Picture of the Day: Confrontation

Posted on November 20, 2006
Filed Under >Adil Najam, Law & Justice, Society
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Adil Najam

Looking at this picture just makes my blood boil (click on picture for a larger view). I do not know the details of the situation, nor who did what or said what or who is at fault or what fault. But the body language and attitude depicted here just has me reeling.

What is being said and how did this end? I would love to find out, but I suspect I know already. Does anyone want to reconstruct how this conversation and confrontation might have gone?

Regular readers know of my fascination with cops, but it seems I am not the only one. Asma who blogs at Metroblog Islamabad as ‘A for Apple’ posted this photograph as part of a bunch of police related photographs from her collection. The picture was reprinted at Online News, is by Ehsan Khan and the original caption is suggestive (although one wonders about the authenticity of the details provided):

A boy speaks [sic] makes a point with a model policeman of Islamabad Traffic Police after violating the traffic rules near Parliament House. The boy eventually made his point with the policeman and was not issued any ticket.

33 responses to “Picture of the Day: Confrontation”

  1. alibhai says:

    adnan, those measures during the event are to prevent suicide attacks by islamist terrorists.

  2. MQ says:

    Adil, on such occasions don’t you wish if you could use a few cops from the L.A.P.D?

  3. Adil Najam says:

    Folks, if you have not already done so, I woudl urge you to click on the photograph to open up a larger and higher resolution version of the picture. This shows the expressions and body-language of all 5 people involved much more clearly. Specially of the young lad’s hum-nawas. I wonder especially about the expression on the face of teh young guy to the extreme right; is that a frown of anger or of embarrassment and worry?

    Importantly, at least from this picture, the cop does NOT seem to be in a mood to give in. If this situation is what it looks like, then I hope he did not.

  4. MQ says:

    I was never a great admirer of Pakistani police (who is?). I am always for rule of the law. But in this picture it seems that the rule of the jungle is in play. Therefore, I would recommend this young man to be also put on the “Karachi Dream Cruise” along with the Beard Brigade!

  5. javed says:

    this is a typical case of cheapsters from pindi coming and making a neusance of themselves in islamabad.

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