Inhuman, unprofessional attitude of Editor Dawn Mr. Abbas Nasir
I had earlier explained true facts about the inhuman, disgusting
and unprofessional attitude of Mr. Abbas Nasir. Once again it is
expedient to unmask the true face of Mr. Abbas Nasir who is
extremely arrogant, disdainful and inhuman, who takes pleasure in
keeping his subordinates in a state of constant torture and
harassment. In a number of communications, I had asked him to quote
a single instance of unprofessional or unethical act committed by
me or any thing below dignity committed against DAWN. In this
connection, two letters were communicated by me to him which are
reproduced below:- ............
Once again I crave your kind attention to present documentary
evidence and to submit that fake, fabricated and concocted
accusations have been leveled against me with a biased mind and
ulterior motives according to a preplanned conspiracy, which are
far from facts. It was in all fitness according to the principle
of natural justice that I should have been afforded an opportunity
to be confronted with those allegations and called upon to explain
my position. I wish to bring it to your kind notice once again
that the so-called journalists of
against me do not concentrate on journalistic ethics and
profession, but are very keen to get their photographs snapped
with senior officers which are used and demonstrated by them to
intimate and fleecethe public.
A special Photographer for this task always accompanies them not
only in
and cunning in this respect that they always remain vigilant on
social and marriage functions of the senior police & civil officers
and politicians and never hesitate and feel ashamed over storming
such functions without invitation, posing to the hosts have come to
give coverage to their functions. As a proof, photograph of the
whole group with the Inspector General of Police Punjab, in a
recent marriage function (at
It is worth noting that in one photograph, IG Police Punjab has been
shown presenting a shield to Mr. Munir Imran for
"meritorious journalistic performance". (Alas! is it possible that the
IG Police Punjab keeps shields in his office always and presents the
same without any schedule & cause, this reflects upon the mentality
of these fellows). Another photo shows Hafiz Ikram Akhtar receiving a
shield from the IG Police "for outstanding service". (Copy attached).
Another photo shows a group of journalists of Faisalabad including
Hafiz Ikram Akhtar, G.N. Pervaiz Chishti, Mian Saleem Shahid, Mian
Muneer Imran and Maqbool Lodhi standing with the IG Police, Ziaul
Hassan and Additional IG Police, Talaat Mahmood Tariq, (copy
attached).
Yet another photograph published along with an article by Maqbool
Lodhi, captioned "Report of Tallat Mahmood’s son’s marriage" shows
the same group standing around the Chief Minister, with the Chief
Minister giving obviously displeased looks over the forced
somersault. A glance at the said article shows that it is full of
flattery and cheap praise of civil and police officers which is
unbecoming of a journalists. But this is how they manage to make the
society a hostage. The cheap and undignified way in which Hafiz Ikram
Akhtar, in his article has flattered the IG Police Punjab would shock
any self-respecting person.
As if it was not enough, the said so-called journalists published
special features in praise of performance of Punjab Police Chief,
copies of which are attached. Obviously, how can the police
quarters and police touts of
Correspondent DAWN who exposes and highlights the misdeeds and
highhandedness of police and miseries of sufferers, so boldly and
eloquently? Naturally what else would they like than to throw the
DAWN Staff Correspondent out of
this cold comfort response was a befitting answer to fair and honest
journalism practiced by him?
May I beg your honour to consider that inspite of the most venomous
and prejudicial campaigning against me, not a single instance of
moral, financial and professional dishonesty over a long period of 23
years could be brought out against me.
Am I not justified in praying that if there is any evidence or proof
against me, I may be confronted with it? If there is none, I may not be
condemned unheard."
sd/-
Shamsul Islam Naz,
130/C Peoples Colony No.1,
Faisalabad
Likewise, the second letter says as under:-
THE EDITOR,
DAILY "DAWN"
KARACHI
REVIEW OF THE TRANSFER ORDER
Sir,
With deep feelings of sorrow and agony, I beg to brother you
once again with these humble submissions;-It is felt by me
that I could not succeed in bringing home to your goodself
that the order of my transfer from Faisalabad to Karachi was
not an out come of original thinking by the Dawn Management,
but a result of conspiracy hatched through group politics by
a fewJournalists with special reference to Faisalabad
PressClub. Therefore, I would once again beg to draw yourkind
attention towards the following facts:-As soon as I was
posted at Karachi, a certain lobby of police touts, operating
as journalists, who were annoyed with me due to fair and
independent reporting, and who had been exploiting the public
ruthlessly, came in actionagainst me, for the only fault of
my continual refusal to join hands with their criminal lobby,
who has pushed me in a miserable condition.A letter sent by me
to the Daily "MUSLIM", Islamabad was published on the 17th
April 1980, captioned, "LEGAL LACUNA; MAJOR CAUSE OF CRIMES".
