Bangladeshi's to be deprived of Pakistani television. Image courtesy: Batool Nasir/Design by Essa Malik/Express
The ban, if enacted, will be yet another step towards a complete breakdown in fast deteriorating ties between Pakistan and Bangladesh.
It has been reported that the ban on Pakistani channels will be put into effect due to rising tension between the two countries following JI leader Abdul Quader Molla’s hanging.
Pakistani investors who have invested into Bangladesh also face uncertainty after the incident.
Bangladesh's commerce secretary was quoted as saying "We will decide in a day or two about the participation of Pakistani stalls in the trade fair". He assured the youth that the demand for suspending trade relations with Pakistan had been conveyed to higher authorities.
Earlier this week, many protestors gathered around the Pakistan High Commission office in Dhaka to protest against Pakistan's reaction to the hanging - particularly the National Assembly's resolution condemning Molla's killing.
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@FAZ: Pak hatred in BD is only politically promoted by certain ultra nationlist & conspiring agencies. As a matter of fact, The flame of the Original twin-birth history still burns deep in the heart. Both hearts beat together... live & die together. Just watch-out for the jealous neighbors.
@FAZ: Pak hatred in BD is only politically promoted by certain ultra nationlist & conspiring agencies. As a matter of fact, The flame of the Original twin-birth history still burns deep in the heart. Both hearts beat together... live & die together. Just watch-out for the jealous neighbors.
@waseem sarwar: The problem,nobody wants to come and play in Pakistan!
@Rafi Ka Deewana: The Indians have never been so obsessed about hating things. They imported and adopted whatever came their way. This is why Hindi has so many Arabic words and no one minds.
Hindi has NO Arabic words,Urdu has, not even the numerals that the camels stole from here. Sanskritic peoples dont speak what lower castes, desert camels speak.
"The day Pakistan wins a war against India, Bangladesh will come running back to join Pakistan thanks for sharing these pearls of wisdom and prey tell when that promised day is coming." ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Pls waatch Waar for an answer to your question. ( Pakistan can beat India only on the movie screen)
@Lala Gee: The day Pakistan wins a war against India, Bangladesh will come running back to join Pakistan thanks for sharing these pearls of wisdom and prey tell when that promised day is coming.
@Lala Gee: So you accepted the fact that India defeated pakistan in all wars.It is your day dream that you will win a war with india and bangladesh will re-join with pakistan.This is like a child want to reach moon with a ladder.
As a Bangladeshi ,I don't support the demand of closing Pakistani Channels .I also believe that majority Bangladeshi do not support the closure of the Pakistani channels. However, I would like to say that Pakistani channels are not that popular.May be few people may watch them. Comments of some Pakistanis on this issues shows why Pakistan broke,and who are responsible.These people are still remains a danger for the unity of present Pakistan.
The unity and strength of the sub-continent Muslims has been formally fractured along state divisions into Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis and Kashmiris. In Pakistan we have further hostile subdivisions between ourselves not just on ethnic, linguistic, caste and provincial lines but also on sectarian divisions of Ahmadi, Sunni and Shia, the Sunni have further infighting between Barelwi and Deobandi. Minorities of which Ahmadis are now one are persecuted even more viciously. Are we incapable of internalizing the command to Muslims through all our prophets and now the basis of ethics the world over to "do unto others as you would have done unto you"? Following this basic rule is the foundation for justice, peace and progress.
Pakistani establishment is a rogue, blood thirsty , war-monger. Its brutal attitude towards bengalis resulted in us getting our own homeland. No way we should let them in again.
@Rustam: "Bengalis are over-aggressive (always fighting among themselves and with others)"
You mean Sindh, Punjab, Baluchistans, etc.. are in Bangladesh? What do I know?
@Rasool Sk: Which Pakistan are you living in? I'm in Pakistan and everyone here watching Pakistani TV channels. In fact, woman are glued to HUMTV, GEO KAHANI and URDU1.
Bengalis are over-aggressive (always fighting among themselves and with others). and foreign investors are leaving Bangladesh because of labour problems caused to their over-aggressiveness.
@mohammad:
The day Pakistan wins a war against India, Bangladesh will come running back to join Pakistan
Muslims are fighting and Indians are having fun. Good Job Muslims.
Look at the simmering hate of Pakistanis for people of Bangladesh. It is an anger that British had after loosing India as their empire. After abusing, torturing, degrading and looting Bangladesh for years so much hate strange?????????
