----
From: Sukhamaya Bain <subain1@yahoo.com>
To: mukto-mona <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sat, Oct 29, 2011 4:46 am
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] Bangladesh Wins Freedom

 
Did I say "fairness" Mr. Rahman? No, I said "equal respect."
 
I am extremely reluctant in debating/discussing with thoroughly brainwashed and irrational people, especially on the subject that has made them so. They are too passionate about whatever has washed their brain, rationality does not work there. I am very reluctant to take up a task, such as educating this kind people, in which I am almost sure of my failure.
 
So, let me not talk about your religion, Mr. Rahman. Let me just ask you a few simple common sense questions.
 
1) Would you like to have the Hindus of India run India (because they are inthe majority there), and just treat the Muslims with fairness? Or would you like the individual Indian Muslims, based upon their qualifications, to be in positions of power and visibility in their homeland of centuries?
 
2) Would you like the Indian constitution to begin with Om (the Hindu Trinity), and proclaim Hinduism as the country's state religion?
 
3) If Bangladesh had a right to be a Muslim country, what moral right did the country have to have Chittagong Hill Tracts to be a district of that country? Shouldn't they be allowed to form their own country just like Pakistan was formed in 1947? This is just one example. You can replace the CHT with any non-Muslim majority area of Bangladesh to come up with other examples. And where does this kind of divisions end?
 
If I had more time, I probably would have had some interest in talking religions with you. But unfortunately I do not have much time to waste. For now, I would say, believe what you like, but please try to bring some objectivity into your thoughts, so that at least you would not be too hateful to others that do not believe what you believe. .And please try to realize that most people's so-called belief is mostly the result of brainwashing from the day they were born; almost 100% of them inherited their so-called belief from their family, with no unbiased exposure to other beliefs/rationalities
 
Wish you a free mind/brain.
 
Sukhamaya Bain

 
From: qar <qrahman@netscape.net>
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 3:43 PM
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] Bangladesh Wins Freedom

 
In any case, Jogen Mondal being foolish or not, the Hindus that he represented, and the other Hindus and non-Hindus that he did not necessarily represent, had a birthright on the land. For Bangladesh to be an honorable and decent nation, it necessarily has to separate Islam from the business of the state, and treat all religious groups with equal respect.

>>>>>>> While I agree with the spirit of the statement you made ( Hindus have a birth right to be treated with fairness in Bangladesh). I don't think Islam is the problem here. Rather some greedy Muslims. It may amuse you to know that, Allah (SWT) even spoke about hypocrites who speak about Allah (SWT) and Islam but ONLY work for his/her own interest in several places.

My "Personal" opinion is Islam has a solution for all people ( Even those who do not practice Islam). Over the history Islam has shown how they can be protected without sacrificing ideals of Islam. Let me share a verse from The noble Qur'an.............................................








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[ALOCHONA] Ivy, Shamim cannot be treated alike

Lessons from NCC verdict

Ivy, Shamim cannot be treated alike

Mahfuz Anam

It was good of the prime minister to call Selina Hayat Ivy, the newly
elected mayor of Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC), and congratulate
her. She even said "Baaper Beti" (Worthy daughter of worthy father),
acknowledging the magnificence of Ivy's victory and perhaps recalling
the fact that her father, also denied party nomination, ended up
defeating the party candidate in 1974. It was an appropriate gesture
that one expects from a leader of Sheikh Hasina's stature. We may even
compliment her on being able to swallow her pride and congratulating
somebody whose victory was obviously not something she desired ---
whatever may be said now. So far so good.

The problem arose when we saw that the PM had also invited Shamim
Osman, the contestant that Narayanganj voters had emphatically
rejected through what can be truly termed as a "ballot revolution".
Not only that, Shamim was invited at the same time, reportedly without
Ivy's knowledge, and was called to the PM's presence together, both
when she met them in a closed door meeting, and then in the session
where others were present.

How did Shamim Osman fit in there? What considerations could have made
the PM invite both together? How appropriate is it to treat the victor
of an election in the same manner as the loser? What sort of respect
is it for public opinion when both are given the same stature? Imagine
the feeling of voters from Narayanganj? While they have made a clear
choice, the PM does not seem to acknowledge it? How might they have
felt seeing the person they had collectively rejected standing on one
side of the PM with the one who has their love and respect on the
other? What does it say about the prime minister's own respect for
voters' judgment?

Then comes the bombshell. As reported, Sheikh Hasina asked the elected
mayor of NCC to "work together" with Shamim Osman in developing the
city. Work together? With whom? The person that the voters have
rejected? Is it the verdict of the people of Narayanganj that they
should work together? Did we, at The Daily Star, miss something?

However brave a face the party may now put on, people know that the
Awami League backed Shamim in the election, and the decision to back
Shamim was taken at the behest of the prime minister herself. In fact,
the leaders who could communicate with her pleaded with her to back
Ivy, because they all knew the public mood. Most local leaders from
Narayanganj also advised the same. Frantic messages were sent to her
warning of impending disaster if Shamim was given the party backing.
Party leaders even implored her to back neither as both were from the
AL and both refused to stand down when asked to do so by the party
chief. Ignoring almost all serious advice, and not taking into account
grassroots opinion, the AL chief made known her clear preference that
ultimately got translated into party support.

