[governance] Shutting down the mobile phone service means that you are shutting your own eyes and ears!

[Fouad Bajwa]

Hi Fahad,

My intention was to only share the source of the news article and an
excerpt from it for information.

I pasted the last few lines by accident that were in response to the
article by an angry stakeholder in our group. Kindly accept my disclaimer
and apologies for the language displayed and does not represent my
intention.

I notified the moderators as soon as I found the error.

FoO
On Sep 23, 2012 5:09 PM, "Fahd A. Batayneh" <fahd.batayneh at gmail.com> wrote:

> Fouad, there is a version of Pakistan's interior minister in almost every
> country in the world. They hold such high positions as means to add spice
> to an already yummy fiesta of corruption and political craziness.
>
> Bottom line, take it easy my friend :-) Will all have to live with it.
>
> Fahd
>
> On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 8:13 PM, Fouad Bajwa <fouadbajwa at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> A story that appeared in the Pakistani Daily Dawn sheds some light on
>> what happened with the nation a day or two ago:
>>
>> http://dawn.com/2012/09/22/cellphone-service-rehman-malik-strikes-again/
>>
>> As the story goes:
>>
>> One security agency official told Dawn: “Our job also became more
>> troublesome. We could not get in touch with each other except those of us
>> who were on wireless communication.”
>>
>> He then narrated a story from Oct 12, 1999, when the military coup
>> happened. “The 111 Brigade had taken over the national telecommunication
>> grid and we were considering jamming the cellphone communication also.” But
>> he added that the military leadership immediately realised that this would
>> be a mistake because the officers were using mobile phones to communicate
>> with each other as federal government installations were being secured.
>>
>> “Shutting down the mobile phone service means that you are shutting your
>> own eyes and ears. Communication is the backbone of swift intelligence
>> operations in such crisis and rioting,” the official said."
>>
>> Yet another episode that sheds light on the "far-sightedness" and
>> "intelligent thinking" of this stupid jerk who JUST. WON'T. QUIT! Rehman
>> Malik, you are a bloody idiot.
>>
>> - - FoOdaFied!
>>
>>
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