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To: JPR who wrote (9741)	11/23/1999 7:33:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12475

Najam Sethi-'Equal Opportunity Offender'- on Democracy & Pakistan and other stuff JPR: This may be of interest to you. ================= Sharief, Benazir 'Raped' Democracy: Najam Sethi Aseem Chhabra in New York Najam Sethi, editor of the Lahore-based The Friday Timeswho was jailed for holding independent views that flew in the face of nationalism, finds the current situation in his native Pakistan highly ironic. "While there was democracy in Pakistan, or so-called democracy, the press was progressively being chained, our voices were being silenced and some of us had to endure hardships to continue to speak up," he says. "The irony is that in the current situation, when the generals are in-charge and the constitution of Pakistan has been temporarily suspended, the press is freer than under democracy." ...... 216.32.165.70