The reason we delve at some length into the process of selecting
Shamim over Ivy is because we now see an attempt to impose the same
person on the people of Narayanganj in running the affairs of NCC. How
can Ivy work together with Shamim when the public made a clear choice?
Had Ivy campaigned on a premise of "if elected I will work together
with Shamim", we seriously doubt if she would have got the mandate she
did. So why this deliberate negation of people's wishes?

We are deeply disturbed by the prime minister's remark. It is as if it
was a mere quarrel between two errant factional leaders, as if there
has not been a public verdict, as if people have not expressed their
choice, as if there were no differences between these two candidates.

We are forced to point out that just as Sheikh Hasina failed to gauge
the public mood prior to the election, she is now failing to
understand the message that has come out of the NCC election. People
want an end to the criminalisation of politics; they want an end to
corruption; they want freedom from intimidation and extortion; they
want transparent and accountable government, and most importantly,
they want clean and honest politicians to lead them. These are the
fundamental messages to have emanated from the NCC election.

There is a thinking among the higher echelons of our leading political
parties, especially the rulings parties of the day, that elections
cannot be won without criminal elements, that muscle power and money
are needed to bring in votes. However attractive moral values and
ethics may sound, in the practical world of vote getting gangsters
play a vital role. In the 2001 election Sheikh Hasina opted to give
party nominations to several candidates with criminal reputation, the
most prominent of whom was Joynal Hazari. Many AL nominations in Dhaka
were mostly based on "money-muscle" consideration. Not only were they
"certain" to return, but were also expected to "help" others to win.
Almost all of them lost heavily and brought the party down with them,
as people were furious to see such people nominated.

While in power the BNP's Hawa Bhavan operations were mainly based on
similar considerations, and we all know what disaster it brought to
the party.

People who know have commented that Sheikh Hasina has a soft spot for
Shamim Osman because of his contribution during her early days in
politics in the 1980s and because of his personal devotion to her
during the threatening times of Freedom Party operations.

While personal IOUs have some value, however they need to be judged in
the wider context of public and national good. Sheikh Hasina is too
big a leader and too experienced a prime minister to allow bigger
national issues to get clouded by such personal considerations.

We think her attempt to rehabilitate politicians with a dubious past
is extremely ill conceived. Our issue is not with any particular
politician but with the whole practice of patronisation of criminals
and criminally linked politicians by our big parties. Whatever small
advantage they may bring in one instance or another, overall they
bring disaster to the parties that patronise them.

The people of Narayanganj, through their votes, have given Sheikh
Hasina a magnificent opportunity to bring about a qualitative change
in her party politics. She now has an opening to bring in a new breed
of young leaders, who are "clean", committed and honest. She can seize
the moment and start anew the "politics of change" that was her
party's pledge, and believing which people gave her such an
overwhelming mandate.

Contrarily, Sheikh Hasina can choose to trivialise the lessons from
this election.

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[ALOCHONA] Bangladesh foreign policy: Directionless and subservient

Bangladesh foreign policy: Directionless and subservient

Shamsher M. Chowdhury, Bir Bikram

FOREIGN policy has been an integral element of all nation states since
their very emergence centuries ago. Only its manifestation and
execution have varied from one state to the other and with changing
times, depending on their goals. What, however, has not changed is its
declared objective of protecting one's national self-interest, both
perceived and real. The same is, or ought to have been, the case with
Bangladesh.

During the early years of our independence, the foreign policy of the
new state was driven by external pressures to demonstrate gratitude to
the forces that had directly, or indirectly, supported our Liberation
War. As a result, we had an Indo-Soviet centric foreign policy. This
severely restricted the manoeuvrability of the country's foreign
policy and left us out of the equation with emerging and important
global players like China and Saudi Arabia, a status that largely
remained unchanged till the political changes of August 1975.

Geo-political realities
It was only in the mid- seventies that Bangladesh was able to create
an independent foreign policy that reflected our geo-political
realities, our true economic goals and the aspirations of the vast
majority of the country's population. It was aimed at protecting our
national self interest by being more inclusive. Bangladesh regained
its sense of dignity and earned the respect of the global community,
our economic challenges not withstanding. This found reflection in the
depth and dimension of our ties with the Muslim world and the form and
content of our relations with China, without seriously compromising
our thrust on regional diplomacy and our growing economic and trade
ties with the West.

In the Muslim world, the image of Bangladesh was one of a moderator.
This was reflected in her role in addressing the issues that most
afflicted the member countries of the Organization of Islamic
Countries (OIC). Our leading role in the Al Quds Committee dealing
with the all important Palestinian question and the efforts to end the
fratricidal Iran-Iraq war earned special respect and praise for
Bangladesh at home and abroad.

SAARC is a reality
The election of Bangladesh to the UN Security Council in 1978,
defeating a power house like Japan, was the ultimate manifestation of
the success of that pragmatic, and yet dynamic, nature of the foreign
policy of Bangladesh as guided by President Ziaur Rahman. More
importantly, the success of our foreign policy made the nation proud
as Bangladesh was able to stand with its head high in the comity of
nations. In short, Bangladesh had arrived.