The MLA Punjab, issued the following orders, on the said
letter,to the Inspector General Police, Punjab,"A press
clipping from the Daily "The Muslim", dated 17-5-1980,pointed
out that "the heinouscrimes like murders, abduction, child
lifting etc. were on the increase in the District Faisalabad
and police was providing incorrect figures" "You are
requested to take appropriate action and offer your comments
by 20-5-1980". (copy of the letter published in the "Muslim",
"A/1" & "A/2".)
Three days prior to the date mentioned above,I was arrested by the
Police alongwith three of my associates, and locked in the Kotwali
Police Station, on a fake complaint lodged by one Muhammad Rafi
Ghori, Special Correspondent of the Daily "Afaq", in which the
stock witnesses against me were Munir Imran, Hafiz Ikram Akhtar,
Maqbool Ahmad Lodhi, Qari Adbul Khaliq, (all those personswho
claimed themselves to be journalists arecurrently also actively
involved in avilification campaign launched against me and are
trying hard to dub me as a controversial figure in the eyes of the
DAWN Management).
It is pertinent to mention here that as per opinion given by the
Chief of the Police Legal Branch, a case under section 500 PPC only
could be registered on the basis of the said complaint, whereas
Section 379 PPC was also arbitrarily added by the SHO to block my
bail.Not only that, the news was got flashed in the media, by Hafiz
Ikram Akhtar, and his companions, which inter alia said that I
alongwith three others was arrested by the police on charge of
distributing objectionable material. We were not described "as
journalists" in the news dispatches sent by the said lobby giving
an impression to readers and general public that it was an ordinary
case and the media had nothing to do with it.
On top of it I was paraded around with both hands cuffed in busy city
streets, as reported in the Daily "Jang" dated 23-5-1980. Cuttings of
the published news in which our identification as journalists was
deliberately suppressed by them is enclosed.This speaks of the
credibility and style of my opponents who are anxious to suggest to
the DAWN management that I am a controversial figure, to getthe
hurdle in their way of exploitation and black mailing, removed.
I was again detained in August. 1983. Inquiry of cause of my
detention was got conducted by the then Chief Editor, Ahmad Ali
Khan Sahib, through Tariq Zaheen, the then Reporter of the "DAWN"
in Lahore Bureau, wherein it was also found that I was victimized
by the Faisalabad Administration mainly at the behest of the local
Journalists lobby.In 1996, the then Deputy Commissioner, Faisalabad
angered by a DATELINE Faisalabad,(copy attached),about the affairs
of Chenab Club, employed a number of tactics for vacation of the
DAWN News Office from its present premises and demolished the
office stairs. I was left with no option but to knock the door of
the court of law.(Copy of the court order is attached).
In that whole scenario too that particular journalist lobby acted
as tools in the hands of the Deputy Commissioner. Mentally
belonging to the Fabian ilk, I moved neither any resolution nor
involved the Press Club nor the
the DAWN, nor even informed my highups.
This is a classic example reflecting my tolerance and reticence to
react, which if still not convincing would simply mean my hard
luck. With a little bit of deliberation, the DAWN Management have
come to the conclusion that my opponent had devoted themselves to
dancing to the tunes of the police and administration and are out
to dub me as a controversial figure. Anyone who would give some
thought to matter would be convinced of my innocence.
On 4th Jan. 2004, suicide was committed by my maidservant at my
house, in absence of my wife,children, and myself. The said group
of journalists lost no opportunity to join hands with police and
succeeded in getting implicated myself, my wife, children, driver
& chowkidar etc. in a criminal case and got biased and derogatory
news items published against me, an extract of one of which is
attached, which reflects their venom and prejudice against me.The
cooked up story of killing the maidservant was found false by a
Special Investigation team of the Crimes branch which declared
that it was a case of suicide. The investigation team vehemently
declared that I had been falsely implicated in the case to ruin my
dignity and honour as I had been enjoying excellent reputation
among the public. A copy of the investigation report is
enclosed.Background of the said episode was that a report
captioned "Police Housing Scam", was published in the DATELINE
FAISALABAD, exposing a big fraud committed by the then DPO Zafar
Abbas Lak, who happened to be a son in law of the CHAUDHARIES OF
GUJRAT". On the basis of the said DATELINE FAISALABAD an Inquiry
was ordered by the government.
