Pakistani journalist
I was shocked to hear on ATN's 7:00pm news on Feb 21st the comment of Pakistani columnist Ikram Sehgal to the effect that the Language Movement of 1952 was responsible for not only the current political turmoil in Pakistan but also for the separation of Bangladesh from Pakistan! The Pakistani journalist very conveniently forgot to mention that it was primarily because the then military government of Pakistan had refused to hand over power to the elected majority party of Sheikh Mujib.
How is the Language Movement of 1952 responsible for the events taking place in Pakistan now, 56 years later? It seems they will never learn to admit the truth.
I don't understand why on earth a reporter of the ATN was sent to interview a journalist like Ikram Sehgal who is a staunch supporter of Gen. Musharraf.
Will any Pakistani TV or for that matter any newspaper ever send a reporter to interview any Bangladeshi columnist? Have they ever done so? Interviewing a politician would have been a different matter.
We don't seem to understand which person or which event to give importance to.
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