On the regional front, President Zia's concept of institutionalised
regional economic cooperation in the highly divided and distrust
ridden South Asia was not just bold, it was as much visionary. While
it may have had its expected share of initial misgivings and had
caught bigger regional players off guard, none could in the end resist
it. SAARC is now a South Asian reality.

The collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the cold war had very
little impact on the foreign policy of Bangladesh because our ties
with the countries of East Europe had been largely marginalised since
the mid- seventies.
Those were the glorious days of our foreign policy. It had a ring of
pride and dignity around it and a Bangladeshi diplomat felt proud to
represent this nascent state.

'Look East' policy
The 'Look East' policy adopted in 2001 added a new dimension to the
country's foreign policy. Under this dispensation, Bangladesh's
relations with the countries of South East Asia gave our foreign
relations a strategic depth that went beyond South Asia.

I thought it was relevant to highlight here the golden days of the
foreign policy of Bangladesh to put the prevailing situation in its
proper perspective. Today, things are in reverse. What the average
Bangladeshi has been witnessing since the coming to office of the
incumbent government is a subservient foreign policy that does nothing
to protect our national interest. On the contrary, its sole aim is to
appease. What is worse, the whole approach lacks any transparency.
That this was going to be the case was first signalled following the
visit of the Bangladesh Prime Minister to New Delhi in January 2010.
The contents of the fifty-point joint declaration issued following
that visit raised more questions than it answered; even more so
because the public in Bangladesh remained in the dark of what was
actually agreed upon.

Importantly, what was in the script had very little relations to
issues that are of grave importance to Bangladesh, especially, on the
sharing of the waters of the common rivers. Being a riverine and
irrigation- dependent country, this particular issue has assumed
critical importance in Bangladesh following our harrowing experience
with the present government's handling of the Farakka Barrage Project
in India from the very beginning and its debilitating impact on the
ecology and economy of Bangladesh. Much is being made by the
government on the thirty-year Ganges Water Treaty signed in 1996; but
the present government does not feel it necessary to argue that the
damage already done is irreversible and hence there has to be a sense
of urgency in reaching mutually acceptable accords on the other rivers
before large chunks of Bangladesh dries up.

Weak-kneed policy
The outcome of the visit of the Indian Prime Minister to Dhaka in
September this year and what has been happening since then has made
the degree and extent of this government's weak-kneed foreign policy
all the more glaring. The sixty plus point joint declaration of
September 7th is the perfect case in point. As subsequent events have
shown, the follow up has been lopsidedly weighed against the interest
of Bangladesh. Much hype was created prior to the visit on reaching
an agreement, and that too an interim one, on sharing of the waters of
the Teesta river.
What happened in the end is now history. It now seems to have entered
the realm of uncertainty and periodic government assurances to the
contrary are increasingly looking ridiculous. Similarly,
disappointments are rife among the residents of the enclaves and
protests and hunger strikes there have continued unabated as they feel
cheated and deceived. But does the government care? It is too busy
facilitating the uninterrupted passage of Indian goods through
Bangladesh and without collecting any fees in return. So much was said
that the revenue emanating from granting transit to Indian goods would
not only mitigate our gaping trade imbalance with our giant neighbour,
it would also turn Bangladesh into a Singapore. The reality is there
for all to see.

Public umbrage in Bangladesh has been boiling over the sustained
killings of Bangladeshis along the border by Indian border guards over
the years, made worse by this government's inaction on this issue. The
government was content with denials coming from the Indian side on
this, notwithstanding all the evidence that this was actually
happening, that people, including young children, were being routinely
killed.

It was not until the graphic image of a dead Felani, a 15-year old
Bangladeshi girl, hanging from the barbed wire fence that our
government woke up to the reality of the situation. But it was already
too little too late for Felani, and others like her who have been
victims of a failed foreign policy. What a shame!

Holding brief
Mutual benefit and mutual respect are among the fundamentals on which
foreign policies are built. Today we have neither. What is even more
demeaning for us as a nation is the sight of senior government
officials, including and especially relevant Ministers and the
all-powerful Advisers, conducting themselves in a manner as if their
sole task is to hold the brief for the other side, that they have no
responsibility to protect the interests of the people of Bangladesh.

It is indeed hard to imagine that the pride, dignity and interests of
a people who did not hesitate to sacrifice their lives for a language
and a country they could call their own are being bargained off with
such impunity, all for the sake of appeasing a powerful neighbour. But
that is exactly what is happening today. The title of a recent book by
a Bangladeshi residing in the United States, critical of the
prevailing situation, "You can be sold yourself, but do not sell my
Country" captures the true depth of the anger and frustration of the
people of this country today.
This is not what we bargained for.
… … …

Indomitable courage of Enayetullah Khan
As I put pen to paper to write this piece for the special issue
commemorating the forty-seventh anniversary of the weekly HOLIDAY, I
recall with fond memory and respect its Founder- Editor Enayetullah
Khan, or Mintu bhai, as he was popularly called. Known for his
indomitable courage in the face of adversity even from his early days
as a journalist, Enayetullah's launching of the weekly Holiday in the
mid-sixties met a much felt need for an English language weekly that
reflected the growing unease with Ayub Khan's military-controlled
'basic democracy', that was neither basic nor democratic.

