Flogging video controversy
LONDON:
This is with reference to Awab Alvi’s flogging piece. First, the tape wasn’t fake. Even the Swat Taliban spokesperson, Muslim Khan, in an interview with a leading TV channel, admitted that the Taliban were responsible. The report that Mr Alvi mentioned was published, albeit in a national newspaper, but without a byline and was based on anonymous sources. Secondly, I have to say that column seems to be based on hearsay and I say this because no concrete evidence has been presented that the video was fake but this rightwing myth is still being propagated.
This is with reference to Awab Alvi’s flogging piece. First, the tape wasn’t fake. Even the Swat Taliban spokesperson, Muslim Khan, in an interview with a leading TV channel, admitted that the Taliban were responsible. The report that Mr Alvi mentioned was published, albeit in a national newspaper, but without a byline and was based on anonymous sources. Secondly, I have to say that column seems to be based on hearsay and I say this because no concrete evidence has been presented that the video was fake but this rightwing myth is still being propagated.