The inquiry was conducted by three Senior Police Officers of the
Punjab Police who in their report testified the allegations pointed
out by me in the said Dateline. All the three police officer were
immediately removed from the
sent complaints and published articles against me shamelessly sided
with Zafar Abbas Lak.The said group till todate has been actively
operating against me on the instigation of Zafar Abbas Lak,
publishing malicious material and launching vilification campaign.
The case of promotion of Zafar Abbas Lak, as DIG Police, was turned
down by the Chairman, Public Service Commission, Lt. Gen.(Rtd)
Jamshed Kiyani, who specifically referredto the DATELINE FAISALABAD,
in all television channels and newspapers. The August Supreme Court of
enclosed.I am forced to point out that certain journalists who had
always acted as touts and flatterers of police officers and had been
backbiting against me only to please them, and offering to act as
their protectors against me.
To be specific Mr. Hafiz Ikram Akhtar who had written number of
article against me and sent to the DAWN MANAGEMENT alleging that I
was involved in the mission of getting the DPO Faisalabad, Muhammad
Amin Wains transferred and in getting some juniorpolice officer
posted in his place.Mr. Ikram Akhtar, also alleged in an article
published on Feb, 4, 2006 that Athar Hussain Sial, DCO
had been got transferred by me. (copy enclosed). With such
nefarious tactics the said blackmailers group entices the local
officers and then gets undue benefits. It suits their vested
interests to malign me. It was openly declared by them that the
MANAGEMENT of the DAWN would be moved to transfer me from
was distributed by them in all offices declaring that I had been
transferred, my news dispatches had been blocked & I had no concern
with the Press Club and the FUJ, which amounted to injuring the
sanctity of the DAWN MANAGEMENT.
The said circular was communicated to the Chief Minister Punjab,
and all offices.How anxious and keen is the said blackmailer
group to see me detach me from the DAWN Faisalabad, can be
judged from the fact that they did not miss the slightest
opportunity to publicize my detachment from the DAWN Faisalabad.
My name was included against my will in a recently constituted
reconciliation committee for the Press Club and sent to the DCO.
A news item was carried by my opponents in which my link with
DAWN was deliberately omitted while the names of other members
were given with designations such as Khalid Abbas Saif, of
Business Recorder, Maqbool Lodhi of Frontier Post and Muhammad
Yousaf of Khabrain.
This is a stark fact which I haveunfortunately failed so far to
make your goodself believe that certain quarters having vested
interests are determined to get me removed from the scene
of Faisalabad, annoyed by my honest and objective reporting.I can
produce volumes of documents to prove the nefarious designs of
the blackmailer type journalists like Hafiz Ikram Akhtar and
others who are active against me. But I am only enclosing four
news items which merit attention of the DAWN Management to judge
the credibility of those slinging mud on me.Inspite of the
massive vilification campaign launched against me, not a single
instance of misreporting could be brought out even by my
opponents.
Therefore, they are trying their utmost to present me as a
controversial figure which I am not.I would request the DAWN
Management to ponder that had I joined hands with the said mafia the
good name and high standard of the DAWN would have been
tarnished.You would kindly appreciate that free and fairreporting
for which I am known would not have been possible had I been
involved in the slightest act of corruption. It is a complimentto
me and the DAWN that not a single instance of that sort could be
pointed out against me by any one out of the seven million
population of
I wish to enclose a piece of "LAHORI’S NOTE BOOK" of ZIM Sahib,
published in the DAWN on 16-3-1997.The contents of the same are a
proof of my performance relating to the Faisalabad issues.I would
beg your goodself not to kindly feel that I wish to cling to
Faisalabad, but to look at the nefarious and torture some designs of
the blackmailers mafia of Faisalabad which has subjected me to
worst kind of torture, blackmail and disgrace, only for rendering
sincere service to the DAWN.
It would be in all fairness, equity and justice to review my transfer
orders. Moreover, there is no other male member except to me look
after my family consisting of two young daughters and a wife.
Therefore, I would implore for a more merciful response on
compassionate grounds.
Sd/-SHAMSUL ISLAM NAZ,
These self-styled heroes who pose as champions of fair- play, natural
justice and rule of law in private sittings, TV debates and
editorials are hardly willing to provide these fundamental rights to
their own colleagues in actual practice and then claim to be ideal
human beings.
What a fantastic contrast! Cheers
Shamsul Islam Naz
Cellular +92(0)300 8665523
http://www.shamsulislamnaz.com
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Inhuman, unprofessional attitude of Editor Dawn Mr. Abbas Nasir
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