Too bad we can't ban any Bangladeshi channels here in Pakistan because we don't get them here, we don't watch them, nor do we care.
Bengalis are stuck in 1971, which happened 42 years ago.
@Rafi Ka Deewana:
Which Pakistani channel is spreading hate? Are you referring to Urdu1, HumTV or GEO Kahani?
@TRUTH DETECTOR and all other Pakistanis, As long as you people do not know by independent sources the true history of your county, there is no peace for this region due to you people. Indians and Bangladeshi's are living peacefully also there are still large refugees in india of Bangladeshi origin what ever the internet bangladeshi's might write, These refugees still prefer India for lively hood.
We dont mind close all Pakistani channels... I would like to ask my Pakistani government that deport all Bengalis who are illegally staying in Pakistan, promoting terrorism and are indulge in filthy activities... we dont need a single Bengali on this pure land of Pakistan.
Bangladesh is in great shape. Much of the violence has been blamed on supporters of Jamaat-i-Islami, the country's largest religious party which has been barred from fielding candidates on Jan 5.
Three rounds of UN-brokered last-minute talks between the government and opposition have failed to resolve the dispute between the Awami League and the BNP whose leaders despise each other.
The United States, European Union and the Commonwealth countries have announced they will not send observers to the elections, seriously denting its credibility. Strikes and blockades have crippled the economy, affecting millions of poor farmers and the urban middle class in the impoverished South Asian nation...
Wither then Bangladesh?
@Truth detector: True, the Muslims of India would never have been splintered.
@A2Z - "Where are those who were praising a secular govt of Bangladesh???"
Here we are... Congratulations again Bangladesh... for preserving secularism by banning the rabidly communal Pakistani channels in Bangladesh.
naeemhussain - "At the end of the day it will be Bangladesh that will pay the price not Pakistan Insha Allah."
That's because Pakistan won't be around (to pay the price) then.
Bangladesh is slowly being submerged by rising sea levels. Let them on their own. Nature is going to deal with them.
@RiversBank: I can bet you are a Pakistani and posing as a Bangladeshi. Bangladesh and Afghanistan would continue to remain friends of India whatever means Pakistan employs to break this friendship.
Please pass another resolution .You people do pin pricking and when they retaliate , you cry again.How can whole 200 million people of a country be fool ?
Let India treat Bangladeshis the way they deserve. And in anyway this "country" is going to be largely submerged by raising sea levels. There are news of Sunder bun islands gradually disappearing into water (a wildlife tragedy though) so they will be rewarded by Nature for their killings of thousands of non Bangalis in 1970s. We may let them on their own meanwhile. ET kindly put this comment you would still remain be "liberal" and "secular" even after placing comments of Pakistanis against Bangladeshis and Hindustanis
I Was Expecting Ban On Indian Channels....Its Silently Destroying Our Country
Ban Pakistani channels and keep watching indian channels bcoz there strings r in indian hands Bangali bro should understand tht
@Lala Gee: what an idiotic comment
@RiversBank: Hearting to see a sane voice. As Pakistani we still have warm hearts for our Bangladeshi brothers
@RiversBank:
Thanks for an explanatory note. Majority Pakistani and Indian do not like each other they hate and try to hit and the WORLD laugh.
@Fact-finder:
Oh yeah go to Times of India Comments section and the you'll see the display of civilized language. You talk about Pakistani channels, well did you ever get a chance to watch India TV and Times Now, and what tone they use?
@mohammed abbasi:
"I think we Pakistanis need to understand WHY this is happening – rather than attacking and insulting we should be reaching out to Bengalis, Indians, Afghans, whoever – the strength of a confident nation lies in its ability to work out problems and deal with them."
Wise words. I would also add that a civilized nation should admit its mistakes and stop living in perpetual denial and blaming others for the self-created problems. There is a good reason the whole world points its fingers at Pakistan for many of the problems Pakistan is creating.
@RiversBank: My dear brother. As a Pakistani, I could not care less if Pakistani channels are banned in any country of the world but I do agree with your analysis 100%. I feel that the 1971 war was a failure of the then Pakistani government to give due rights to our Bangali brothers but now Bangladesh should understand that there is no way forward but to look to the future and not the past. We want to live in peace and harmony because that's the only way forward for our children and the generations to come. There is no use of opening up 42 year old wounds and we should move forward, not backwards. India has so many internal problems and I never understood why some people in India are such hate mongers that they are blinded by their hate against Pakistan. They will make excuses like Mumbai etc but their hate started in 1947 not 2008!!
