Adil Najam
Back in July, ATP had posted a picture of former world squash champion Jansher Khan being hauled away in a police van on charges of trespass and violent attack on a woman. Now, Moin Khan, former cricket captain and wicketkeeper, has joined Jansher in the Hall of Disgrace for beating his wife.
Shame on you, both of you. You may once have been stars. You are stars no more. And, Moin, even if you have been freed on bail, that does not absolve you in our eyes for maltreating your wife. No Sir. This is not a private matter between man and wife. This is a matter of national disgrace. But my anger at this incident is making me run ahead of the story.
So, first the news as reported in the Daily Times (17 January, 2006):
KARACHI: Former Pakistan captain Moin Khan was arrested by the Darakhshan police late Monday night after his wife Tasleem alias Shama Seher made a phone call to Madadgar 15, complaining that he had beaten her.
According to Town Police Officer (TPO) ASP Azad Khan, the police received a phone call from Seher after midnight. A police team visiting the house found Seher standing outside and Moin Khan screaming at her from within. After a struggle, Moin Khan was taken in preventive detention under Section 151 of the CrPC, the TPO said. The couple was taken to the Darakhshan police station from where Moin was taken to JPMC for a medical examination. Seher was also taken to JPMC for a medical examination later on.
“If injuries are reported by the doctors examining her or a blood test confirms that he was intoxicated, the law will take its course,” said the TPO. Darakhshan SHO Inspector Zia Rizvi told Daily Times that this was a domestic matter, “but we brought it on to the court record”. Moin was produced in a local court and was granted bail. Seher told Daily Times that Moin had been disturbed for three days. “This isn’t something new, its been like this for a while,” she added. “He accused me of being involved with his friends. I asked why he was beating me and he told me that he hated the look of my face. He said, “Tum apnay gireban me jhanko, apni shakal dekho, apna character dekho” … There’s no special reason. Things were normal but I don’t know what had happened as recently he started to get harsh after drinking. I think that Moin still thinks of himself as a young star, Seher, a showbiz person herself, said. “Cricketers have the same life … (Another Karachi cricketers) wife recently separated and got custody of the children. Complaints remain as (many) cricketers treat their wives like this. Woh apnay beewiyon ke sath is tarha ka rawaiya rakhtay hain … Is tarha kay rawaiye mein kon sath reh sakta he? The problem with (some) cricketers is that they are getting better options outside the house. Unhain ghar ki murghi daal barabar lagti he.”
Both Moin Khan and the police seem to say that this is a ‘personal’ or ‘domestic’ matter. No, it really is not. It is a social matter. A national matter.
This case catches our attention because the man is a former cricket star and the wife a former TV personality. But the story here is repeated every day and goes unnoticed and unreported. His intoxication obviously made matters worse, but the malady here is deeper than alcoholism. It is the way women are treated. The Jansher case was one example, but there have been many others that we have raised here on ATP. Wife-beating is a serious social sin and the sinners here are not only those who do so, it is also those who condone it in the name of tradition or because it is a ‘personal matter’, and it is also those of see it happening and choose to remain quiet.
btw adil after adnan siddiqi’s last post I really have to ask you that how do you tolerate this troll in the name of free speech — which btw (since youre a prof based in the US and hence would know) does have some limits and is not unbridled
adnan beta as usual you make no sense in your posts and oh by the way, when you speak of rightwing zealots its ironic that you dont know that you fall into that category as well
ORQ
Some people argue to learn while others argue to win. People are entitled to their opinion but just throwing punchlines makes discussion wretched. Be it liberal ,extremist or not very religious, everybody has a view and is welcomed to raise it.Its simple, either you agree or you don’t, you can reply if you want or just like switching channels, you can click and move on.
This is for the all knowings(Presumptuous) or at least they think they are all knowing.
Nal bulbul keh sunon aur hama tan gosh rahaon?
Hamnawa main bhi koi gul hoon, keh khamosh rahoon?
(Iqbal)
Meray Allah tujhe naik hedayat deh
Aql deh, sharam deh, tori see sharafat deh
(Qamar Yousuf Zai)
[quote post=”529″]The condition of our _educated_ liberals who go abroad is not different than an innocent villager who gets impressed after seeing “batianâ€
mq mian, if you also read the shairs you often refer for your own sake then you would also find them irrelevent. When you can play with Iqbal then why not me? and what’s wrong in that “Khud badalte naheen Quran ko badal dete hain”. Was/is not done by the cult who rejects hadiths,namaz etc by misinterpretating[changing]quranic means for personal intrests?;)
[quote post=”529″]mullahs[/quote]
stereotyping, old technique but unfortunately you guys even borrowed this from west. Anyway from the definition of yours,mullahs are those who just force to inject their own intrests by using religion. If yes then you and people of your cult are not lesser mullahs because they also keep imposing their views on others. As I already say that lefts are not less pathetic than rights and the best solution to getrid both left liberals extreemist and rights religious zealots to lock all of them in a big cage, they will keep fighting and in the end would get a ticket of next world. Simple solution without using any external weapons. ;). This is the only way to get Pakistan[land of Pure].
Siddiqi Sahib,
If you read the couplet quoted by you carefully it is addressed to faqeehaan-e-haram, which in plain language are called mullahs.