செய்தி: வட பாகிஸ்தானில் தாலிபான் இசைக்கு தடை விதித்துள்ளனர்

வடக்கு பாகிஸ்தான் வாஜிரிஸ்தான் பிரதேசத்தில் அங்குள்ள தாலிபான் அமைப்பு சிடி கேஸட் ஆகியவற்றுக்கும் இசைக்கு பொதுவாகவும் தடை விதித்துள்ளனர்.

தினந்தோறும் இது போன்ற செய்திகள் வந்தவண்ணம் இருக்கின்றன. இசையை வெறுக்கும் இத்தகைய இஸ்லாமிய தீவிரவாதிகள் அங்குள்ள இசை கலைஞர்களையும், இசையை கேஸட் சிடியாக விற்பவர்களையும் துன்புறுத்துவதும், கார்களுக்குள் இருக்கும் கேஸட் பிளேயர் போன்றவற்றை அந்த கார் சொந்தக்காரர்கள் அனுமதி இன்றி உடைப்பதும் வன்முறையாக நடந்துவருகிறது.

ஏன் இவர்கள் இசையை வெறுக்கிறார்கள் என்பது புரியாத புதிர்.

நன்றி பாகிஸ்தான் டான் பத்திரிக்கை செய்தி
Taliban ban music in N. Waziristan

By Our Correspondent

MIRAMSHAH, May 7: The local Taliban Shoora on Monday imposed a ban on sale of CDs and cassettes and music in buses and passenger coaches in North Waziristan.

The Shoora also ordered owners of music and video shops in Miramshah to wind up their businesses immediately.

Armed volunteers raided music centres and CD shops in the town and asked the shopkeepers to stop playing music.

Eyewitnesses said the militants stopped passenger vehicles on the Miramshah-Mirali road and removed cassette and CD players.

Locals said that the militants, who virtually control the region, also asked people not to play or listen to music at public places, including Miramshah Bazaar.

The Shoora announcement said that anybody violating the order would have to face ‘consequences’.

Anwarullah Khan adds from Khar in Bajaur Agency: Most music shops and hair-cutting salons here have been closed and their owners have switched to other businesses.

Some of them moved out of the agency after pro-Taliban militants bombed their shops over the past weeks.

Last week, armed men set up road blocks in different areas and stopped private and public transport vehicles to search for cassette and CD players.

They seized cassettes and players from several vehicles and smashed them on the spot. Masked gunmen also warned clean-shaven commuters to grow beard or face punishment.

They also ordered passengers to remove musical ring tones from their cell phones and not to use mobile phones with built-in camera.

According to residents, car-owners and drivers of public transport vehicles have removed cassette and CD players from their vehicles ad owners of music shops in Khar town, Inayat Kallay Bazaar, Siddiqabad, Nawagai, Raghgan, Lagharai, Loi Sam, Pashat and other areas have closed the business and opened vegetable shops and general stores.

They said that the board of governors of the Bajaur Public School and College, an English medium institution run by the political administration, had changed students’ uniform from shirt and trousers to shalwar-kameez after they received threats and ‘orders’ to stop using ‘western uniform.’

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