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

[Chaitanya Dhareshwar]

That *was* the most entertaining part of the article though.

-C

On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 1:00 AM, Fouad Bajwa <fouadbajwa at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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