Here is an example of why the Pakistani media may be among the laziest and most dishonest in the world.
From Dawn newspaper
Man held for ‘desecrating’ Holy Quran
By Our Correspondent
SIALKOT, July 8: Badiana police arrested a man for desecration of the Holy Quran on Saturday night.
Talib Husain took some copies of the Holy Quran from the village’s mosque and burnt the same in front of his house in Panwana village, Badiana, Pasrur tehsil.
The area people became infuriated and thrashed the accused. Police reached the spot and arrested him
The headline, through it use of scare quotes, seems to imply that the Quran was not desecrated, yet the very first sentence of the story presents this supposed desecration as fact. The second sentence, with equal credulity, narrates the point of view of someone who is clearly opposed to the alleged perpetrator.
Given that there have been numerous such cases that turned out to be fraudulent, a little skepticism is in order here. And don't even mention the fact that maybe tearing up a book isn't a crime. This is Pakistan after all.
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