@LalaGee. Brother , All the countries you mentioned here can not help in UNSC. Any one of five from Russia , U.S. , Britain , China or France can veto anything they want.. so UNSC is useless here
first tv, then cinema, then books, then people, then minorities, then opposition parties, then dissent in your own party...hail the dictator!
@ RiversBank I have known Bangladeshis for 20 years and I 100% agree with you. Even those who support Sheikh Hasina, are good natured and think that she cares about development Bangladesh (not for her hating Pakistan). . I agree with you that this is temporary. Since we do not have a shared border or water dispute with Bangladesh, our arguments will never last long. Indians can do whatever they like but they cannot succeed anymore (due to their attitude to Bangladeshis). . As far Dhaka's comment, his comments are never mature. So even if he is Bangladeshi (which he obviously is not), his comments don't matter as they are immature.
@RiversBank: i think ur right! dhaka does seem like an indian!down wid dhaka!next time he is going to come up wid a name chittagong
@RiversBank:
"I know Indian are having big laugh about Pak-Bangla fiasco as they hate both as their Muslim neighbour. In Indian newspaper, if there any news about Bangladesh then commentary are full of anti-Bangladesh whatever positive or negative but ironically when its about BanVsPak, the same Indians become Bangla lover in a minute."
Most well informed and knowledgeable Pakistanis already know what you wrote. India is of course behind the current troubles of Bangladesh, and wanted to make Bangladesh her vessel state by weakening her. Just before the current regime in Dhaka, there existed excellent relations between Pakistan and Bangladesh, and many Pakistani investors and businessmen heavily invested in Bangladesh's economy and installed several manufacturing units especially in the garments industry. By then, most of the Bangladeshi people hated India for her unfair, hostile, and hegemonic stance towards Bangladesh. Read this investigative report by Ramananda Sengupta, "Why Bangladesh hates India", published in December 2005. Here is what a Bengali university student told the author:
"After our independence, India has time and again treated us with condescension and disdain. You have threatened to cut off our water sources. You have repeatedly accused us of harbouring anti-Indian rebels on our soil. Your border forces regularly attack our villages, rape our women. You accuse us of flooding India with illegal immigrants. And while mouthing platitudes about a free market, you deny us the right to sell our goods in India without tariffs. We might be poor, but we are Bengalis, we have some self-respect,"
Looks like "hate" is slogan to win elections in India and Bangladesh! While it may get you some votes, but creating and fuelling hate is only harmful for communities. Give peace a chance, banning Pakistan channels will only create isolation and unwanted hate!
@RiversBank
Thank you for very sane comments.
@Gratgy I have no bubble. It is just in your head.
@Adil Uddin:"Banning Pakistani channels, well that’s something that even Americans, British, European and Canadians have never done" ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ What about Afghanistan? I know that that country bans Pakistani newspapers.
The first mistake was when Pakistan interfered in the internal matters of Bangladesh. Now if Bangladesh retaliates, for scoring political points due to a coming election, it would be a mistake.........and two wrongs never make a right.
Why r we fighting? Seriously let bygones be bygones move on
My dear Pakistani friends, do not get upset about the current behaviour of Hasina regime. Her downfall is very near go to the any Bangladeshi newspaper to check my words. Hasina is isolated from all corner, from general masses, Muslim world and from rest of the world except India. Hasina is ringed by greedy sycopants who will desert her in difficulties like her father. All this over-enthusiastic behaviour are shown by those people who are making millions by acting too loyal to Awami League. I can assure you most of the Bangladeshies are not hate monger and most of them have forgotten what happened 42 years before. In Bangladesh BNP are known as pro-pakistan and AL as pro India. Now, if there is a free election in BD then trust me AL will fail to get even one-third of total seat which is enough to prove Bangladeshies dont hate Pakistanies.
First commenter named Dhaka is actually from an Indian (see how many like he got from indian,my guess as Bangladeshies do not come to read any foreign news except BBC or CNN). I know Indian are having big laugh about Pak-Bangla fiasco as they hate both as their Muslim neighbour. In Indian newspaper, if there any news about Bangladesh then commentary are full of anti-Bangladesh whatever positive or negative but ironically when its about BanVsPak, the same Indians become Bangla lover in a minute. This Indians even support the Burmese when it comes to Rohinghya issue although, this Rohinghy left current Bangladesh 200 years ago when it was a part of India.