Enayetullah Khan reached the height of journalistic brilliance when,
just a fortnight before the then Pakistani military junta launched its
mindless carnage on the unarmed innocent civilians of erstwhile East
Pakistanis in March 1971, he cautioned Sheikh Mujibur Rahman of the
impending danger and challenged him to choose between power and glory
("They are not finished with you yet, Bengal", Holiday issue of 14th
March, 1971). In the end Sheikh Mujib got both but proved incapable to
hold onto either for long. Again, shortly after the Independence of
Bangladesh, Enayetullah Khan earned the wrath of the powers that be
when he challenged the country's leadership to seek national
reconciliation and let not history be our burden ("Sixty-five million
collaborators?" Holiday issue of 6th February, 1972).
On the forty-seventh anniversary of the founding of the Holiday, I
once again remember Enayetullah Khan with reverence due to an
irreplaceable journalist.

Shamsher M Chowdhury is a former Foreign Secretary and Ambassador.

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[ALOCHONA] Who are the real indigenous people of Bangladesh?

Who are the real indigenous people of Bangladesh?

A.M.K. Chowdhury

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said, "We are the only
Adivashi/indigenous people in Bangladesh. Tribal people who live in
here came to Bangladesh after a long time our ancestors came. So, we
are the true indigenous people of Bangladesh." She said this while she
and foreign minister Dipu Moni met the United Nations secretary
General Ban Ki-moon during the 66th UN General Assembly meeting at the
UN headquarters in New York on September 23, 2011. Ban Ki-moon then
said to Sheikh Hasina for fun, "It is not an easy matter that Dr.
Momen your permanent representative to UN0 is an indigenous man, as
reported on September 25, 2011 in a Bangladsh daily.

Earlier on July 26, 2011 Foreign Minister Dipu Moni told diplomats and
journalists that the minority people living in the CHT (Chittagong
Hill Tracts) were 'tribal' and not 'indigenous'. She also said that
CHT people were 'asylum-seekers' and Bangalis are the true indigenous
people of Bangladesh. She further said that all minorities were
recognised generically as minorities in the Constitution and through
the 15th amendment, the present government has catagorised them as
'ethnic minorities' and no longer only as 'tribal' people, as reported
on August 12, 2011.
There are some 14 ethnic minorities in Bangladesh. They are known as
Chakma, Marma (Mogh), Larma, Jummas, Tippra, Murong, Panko, Kyong,
Mro, Tangchangya, Bomang, Lushai, Kuki, Khumi etc. all of whom are of
anthropological interest. Each tribe has its own dialect. By religion,
most of them are Buddhists, but there are also animists. Buddhists are
next to Hindus in respect of population.
According to a news report dated October 24, 2009, there are huge
mineral resources such as urenium, China clay, coal, lime stone, oil,
gas and eight kinds of mineral sands. These are yet to be explored.
The CHT was divided into 3 districts namely Rangamati, Khagrachari and
Bandarban on April 18, 1981. Rangamati covers an area of 6,088 square
kilometers, Khagrachari 2,590 sq. kilometers and Bandarban 5,402 sq.
kilometres.

Some non-government oranisations (NGOs), missionary groups, Human
Right activists, Parbayta Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samiti or PCJSS,
United People's Democratic Front (UPDF), Bangladesh Adivashi Forum and
some other organisations demand constitutional recognition to these
tribal people as "indigenous people". Jyotindra Bodhipriya Larma alias
Santu Larma, President of PCJSS and also the President of Adivashi
Forum, demanded their recognition as "indigenous communities" instead
of ethnic minorities in official records, as reported on August 7,
2010. The UPDF opposed 'imposition' of Bangali nationalism on ethnic
minorities and demanded for dropping the provision from the 15th
amendment to the Constitution to protect their described identity of
the ethnic population in the CHT. Mention may be made here that Sheikh
Mujibur Rahman urged the tribal people to become Bangalis to forget
the colonial past and join the mainstream of Bangali society. But they
did not obey the then Prime Minister. These people want to identify
them as aboriginals to make Adivashi homeland in the CHT and to
seperate it from Bangladesh like East Timur from the Muslim majority
country Indonesia.

India interested to separate CHT
Subir Bnowmick, BBC representative of Kolkata, India, wrote in his
book titled 'Troubled Periphery Crisis of Indian North East' that
India is interested to separate the CHT from Bangladesh, as reported
in a prominent daily of Dhaka on March 20, 2010. Captain Sachin
Karmaker, International Secretary of Minority Congress Party, wrote a
letter to the Director, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of America
on July 27, 2007 to help them to establishing a separate homeland for
ethnic minorities in the CHT, as reported on August 25, 2009. But the
CHT is part and parcel of Bangladesh.

Ethnically, linguistically and historically they cannot be identified
as aboriginals or indigenous people. They are not the 'sons and
daughters of the Soil'. The aborinals are the groups of human race
"who have been residing in a place from time immemorial… they are the
true sons of the soil… ( vide Morgan, An introduction to Anthropology,
1972.)

