Beheaded -- not quite

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Swat: On Feb 1, my brother and three other people were picked up by the Taliban in the Shamozai area of Swat. While everybody was praying for their safety and hectic efforts were on for their recovery, one TV channel gave the news that all four had been beheaded! And this was followed by other TV channels as well. However, the next day we experienced a kind of a miracle when they all returned home safe and sound.

One can well imagine the agony that I and my family members had to undergo when the electronic media 'broke' the news of their having been beheaded. At the very least, there should have been some verification before the story was run. Surely, a freer media brings with it added responsibilities.

Wg-cdr Bahre Kamal

Peshawar

Source: TheNews