Just to make it clear, im neither a Pak lover nor a IND lover. I wrote this on the basis of my own judgement having met both Indians and Pakistanies.
In Pakistan I not watch Pakistan or Indian I watch orginal UK tvs
Pakistanis should learn something from this. In any case, its their country so they can do what suits their POV.
I think we Pakistanis need to understand WHY this is happening - rather than attacking and insulting we should be reaching out to Bengalis, Indians, Afghans, whoever - the strength of a confident nation lies in its ability to work out problems and deal with them.
@Dhaka: what are you going to watch if our channels close!
its the end of bangladesh .bengalese are setting their future on fire
This is nothing but politics. Bangali polticians will always be influenced by India because certain Bengali political parties are financed by India. U can guess yourselves which ones
Where are those who were praising a secular govt of Bangladesh???
While i have no objection to Pakistani Channels being blocked in any country (specially Pakistan)... it would be better if they were banned for the right reasons... which is, cheap.. sensationalized over the top nonsense and generally retarded content... specially the news and talk shows...
@Adil Uddin: " I hope some Indians don’t start saying that Pakistan Army vaccinated Bengalis with a virus due to which they started to have interest and understanding towards Urdu language,"
Ignorance is the biggest problem you all have.
Bengali is a Sanskrit based language, and so is Hindi and Punjabi and most Indian languages. Most Bengalis can understand Hindi at the very elementary level with some effort (and vice-versa). It has nothing to do with Urdu, which again is Hindi based (the spoken part) to a large extent.
The Indians have never been so obsessed about hating things. They imported and adopted whatever came their way. This is why Hindi has so many Arabic words and no one minds.
@Rafi Ka Deewana Bangladeshis have indeed been quiet generous to Pakistani POWs who surrendered in front of Muktis and Indian forces on 16 Dec 1971 in Dhaka.had they shown even a fraction of hatred which was extended by the boys of Tikka Khan and Tiger(what an irony)Niazi to them,most of them would have returned in body bags. Mollah was hanged by a war tribunal ,not for his love for a United Pakistan,but for the heinous crimes he committed for his west Pakistani masters.
At the end of the day it will be Bangladesh that will pay the price not Pakistan Insha Allah.
@Kohestani: lol mate saffron terrorists and civil war ??? please stop drinking mate. You guys just cant argue on facts.
Banning Pakistani channels, well that's something that even Americans, British, European and Canadians have never done despite their foreign policies; and the step of banning Pakistani channels simply show lack of maturity and tolerance of Hasina Wajid's government. Moreover, many Bangladeshi friends watch Pakistani serials and understand Urdu/Hindi too, and I hope some Indians don't start saying that Pakistan Army vaccinated Bengalis with a virus due to which they started to have interest and understanding towards Urdu language, the same way as Nazis did in their camps.
@Dhaka: It gives me greater pleasure to know that our channels were being watched in the first place! You guys havent forgotten us till now i guess
@Truth detector: BTW, had there been no Pakistan, there would have been no Bangladesh. Think about that for a moment.
Sorry to burst your bubble, Direct Action Day, which culminated in formation of Pakistan began in August 1946 in Calcutta. Hence if not for Bengalis, There would have been no Pakistan. Now Think about that for a moment en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectActionDay
Bengali's are very proud of their culture, and neither Pakistan or India can make them think otherwise. So, the Pakistani channels are being banned more because of the hatred they spread based on religion, not because of Pakistan's dramas or music.
Indian channels / movies are purely entertainment oriented, and are loved in Pakistan and other countries. Imagine if the Indian movies talked bad about everything Muslim, will they be popular in Pakistan?
This is the logic that Pakistanis never think of (assuming there is something called logical or rational thinking left in Pakistan).
JI of BD was a powerful partner in previous BD governments but it did not do anything to improve relations with Pakistan but when it fell in hot waters, it's taking down Pakistan with it. This party will not let us live in peace with our neighbour's. Since 1947 it's mission is to destroy Pakistan.
@Sandip and what’s the name of the other state- where the saffron terrorists rule and is in a state of total civil war, famous for producing pirates…..?* Bharat???
Bangalis listen...Every day Indian politicians uses harsh language against Pakistan but strangely our TV shows more Indian channels then Pakistanis.
@Dhaka: Last year UAE banned to grant visa to new bangali job seekers and visitors shame shame. One bangali used to wash my car in Dubai. Another bangali was watchman of my residenyial area. Mr Dhaka we are far better than your and what have you got after independence?