Before 1673 A.D. there was no Chakma tribe in Chittagong. Shermonta
Khan, a leader of Chakma tribe came from Arakan in 1673 A. D. while he
was defeated in a battle with the Arakan king. After that Chakmas came
here Group wise.
Marmas or Moghs came here in 1784. Bomang settled in the CHT during
the seventeenth century. Murong, Mro, Kyong, Panko and Kukhi came here
about 200 to 300 years ago. Besides, some tribal people such as
Khasia, Monipuri live in Sylhet, Garo at Mymensingh, Santals, Orang
and Mundas at Rajshahi, Dinajpur, Bogra and Rangpur. They are not
aboriginals. They came here about 100 to 200 years ago during the
British regime to work at tea gardens and cultivation. Santals came
from Choto Nagpur of India for 'indigo' cultivation, says a news item
dated July 2, 2011.

There is no proof that tribal people of Bangladesh are aboriginals
like Red Indians of America. Almost all the tribal people living in
the CHT came from Tibbet, Arakan and Myanmar. They cannot be reconised
as indigenous people instead of ethnic minorities. They are ethnic
minorities by any definition.

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[ALOCHONA] Narsingdi Mayor Killing: Minister Raju's brother, 13 others accused

Narsingdi Mayor Killing

Minister Raju's brother, 13 others accused

Drama over recording family's case with Narsingdi police; Khokon is
not accused by the family

Salauddin Ahmed Bachchu, the younger brother of Posts and
Telecommunications Minister Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju, and 13 others were
implicated last night in the murder of Narsingdi mayor Lokman Hossain,
after a long drama over filing a case.

Kamruzzaman, immediate younger brother of the slain mayor, named
Bachchu as the main accused in the case filed with Narsingdi Model
Police Station.

But he did not include the name of Khairul Kabir Khokon, president of
BNP Narsingdi district unit, who was arrested from his residence near
Khilgaon Matir Masjid in the capital Wednesday around 2:50am, hours
after Lokman was shot to death.

According to the first information report (FIR), Bachchu and nine
other accused hatched the murder plot.

The nine are Abdul Matin, a former municipality chairman and former
vice-president of Narsingdi district Awami League; Mobarok Hossain
Moba, a leader of Narsingdi city AL; Montaz Uddin Bhuiyan, president
of Narsingdi city AL; Nurul Islam, Narsingdi city BNP general
secretary who is now in Malaysia; Monowar Hossain Khan alias Moeen, a
businessman; Hiron Mia, a Jatiya Party leader; Tareq Ahmed, a BNP
leader and former VP of Narsingdi Government College students' union;
Masudur Rahman Murad, assistant personal secretary of Rajiuddin Ahmed
Raju and also an AL leader; and Kabir Sircar, a top criminal listed by
Rab and also an AL leader.

And, the ten ordered the other four to kill Lokman.

The four accused are Ashraf Hossain Sarker, brother of AL leader Abdul
Matin Sarker; Mia Mohammad Manzur, an AL leader; Amir Hossain alias
Amu, a former Jatiya Party leader; and Mamun, son of late Manik Mia
who was a Jatiya Party leader.

In the FIR, Kamruzzaman briefly elaborated how the 14 were involved in
the killing of his brother.

While filing of the case around 11:45pm yesterday, it was seen that
Lokman's younger brother Shamim was talking with somebody over the
phone.

Shamim told The Daily Star that top AL leaders kept pressing him all
day long to drop the name of Bachchu from the case and include
Khokon's name instead.

This correspondent overheard Shamim telling somebody during one of his
phone conversations, "Why you are pressuring me to implicate Khokon?
He has nothing to do with it. But since you still insist, I'm
implicating two of his close aides."

During another phone conversation, Shamim Newaz was saying, "I cannot
betray with the blood of my slain brother and drop the name of the
minister's brother. The minister's brother threatened my brother on
many occasions. He was involved in the killing, not Khokon."

Anwar Hossain, the officer-in-charge, showed up at the police station
half an hour after Lokman's brothers arrived there around 11:00pm.

The officer first recorded the allegation as an FIR, not as a case and
advised the large number of people present there to go away.

He said he would turn the matter into a case later and give them the
case number as he was not able to record it as a case without talking
to his higher-ups.

The people present got angry and said they would not leave the place
without a case number. The OC then requested for some time and went
out of the room to talk with his higher-ups over the phone.

He returned about 20-25 minutes later and agreed to record the
complaint as a case.

Earlier yesterday, talking to The Daily Star at Lokman's Basail
residence, his younger brother Shamim Newaz and close aides said they
were "very much" convinced that Raju and Bachchu were behind the
killing.

SM Kaioum, former vice-president of Bangladesh Chhatra League central
committee, who was close to Lokman, told this correspondent that they
were under pressure from Awami League high-ups to include Khokon's
name in the FIR.

"We are under pressure also not to mention in the FIR the names of the
telecommunications minister and his brother," Kaioum, also a former
general secretary of Narsingdi Govt College students' union, added.

Several others in the family also echoed the same.

On Wednesday, Shamim Newaz told this correspondent that they would
file a case with the police station that very day. Asked yesterday,
filing of the case is being delayed due to the tangle over mentioning
the names of accused, SM Kaioum and Shamim Newaz added.

A number of associates of Lokman also said Khokon used to admire the
mayor very much and they will never buy that he was involved in the
killing.

"We don't want that Lokman's assassination will be used for political
purposes," Asaduzzaman, the president of Narsingdi district AL, said.

