Comments on: Comment | Lord Ahmed, the Media Circus and the Bounty That Never Was

By: UK: “Lord Ahmed Delighted” After Being Reinstated by Labour Whip — Winds Of Jihad By SheikYerMami

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 03:55:51 +0000

[...] a sorry reflection on the Labour Party that it ever suspended Lord Ahmed in the first place, on the basis of a story [...]

By: Uza Syed

Uza Syed — Wed, 02 May 2012 11:36:25 +0000

What just suspended?! This dangerous man must be kicked out of Not only Labour Party but banished from a civilized society like Britain. He is venom spitting cobra and won’t spare the hands that feed him.

By: Abdul Wahid

Abdul Wahid — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:27:41 +0000

Most of the international media reports only about Lord Nazir Ahmed’s Haripur speech and not about the speech in Punjab University in Lahore. After the Lahore speech, The News carried a report headlined: “Nazir Puts $10m Bounty on Bush”; Urdu daily Ausaf of London carried a headline:”America Set Price for the Head of Hafiz Saeed to Keep Him On the Defensive – Lord Nazir” – “I set $10 Million for the Head of Bush; [I] Will Arrange the Money”; Roznama Express carried a news titled: “Lord Nazir Offers $10 Million as Price of George Bush”. In fact, according to the CNN, the Haripur reporter of The Express Tribune stood by the accuracy of his report, see this CNN report here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W0Iy1sCfLU. In fact, an American organization carried out an analysis of this episode – http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/840/6288.htm. Maybe the organizers of the Punjab University speech should publish the unedited video of his speech.

By: Hasan

Hasan — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:46:21 +0000

What does it say about the Labour Party…?

That they take prominent Pakistani media’s reports too seriously.

By: Hasan

Hasan — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:40:48 +0000

Here is what Punjab University’s own website reports Lord Ahmad as saying;

He said that the US had fixed the head money of Hafiz Saeed purposively to keep Pakistan in defensive position. In reverse, he said, I announce 10 million dollars reward against Mr George W Bush. He said that he would collect the money whether he had to beg in the streets but Bush and Tony Blair should be charged with war crimes. He said that 43 militaries of powerful countries with all their might could not defeat Afghans who had no shoes to wear. If US President Obama is negotiating with them, then our president should also follow the suit, he added. He said that the president should invite Taliban, aggrieved Baloch in the mountains and us to President House for parleys.

http://pu.edu.pk/home/section/seminars/1445

By: Hasan

Hasan — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:38:03 +0000

‘Qatl’ in Urdu = Kill

By: Hasan

Hasan — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:37:03 +0000

In this report by a prominent TV station reports that Lord Ahmad announced $100,000 to ‘kill’ President Bush;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLY_Qo7RCIk

By: Jamal

Jamal — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:01:30 +0000

Great article, thanks. Outrageous. The Daily Mail article is by Abhijit Pandya, whose Wikipedia entry you shouldn’t read if you’re eating.

By: Hicham Yezza

Hicham Yezza — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:58:16 +0000

Thank you Nafeez for the update, we’ve added it at the bottom of the piece. H

By: Nafeez

Nafeez — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:31:43 +0000

Latest update is that the Express Tribune, the only newspaper to have printed the original allegations about a “bounty” on Pres Obama, has now officially retracted its claims and apologised for the error. http://tribune.com.pk/story/366378/clarification-lord-nazir-ahmeds-statement-in-haripur/

A shame that the worldwide media was unable to do some simple fact-checking before repeating what was an error of incompetence by a Pakistani paper. What does this say about our media when a lie is broadcast everywhere simply because it’s newsworthy – while the exposure of the lie is barely reported because it simply is no longer newsworthy?

What does it say about the Labour Party and free speech?