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Asslamo Allaikum,
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Islamabad - Politicians in Pakistan have expressed alarm at potentially damaging revelations in a rumoured 'kiss-and-tell' book authored by an alleged brothel owner, a press report said Saturday.
The woman, dubbed 'Aunty Shamim' by local media, was last month abducted by girl students of a radical madrassa religious school in Islamabad.
She was released two days later after publicly repenting to her involvement in prostitution but claimed the confession had been extracted through violent means.
However, a number of parliamentarians discussed their 'serious concern' over rumours of a book linked to the events during a recent dinner reception with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, the Pakistani daily The News reported.
'Mr Prime Minister, there will be at least 200 to 300 divorces if Auntie Shamim's book gets published,' the newspaper quoted one unnamed politician as saying.
According to the legislator, scandalous content could discredit other lawmakers, senior military officials and judges if the book were commissioned as feared by a UK-based publisher.
Another parliamentarian told the paper afterwards that 'we will take the legal course against the author and defend ourselves' if any such book went to the press.
Following their detention of Shamim, hard-line administrators of the Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque, provided authorities with a list of illegal brothels operating in Islamabad and warned that their students would take action against obscene practices.
Groups of baton-wielding male students, who are accompanied by burqa-clad female counterparts, under an anti-vice drive also issued warnings to owners of audio and visual entertainment stores to close their businesses.
The nature of Pakistani and foreign recordings sold contravenes conservative Shariah law that the students have vowed to implement nationwide, stoking a stand-off with the government.
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, who advocates a policy of 'enlightened moderation', is under mounting pressure to use force against the mosque and madrassa pupils.
But he has also said he disagrees with violent means to deal with provocation by the students and clerics.
The Red Mosque additionally set up an Islamic court on its territory to try detainees or issue verdicts in absentia according to its interpretation of Islam.
The clerics have warned that any attack by security forces on their compound will trigger a wave of suicide bombings in the capital.
Asslamo Allaikum,
***I have removed my earlier very specific information***
Islamabad - Politicians in Pakistan have expressed alarm at potentially damaging revelations in a rumoured 'kiss-and-tell' book authored by an alleged brothel owner, a press report said Saturday.
The woman, dubbed 'Aunty Shamim' by local media, was last month abducted by girl students of a radical madrassa religious school in Islamabad.
She was released two days later after publicly repenting to her involvement in prostitution but claimed the confession had been extracted through violent means.
However, a number of parliamentarians discussed their 'serious concern' over rumours of a book linked to the events during a recent dinner reception with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, the Pakistani daily The News reported.
'Mr Prime Minister, there will be at least 200 to 300 divorces if Auntie Shamim's book gets published,' the newspaper quoted one unnamed politician as saying.
According to the legislator, scandalous content could discredit other lawmakers, senior military officials and judges if the book were commissioned as feared by a UK-based publisher.
Another parliamentarian told the paper afterwards that 'we will take the legal course against the author and defend ourselves' if any such book went to the press.
Following their detention of Shamim, hard-line administrators of the Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque, provided authorities with a list of illegal brothels operating in Islamabad and warned that their students would take action against obscene practices.
Groups of baton-wielding male students, who are accompanied by burqa-clad female counterparts, under an anti-vice drive also issued warnings to owners of audio and visual entertainment stores to close their businesses.
The nature of Pakistani and foreign recordings sold contravenes conservative Shariah law that the students have vowed to implement nationwide, stoking a stand-off with the government.
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, who advocates a policy of 'enlightened moderation', is under mounting pressure to use force against the mosque and madrassa pupils.
But he has also said he disagrees with violent means to deal with provocation by the students and clerics.
The Red Mosque additionally set up an Islamic court on its territory to try detainees or issue verdicts in absentia according to its interpretation of Islam.
The clerics have warned that any attack by security forces on their compound will trigger a wave of suicide bombings in the capital.