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29 August 2012 By Saeed Qureshi Every time the daily Jang blog is
opened, a half page photo of Amir Liaquat Hussain pops
up. In a similar display at the home page of daily
"The News", his picture is also splashed on the whole
page. If GEO television is switched on, his picture
covers the whole screen with all the regalia and
glamour of expensive dress and elegant attire. In this
life size photo, he wears a broad honeyed grin on his
face with prying and inquisitive eyes. He is dressed in a
custom-tailored creamy-colored sherwani, wearing
sophisticated rimmed glasses and exuding an innocent
childlike face as if to view his picture is to view a
sage, saint or a holy man. It is the most lavish
manner to wish the viewers a happy Ramadan. He could
have done it by giving a brief message with a small
photograph. His message could have been conveyed in a modest and
less flashy fashion. But even this felicitation
message looks phony when seen in the light of his
sordid remarks and unguarded filthy private
conversation with a group of youngsters, saved by
someone in a video. Now if he is paying a hefty
amount to Jang and the News publications and the GEO
TV network as the advertisement cost, the question
stares right in our face why is this man doing all
this brazen publicity. Is it to refurbish his
tarnished image? The second question is why on their
portals, a magnificent media giant is going out of the
way and in an unusual manner to thrust upon the
readers and the viewers this disgraced person. Now
even if someone clicks "skip this ad" it does not go
so soon and hangs on for a while. By doing so the Jang
and GEO are rubbing their own nose in the mud. This is a callous and bizarre
joke of The Jang and the News administration with the
people who read and view their blogs and channels.
After all why is the Jang's prestigious publication
giving so much of publicity to this guy who by his
nasty utterances, has watered down, his public image
and prestige that he has been having for several years
as a preacher of Islamic teachings? Can his blemished image and his
besmirched conduct be restored or rehabilitated by
forcibly hammering these gaudy mega sized photos and
patently superficial antics upon the people of
Pakistan? This repugnant exercise is going
on for several days now. While it has been appearing
for many days, a good number of readers have stopped
reading the electronic editions of both Jang and the
News and also viewing the GEO television. The eye sore picture of this
gentleman strikes a nauseating reaction in the minds
of the readers because it is a cheap way to resurrect
and restore the honor of a person who has been
dishonored and nakedly exposed by his double standards
and dual character. Dr. Amir was shown in a video
using most foul and filthy language and churning out
despicable remarks about some Indian guy by profiling
him as a person who was fond of girls and sleeping
with them. In the same video he was using dirty and
sleazy slangs and expletives that only a most vulgar
street urchin can resort to. He has, therefore, by his own
volition, forfeited his right of being a truthful
Muslim. He has also proven himself to be an imposter
with impious mind who pays only lip service to the
Islam but practically behaves otherwise. In his
publicly delivered sermons, he exhorts others to
imbibe the golden principles of Islam; follow the
Sunna of the prophet and to be a good Muslim. In his
private life, however, he talks cheap and portrays a
hypocritical demeanor by violating the tenets of
Islam. From what he was talking and the
detestable jargon he was using, it is irrefutably
clear that in media he preaches a sublime Islam and in
his private life he contravenes and contradicts that. And despite this loathsome
paradox in his character, the Jang and the News have
taken it upon themselves to redeem and anoint this
duplicitous person by projecting him with a full page
photo that further infuriates and displeases the
viewers. I would even doubt if he is a
scholar of Islam or is sincere to this great religion.
He has been counseling in his sermons only the
ritualistic face of Islam and quoting such Hadiths and
sayings of Prophet Muhammad that show his ignorance.
Some of these quoted sayings have whipped more
controversies than clarifying the dogmatic confusions
among the Muslims. His degrees and testimonials were
reported to be counterfeit. All these aspects
establish that he was putting on a false and hollow
cloak of divinity, religiosity and knowledge about
Islam. In fact he possesses superficial and
rudimentary knowledge that even a common man knows. However, notwithstanding his
knowledge, it is the chicanery and hypocrisy of his
character and treacherous personality that paint him
in lurid colors and demonstrate how slanderous and
hollow this man happens to be. |
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