"We want that the killers will be brought to justice and no innocent
will be harassed to serve anybody's political interest," Kazi Mohammad
Ali, religious affairs secretary of Narsingdi district AL, told The
Daily Star.

Hours after the killing of Lokman Hossain, a two-time gold medalist as
best mayor, police in association with Detective Branch arrested
Khokon from his residence near Khilgaon Matir Masjid in the capital
around 2:50am of Wednesday.

A chief judicial magistrate court of Narsingdi sent Khokon to custody
after rejecting his bail prayer, which was moved by more than a
hundred lawyers.

Khokon was shown arrested under Section 54 and police submitted a
report to the court, suspecting his involvement in the killing.

Hearing on a prayer to take him into a five-day remand was scheduled
for yesterday, but the court deferred it to November 9.

Quoting witnesses, Lokman's family and friends said that on Tuesday
around 8:00pm, a group of nine, aged between 25 and 35, took part in
the killing.

"Of the nine, one entered the district Awami League office on Sadar
Road and opened fire with a sophisticated gun and the eight others
stood guards in four groups outside," said Kaioum.

FAMILY ASKS WHYS
Family members and close aides of Lokman Hossain, a two-time gold
medalist as best mayor, have raised two questions and called upon the
law enforcement agencies to find out the answers.

"As a very popular mayor, my brother had relations with Rajiuddin
Ahmed Raju and his brother Salauddin Ahmed. But neither of them or
their representatives came to our house to see the body of my brother
or to console us," Lokman's younger brother Shamim Newaz said.

Except for Rajiuddin and his brother, all the lawmakers of Narsingdi
attended Lokman's janaza, he added.

"We know the minister is abroad, but why his brother did not attend
the janaza? We're almost sure from our sources that the minister's
brother is involved in the killing," Kaioum said.

The family members also asked why there was no electricity only in the
district AL office when Lokman was shot.

"Power in the AL office went out just minutes before the assassin
sprayed bullets on Lokman. The outage remained for three to four
minutes, and the gunman and his gang left the place by the time," said
district AL President Momtaz Uddin Bhuiyan.

"We want answers of these two major questions," Shamim Newaz said,
adding that many things will be clear once they know the whys.

According to the register of the district Palli Bidyut office, there
was no load shedding between 7:30pm and 8:00pm on Tuesday in the area
where the AL office is located.

An officer of local Palli Bidyut Samity office said someone might have
disconnected the electricity line.

Asked about his not attending the janaza and not going to Lokman's
house after the murder, Salauddin Ahmed, now in Dhaka, told a Prothom
Alo journalist on Wednesday that he usually does not attend janazas.

"Still, I wanted to attend Lokman's but some people by that time
pointed figure at my brother Rajiuddin Ahmed, saying he was behind the
killing. Thinking that the situation might worsen, I didn't attend the
janaza," Salauddin told the Prothom Alo over the telephone.

The Daily Star found his mobile phone switched off yesterday.

NARSINGDI STILL GLOOMY
A heavy gloom prevailed in the municipality yesterday as locals were
mourning for Lokman, "a mayor with a rare personality". The three-day
mourning will end today.

People of all ages and professions wore black badges, hoisted black
flags on their houses, rooftops, different offices and businesses.

Around a thousand people formed a human chain in front of the
Narsingdi municipality yesterday afternoon for over an hour. Officials
and staff of the municipality abstained from work for an hour.

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[ALOCHONA] RE: Shame for Hasina's refusal to Army Deployment




From: islam1234@msn.com
To: mohiuddin@netzero.net
Subject: RE: Shame for Hasina's refusal to Army Deployment
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 18:35:34 -0400
Pakistanis have finally come to their senses. They have Unilateraly granted India, The Most Favored Nation Status. Now, I am worndering, what the Bangladeshi Jihaadis have to say about India. Islamist groups and nationalists (BNP) made wonderful living on hatred of mostly Hindu India, always comlained that "trading with the enemy" was a concession to New Delhi that should be resisted by any means necessary. 
 
 
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From: mohiuddin@netzero.net
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 21:11:31 +0000
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Subject: Shame for Hasina's refusal to Army Deployment

Dr. Manik,
 
Do you know if Bangladesh Army seeks permission to fight back Indian Forces Hasina will refuse to give permission.?
The reason is clear , the Army actively supported the overthrow of BKSAL regime created by current Prime MInisters father.
Since than Hasina hates our national army, thats why she loves RAB(Rapid Awami Battalion) and Awami Police.


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Subject: Shame for cricket !!!!
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 14:03:22 -0700 (PDT)


Dear All,
 
Thanks Allah (SWT) that we are not part of Pakistan !
 