In Pakistan we should ban these so called Pakistani channels. just stick to some UK channels they are best in world. People want quality how want to see low quality Pakistan channel??
@Kohestani: Right bro. Just like the Pakistanis are closer to the banana republics of northern africa - Sudan, Libya and what's the name of the other one- where the jihadis rule and is in a state of total civil war, famous for producing pirates.....?
@Atheist_Pakistani: Guess you don't understand how democracies function. One is never a slave of the other. Both India and Bangladesh have common interests. That's what the governments are supposed to deliver on (whether they do or not is another matter). Pakistan will understand this basic fact when they start enjoying true democracy - not the tailored one that they try to put up and then pull down every 10 years.
@Saad: As usual, the problem is always with the other side with them not having gotten over some event or the other. :) @Lala Gee: Please do so Lala Gee. Bangladeshis are waiting to have the 1971 genocide of being brought to trial. At that time it was the super power rivalry and US backing that allowed those monsters to escape justice. It's high time justice is done. Let the Bangladeshis know what help Pakistan would need to take the case to the UNSC.
@Hatim: Bangladeshi cable tv operators want a ban on Pakistani tv channels where does India come into the picture ?
@Atheist_Pakistani, Well said. Bangalis want to live "Bollywood fantasy"just like Indians & very soon when "stuff" hits the fan & they find out how Indians are screwing them, they will wake up from the slumber.
Pakistan should stop export of our cotton to Bangladesh. Now that EU has open doors to our product we can use our cotton and cotton made products to EU. Let Bangladesh buy its cotton for its garment industries from somewhere else. Why did'nt Bangladeshi's realize that protest is our right, that guy died for united Pakistan and we Pakistanis cannot even protest for him.
Means Haseena Wajid doesn't want Pakistani channels to affect her election campaign
Ok. Fine. Whatever makes Bangladeshis sleep better at night.
BTW, had there been no Pakistan, there would have been no Bangladesh. Think about that for a moment.
@Kohestani: That's the best one bro, lol! May I add Nepal, Butaan, Asaam and what's that part of India they are always found crossing the border into....?
@Oh ..No!!!:
No jolt to URDU, its a jolt to poosr BD's cable operator. Moreover, Urdu is alive becuase 90% Indian movies are recorded in URDU.Majority indu use URDU vocabulary.
It's funny, all people want to see is chaos and violence without questioning their standard of living or question the information they see is authentic or not?
Guess Bengali just want to hate Pakistan and sooner or later start hating India after they find out their government is a slave of India and Indian interest.
Sickening.
Culturally Bengalis are more closer to Burmese than Pakistan, they should watch their television channels.
Big jolt to Urdu Agian.....
What? Now you want us to endorce that historic hanging? You oyt if yir miaend? India must be laughing to the way to exporters' bank.
But ofcourse! India bans too our athletes or scientists from visiting even from foreign countries on their foreign passport to save local people from having a bigger world perception than what they are promoting. "We are the center of the world and thats it"! "Don't spoil your brains or pride" stay in your well!
Foolish Bangla Government. People in Bangladesh watch Paki serials which are popular there. This ban will hurt common people.
Ban Pak channels and keep listening and watching to your bogus bangali channels...Pak showed enough spirit and love to our bangali brothers but the responce from them is always disappointed.
and we are sending our cricket team over there. Come on PCB, show some grit and refuse to send our lads over there.
India flexing its muscle. Too bad India has never done much good in the neighborhood.
Who cares about Bangladesh??...LOL
and PCB still want to send their cricket team to BD.
Pakistan must take Bangladesh to UNSC, work with China, Turkey, Saudi Arabia for a complete sanctions against Bangladesh! Give "moral support" to JI. Like in Syria, its time for a Free Bangladesh Army (FBA)
Bangladesh is preparing for slavery and hegemony of India. So no one can help.
Peace
This demand sounds quite familiar.
With 50% indian shares, is Geo a Pakistani or indian channel.
a Hanging should not affect TV channels- that's so-illogical. Do we have bangle channels on our cable?
Why is subcontinent filled with hate mongers with loudest voices. Where are the progressives and modernists?
There is zero enmity in the hearts of average Pakistani for Bangladesh yet it seems entirely different in Bangladesh who are over blowing on hate.
All i can say is move on.
neither indians are over 1947 nor the bengalis are over 1971.
Good move.
It is a nice move by cable operator.All pakistan channels should be banned as soon as possible.