Indo-Pak troll wars,a reality check

[Safriz]

Adeela Naureen and
Umar Waqar
As per techtarget.com “Cyber warfare is Internet-based conflict
involving politically motivated attacks on information and information
systems. Cyber warfare attacks can disable official websites and
networks, disrupt or disable essential services, steal or alter classified data, and cripple financial systems, among many other possibilities.”
As per Alvin Toffler, “the media fire blips of unrelated information at
us. Experts bury us under mountains of narrowly specialized
monographs. Popular forecasters present lists of unrelated trends,
without any model to show us their interconnections or the forces
likely to reverse them. As a result, change itself comes to be seen as anarchic, even lunatic.”
And may we add that the power of social media which is unbridled
and almost free (minus the one which is controlled by vested interests)
that you can find what recently happened in India for instance, the
exodus of Northeasterners from (mainly) Southern India. Today’s
discussion is not about India’s fault lines and the simmering currents of revolt knocking at the doors of New Delhi, but a sinister blame
campaign launched by, apparently, supporters of the leadership of
India that Pakistani groups were involved in a campaign to divide
India. Despite our limited access to what happens inside the ‘Shining
India’, we would like to expose the contours of a persistent anti-
Pakistan and anti-Islam cyber war that has been waged by Indian groups (government sponsored and private) to demonize and belittle
Pakistan in every way possible.
While being fully cognizant of the fact that it is only the resilience of
the people that has let Pakistan float through its socio-economic and
security challenges during the last one decade, the country at present
presents an ideal target for cyber warfare and information operations. With help from some Pakistani intellectuals in print and electronic
media as well as a policy of appeasement adopted by successive
Pakistani governments, the Indian cyber warfare apparatus has been
allowed a free run to bludgeon Pakistan as well as Islam.
The paucity of space for discussion here restricts us from doing a post-
mortem of the Indian cyber war against Pakistan. However, few glimpses of one forum, Bharat ************ (which in our opinion is
the vanguard organization of Pakistan and Islam specific cyber war
apparatus), could be an eye opener for many. Bharat Rakshak (BR) is a
Pakistan-hate forum with viewership running into millions. We wish
the Aman Ki Asha group to have an open discussion with this forum,
which would make it realise that peripheral, social and media exchanges for peace do not stand any chance of mitigating the hate
being created by this one forum only. So, they may be wasting a lot of
time of a lot of people across the great divide.
Bharat Rakshak has a clearly articulated offensive and defensive
strategy in place and an admirable ability to pick anything from
Pakistani or international media to demonize Pakistan. An interesting thread currently run by BR is, “A mirror on Pakistan in their own words
by Pakistanis”. A section of Pakistani newspapers, TV anchors and
intellectuals, who adopt an unnecessarily harsh critical approach to
practices associated with Islam, are the most sought out and quoted in
this thread. Pakistan is satirically named as Terrorist Islamic Republic of
Pakistan (TIRP) Demonizing Islam as well as the Indian Muslims: Hate material runs
into millions of comments and views insulting our beloved Prophet
Muhammad (peace be upon him) as well as Muslim akabireen and
leadership. General themes include Islam bashing, Bangladeshi bashing,
portraying Pakistanis as illiterate and ridiculing the sectarian divisions
within Islam. An example of a disturbing way of expressing everything associated with Pakistan is that Pak-China friendship has
been displayed by an insulting photograph, a monkey (Pakistan) riding
a pig (China). Pakistan’s ISI has a special forum for discussion and is one
of the prime targets of the BR.
There is a confused and free for all strategists’ Strategic Forum on
Subcontinent with self-created and imaginary threats discussed on a daily basis. It appears that the fear factor of being ruled by others has
not left the Indian psyche even after getting independence. There are
seemingly permanent imprints of that period, as confirmed by Bharat
Verma’s latest book on India’s fault lines.
The Boomerang on India’s Face: What the cyber warriors of India
forget is that you cannot insult a community which forms 20 percent of you demography, the Muslims of India. They do not realise that
Pakistan bashing, Islam bashing and insulting our respected forefathers
would do them little good in the ultimate analysis; this practice would
not be digested by any Muslim, Pakistani or Indian.
To highlight their anti-Pakistan and anti-Islam bias we will quote from
Bharat Rakhshak discussion forum on how should the US fulfil the mean desires of India, “If the Americans think straight, and with a clear
lens not dirtied with Gulf Arab oil and money, then they would not be
confounded by **** “treachery”. **** behaviour will then be perfectly
understandable and predictable, once they understand the true nature
of the Sunnis. And then, never again will they make the mistake of
going into Iraq of even Afghanistan to tackle radical Islam; instead they would squeeze the ***** (the body of the snake) and the Saudis
(the head of the snake).
Those who negate the Two-Nation Theory within India or Pakistan
must understand that, as in the past, it is being fortified by such
virulent anti-Pakistan campaign.
Recently, Narendra Singh Modi accused the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government of disrespecting the Indian culture by allegedly
promoting the slaughter of cows to increase the prospects of beef
export. Well beef is a different issue, Mr Modi, especially when it comes
to making good profit. Incidentally, India is forecast to become the
world’s leading beef exporter in 2012, which makes it clear that there
are no longer any holy cows. Only the Muslims in India will not be allowed to touch them!
The writers are freelance columnists based in Zimbabwe.Email: yalla_
umar@yahoo.com This news was published in print paper. Access complete paper of this