Butt gets 2 years 6 months in jail, Asif gets 1 year, Amir six months

Richard Sydenham at Southwark Crown Court
November 3, 2011
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 Salman Butt heads to court on the day the verdicts were delivered, London, November 1, 2011
Salman Butt, his former team-mates and their agent have all been handed jail terms � Associated Press
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A London court has handed out jail terms to the three players and their agent found guilty in the spot-fixing case, drawing the curtains on one of cricket's most sordid and shameful sagas. Salman Butt, the former Pakistan captain, has been sentenced to two years and six months; Mohammad Asif has got a one-year jail sentence and his fellow fast bowler Mohammad Amir six months. Mazhar Majeed, the players' agent, has been sentenced to two years and eight months.
They will serve half the time in custody and then be released on licence, with conditions which, if broken, would see them back in detention for the remainder of their term.
The four men had been charged with conspiracy to accept corrupt payments, and conspiracy to cheat in regard to the Lord's Test against England in August 2010, when the three pre-determined no-balls were bowled - two by Amir and one by Asif, orchestrated by Butt and arranged by Majeed. While Amir and Majeed had pleaded guilty before the trial began, Butt and Asif denied the charges and were found guilty by a jury on Tuesday.
The sentences were handed down in Southwark Crown Court on Thursday morning - the 22nd day of the trial - by Justice Cooke, who prefaced the quantum of punishment with some stinging remarks on the four convicted men and a sobering reminder on the legacy of their actions on the sport itself. He also made clear to Majeed and Amir that their sentences had been reduced - from four years and nine months, respectively - because they had pleaded guilty, and told all the players that the bans imposed by the ICC had also had a mitigating effect.
The incarceration began immediately, with the players - who had all come to court with bags - driven away in prison vans after leaving a courtroom packed beyond capacity. Amir will not be sent to jail but to a young offenders' detention centre.
In the aftermath of the sentencing process, while TV crews hovered outside the courthouse, the one main area of debate was what would happen with regards to appeals. Butt's solicitor Paul Harris confirmed on the entrance steps of the courthouse that his team would be lodging an appeal "in the next 24 hours".
Amir's team met with the judge behind closed doors immediately, and grounds for appeal were rejected then, which is apparently normal practice as the sentencing judge is hardly going to admit his punishment was incorrect minutes after meting it out. They are, though, awaiting further clearance, probably in the next 24 hours, which will allow them to lodge an appeal.
Majeed and Asif's legal representatives are yet to announce appeal plans though these are expected soon. There is no suggestion that any of the quartet are seeking bail, while awaiting appeals.
The PCB called it a "sad day" for Pakistan cricket. "Instead of having pride in playing for their country, these players chose to disappoint their supporters, damage the image of their country and bring the noble game of cricket into disrepute. There is little sympathy in Pakistan for the sorry pass they have come to."
In Lahore, the families of the convicted players were stunned by the sentences. Amir's father said the Pakistan government should have helped his son. His brother Saleem said: "He is a kid, he can't understand things. These six months are a lot for a boy who is immature."
Butt's father Zulfiqar was more aggressive, saying his son was innocent. "Our own friends conspired against us," he said. "You can check our bank balance, we haven't even been able to build our own house."
The judge began the day's proceedings proceedings with his summation of the case of each of the four found guilty, reading out their sentences one at a time, and his initial words suggested jail terms for all four guilty.
"Now, when people look back at a surprising event in a game or a surprising result or ever in the future there are surprising results, followers of the game who have paid to watch cricket or who have watched cricket on TV will wonder whether there has been a fix or what they have watched was natural."
Cooke had harsh words for Butt, whom he called "the orchestrator of these matters...you had to be to make sure these two bowlers were bowling at the time of the fix." Butt's leadership status, he said, made him more culpable than his bowlers.
He specifically mentioned Butt's role in involving Amir in the corruption. "An 18 year old from a poverty stricken village background, very different to your own privileged one, who, whilst a very talented bowler, would be inclined to do what his senior players and particularly his captain told him, especially when told there was money in it for him and this was part of the common culture. For an impressionable youngster, not long in the team to stand out against the blandishments of his captain would have been hard."
To Asif he said: "Whilst no money was found in your possession, it's clear that you conspired to bowl a no-ball. There's no evidence on your part of prior fixing but it's hard to see that this could have been an isolated incident."
For Amir there was praise for accepting his guilt and a re-assertion of Butt's influence on Amir but a refusal to accept the basis of his plea, that his only involvement in spot fixing was at Lord's on August 26 and 27 and that he only became involved as a result of pressure and threats to his career.
In this regard he referred to evidence, in the shape of texts and telephone calls with a Pakistani number, of Amir's involvement in discussions about fixing brackets at The Oval during the period of the indictment, though there was no evidence that such fixing actually occurred. That discussion, Justice Cooke noted, did not relate to Majeed.
� ESPN EMEA Ltd.


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[mukto-mona] RE: Shame for Hasina's refusal to Army Deployment




From: islam1234@msn.com
To: mohiuddin@netzero.net
Subject: RE: Shame for Hasina's refusal to Army Deployment
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 18:35:34 -0400
Pakistanis have finally come to their senses. They have Unilateraly granted India, The Most Favored Nation Status. Now, I am worndering, what the Bangladeshi Jihaadis have to say about India. Islamist groups and nationalists (BNP) made wonderful living on hatred of mostly Hindu India, always comlained that "trading with the enemy" was a concession to New Delhi that should be resisted by any means necessary. 
 
 
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Subject: Shame for Hasina's refusal to Army Deployment

Dr. Manik,
 
Do you know if Bangladesh Army seeks permission to fight back Indian Forces Hasina will refuse to give permission.?
The reason is clear , the Army actively supported the overthrow of BKSAL regime created by current Prime MInisters father.
Since than Hasina hates our national army, thats why she loves RAB(Rapid Awami Battalion) and Awami Police.


