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Quaid’s portraits removed from President House

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Quaid’s portraits removed from President House

The News is reported the following News, The Pic is here for every one to see. Mr. Farhatullah Babar, spokeman of President denied the reports. You be the judge.

http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=81600

ISLAMABAD: The portraits of Founder of Pakistan Quaid-e-Azam Muhammed Ali Jinnah have been removed from the Prime Minister House and Presidential House, Geo News revealed Saturday.

Two days ago, President Asif Ali Zardari hosted a reception in the honour of national cricket team on winning the ICC Twenty20 World Cup title. On this occasion, the team players and officials had a group photo with President Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani.

There are pictures of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Benazir Bhutto, Bilawal Zardari Bhutto and President Zardari without any picture of founder of Pakistan are seen hung in the backdrop of photo.

Similarly, an Internship Award ceremony was held with PM Gilani in chair on Friday. On this occasion, the stage was decorated with the pictures of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Benazir Bhutto, President Zardari and PM Gilani; however, there was no picture of Quaid-e-Azam.

In a similar photograph, President Zardari was administering oath of Federal Mohtasib to Dr Shoaib Suddle; however, the backdrop flashed with a picture of Quaid-e-Awam sans any photo of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammed Ali Jinnah.

Similarly, in a meeting with US delegation, no photograph of Muhammed Ali Jinnah was visible.

Under law, to hang the portrait of Quaid-e-Azam at offices of government officials, President and Prime Minister is compulsory.

Reports of removal of Quaid’s pictures malicious: Babar

ISLAMABAD: Spokesperson of the Presidency former Senator Farhatullah Babar on Saturday dismissed the report by a private channel alleging that portraits of the Quaid-e-Azam had been removed from the Presidency as not only false but also mischievous, unethical and highly unbecoming of any professional media outlet and professional journalists.

The spokesperson said that such tendentious and malicious reports should jolt professional media organizations into asking themselves if this indeed is what the freedom of media is and for which democratic political parties, civil society and media organizations made so great sacrifices.

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