Indo-Pakistan cyber war: reality check | The Nation

 

[Roybot]

Baseless allegations and so many mistakes. There is no one called Narendra Singh Modi

And about the beef, its buffalo meat that is being exported not cow meat.

 

[xyxmt]

^^ with few exception, Indian are the most hating people i have ever come across on the internet. I mean you can feel the hate thats burning them inside out, i am not just saying it go find anything pakistan related which might have nothing to do with india and the read your fellow countryman comments. Its not doing any harm to Pakistan but themselves.

 

[Roybot]

^^ with few exception, Indian are the most hating people i have ever come across on the internet. I mean you can feel the hate thats burning them inside out, i am not just saying it go find anything pakistan related which might have nothing to do with india and the read your fellow countryman comments. Its not doing any harm to Pakistan but themselves.

Its all a number game. Percentage wise I think there are just as many hateful Pakistanis on the internet.

 

[ajtr]

Baseless allegations and so many mistakes. There is no one called Narendra Singh Modi

And about the beef, its buffalo meat that is being exported not cow meat.

Its reading look like thenation's previous fake wikileaks which every pakistani paper lapped up without verification.I think dawn was more subtle and cautious in publishing it.

but yeah trolling is fun.................

 

[karan.1970]

Big publicity to the BR forum by Pakistani media..

Now do we have Asim criticizing Pakistan for putting a target on BR forum's back ??

 

[vsdoc]

Trolling is good.

Trolling helps to vent steam.

I'd rather troll than pick upa chopper to hack someone's head off.

And over time, most trolls run out of steam and show their true selves anyways.

P.S. Welcome back Karan.

 

[shree835]

Baseless allegations and so many mistakes. There is no one called Narendra Singh Modi

And about the beef, its buffalo meat that is being exported not cow meat.

In Pakistan Hindu and Modi word is famous....Anyone at Pakistan can get attention by using those words.

 

[Fuego]

^^ with few exception, Indian are the most hating people i have ever come across on the internet. I mean you can feel the hate thats burning them inside out, i am not just saying it go find anything pakistan related which might have nothing to do with india and the read your fellow countryman comments. Its not doing any harm to Pakistan but themselves.

Lol may be you wanna check what your countrymen are concerned about..... here -
WHY DO PEOPLE HATE PAKISTANIS

And in the following link, you can feel the heat... here-
As Faisal Shahzad Case Unfolds, Pakistanis Wonder Why America Hates Them - The Daily Beast



Let me know if you need more of these links!

 

[cloud_9]

Another masterpiece by Adeela Naureen.I wonder why a Zimbabwean freelance writer would lurk at BR....looking for news on Pakistan

 

[jinxeD_girl]

NEVERMIND.........

 

[vsdoc]

khodai ni laakh meherbaani for small mercies .............

 

[Paan Singh]

I still dont know why pakistanis bash BR? ..Have u ever seen the discussion lever at BR? I dont see much trolling on BR,they may dislike pakistanis but BR is much better than pdf in terms of discussion level.

 

[Spring Onion]

Another masterpiece by Adeela Naureen.I wonder why a Zimbabwean freelance writer would lurk at BR....looking for news on Pakistan

Lack of intellect draws people sans intellect to that trash

Have u ever seen the discussion lever at BR? I dont see much trolling on BR,they may dislike pakistanis but BR is much better than pdf in terms of discussion level.

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[clmeta]

There two mistakes in your analysis.
1. First is gross generalisation. It is just as wrong as saying I have seen most terrorists as Muslims. Mindless stereotyping only generates more hate.
2. Your choice of language makes me feel you are the one suffering from the disease you are accusing Indians of. One can feel the burning dislike of Indians in your post.

^^ with few exception, Indian are the most hating people i have ever come across on the internet. I mean you can feel the hate thats burning them inside out, i am not just saying it go find anything pakistan related which might have nothing to do with india and the read your fellow countryman comments. Its not doing any harm to Pakistan but themselves.