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Subject: Shame for cricket !!!!
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 14:03:22 -0700 (PDT)


Dear All,
 
Thanks Allah (SWT) that we are not part of Pakistan !
 

Butt gets 2 years 6 months in jail, Asif gets 1 year, Amir six months

Richard Sydenham at Southwark Crown Court
November 3, 2011
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 Salman Butt heads to court on the day the verdicts were delivered, London, November 1, 2011
Salman Butt, his former team-mates and their agent have all been handed jail terms � Associated Press
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A London court has handed out jail terms to the three players and their agent found guilty in the spot-fixing case, drawing the curtains on one of cricket's most sordid and shameful sagas. Salman Butt, the former Pakistan captain, has been sentenced to two years and six months; Mohammad Asif has got a one-year jail sentence and his fellow fast bowler Mohammad Amir six months. Mazhar Majeed, the players' agent, has been sentenced to two years and eight months.
They will serve half the time in custody and then be released on licence, with conditions which, if broken, would see them back in detention for the remainder of their term.
The four men had been charged with conspiracy to accept corrupt payments, and conspiracy to cheat in regard to the Lord's Test against England in August 2010, when the three pre-determined no-balls were bowled - two by Amir and one by Asif, orchestrated by Butt and arranged by Majeed. While Amir and Majeed had pleaded guilty before the trial began, Butt and Asif denied the charges and were found guilty by a jury on Tuesday.
The sentences were handed down in Southwark Crown Court on Thursday morning - the 22nd day of the trial - by Justice Cooke, who prefaced the quantum of punishment with some stinging remarks on the four convicted men and a sobering reminder on the legacy of their actions on the sport itself. He also made clear to Majeed and Amir that their sentences had been reduced - from four years and nine months, respectively - because they had pleaded guilty, and told all the players that the bans imposed by the ICC had also had a mitigating effect.
The incarceration began immediately, with the players - who had all come to court with bags - driven away in prison vans after leaving a courtroom packed beyond capacity. Amir will not be sent to jail but to a young offenders' detention centre.
In the aftermath of the sentencing process, while TV crews hovered outside the courthouse, the one main area of debate was what would happen with regards to appeals. Butt's solicitor Paul Harris confirmed on the entrance steps of the courthouse that his team would be lodging an appeal "in the next 24 hours".
Amir's team met with the judge behind closed doors immediately, and grounds for appeal were rejected then, which is apparently normal practice as the sentencing judge is hardly going to admit his punishment was incorrect minutes after meting it out. They are, though, awaiting further clearance, probably in the next 24 hours, which will allow them to lodge an appeal.
Majeed and Asif's legal representatives are yet to announce appeal plans though these are expected soon. There is no suggestion that any of the quartet are seeking bail, while awaiting appeals.
The PCB called it a "sad day" for Pakistan cricket. "Instead of having pride in playing for their country, these players chose to disappoint their supporters, damage the image of their country and bring the noble game of cricket into disrepute. There is little sympathy in Pakistan for the sorry pass they have come to."
In Lahore, the families of the convicted players were stunned by the sentences. Amir's father said the Pakistan government should have helped his son. His brother Saleem said: "He is a kid, he can't understand things. These six months are a lot for a boy who is immature."
Butt's father Zulfiqar was more aggressive, saying his son was innocent. "Our own friends conspired against us," he said. "You can check our bank balance, we haven't even been able to build our own house."
The judge began the day's proceedings proceedings with his summation of the case of each of the four found guilty, reading out their sentences one at a time, and his initial words suggested jail terms for all four guilty.
"Now, when people look back at a surprising event in a game or a surprising result or ever in the future there are surprising results, followers of the game who have paid to watch cricket or who have watched cricket on TV will wonder whether there has been a fix or what they have watched was natural."
Cooke had harsh words for Butt, whom he called "the orchestrator of these matters...you had to be to make sure these two bowlers were bowling at the time of the fix." Butt's leadership status, he said, made him more culpable than his bowlers.
He specifically mentioned Butt's role in involving Amir in the corruption. "An 18 year old from a poverty stricken village background, very different to your own privileged one, who, whilst a very talented bowler, would be inclined to do what his senior players and particularly his captain told him, especially when told there was money in it for him and this was part of the common culture. For an impressionable youngster, not long in the team to stand out against the blandishments of his captain would have been hard."
To Asif he said: "Whilst no money was found in your possession, it's clear that you conspired to bowl a no-ball. There's no evidence on your part of prior fixing but it's hard to see that this could have been an isolated incident."
For Amir there was praise for accepting his guilt and a re-assertion of Butt's influence on Amir but a refusal to accept the basis of his plea, that his only involvement in spot fixing was at Lord's on August 26 and 27 and that he only became involved as a result of pressure and threats to his career.
In this regard he referred to evidence, in the shape of texts and telephone calls with a Pakistani number, of Amir's involvement in discussions about fixing brackets at The Oval during the period of the indictment, though there was no evidence that such fixing actually occurred. That discussion, Justice Cooke noted, did not relate to Majeed.
� ESPN EMEA Ltd.


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