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== Criticism == |
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Some sections of Pakistan’s liberal & left-wing press have severely criticized Zaid Hamid. It accused Hamid of distorting facts relating to Islam, Pakistan and the West and forming a “cult of denial” around himself. Journalists like [[Fasi Zaka]] of [[The News International]], [[Nadeem F. Paracha]] of [[Dawn Newspaper]] and [[Daily Times]]’ [[Najam Sethi]] have been Hamid’s leading critics. [http://www.thenews.com.pk/editorial_detail.asp?id=136405] [http://www.dawn.com/weekly/dmag/archive/080824/dmag17.htm]. |
Some sections of Pakistan’s liberal & left-wing press have severely criticized Zaid Hamid. It accused Hamid of distorting facts relating to Islam, Pakistan and the West and forming a “cult of denial” around himself. Journalists like [[Fasi Zaka]] of [[The News International]], [[Nadeem F. Paracha]] of [[Dawn Newspaper]] and [[Daily Times]]’ [[Najam Sethi]] have been Hamid’s leading critics. [http://www.thenews.com.pk/editorial_detail.asp?id=136405] [http://www.dawn.com/weekly/dmag/archive/080824/dmag17.htm]. |
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==Conspiracism== |
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In the aftermath of the [[November 2008 Mumbai attacks]] in India by militant Islamists (presently, Pakistani [[Inter-Services Intelligence]]-backed [[Islamic extremist]] group [[Lashkar-e-Toiba]] [[Attribution of the November 2008 Mumbai attacks|stand accused by US Intelligence]]), the showhost, [[Zaid Hamed]], has aggressively promoted the [[conspiracy theory]] that a secret [[cabal]] of "[[Hindu]] [[Zionist]]s" and "[[Jew]]ish [[Zionist]]s" carried out the attacks as a [[false flag]] operation.[http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD214008][http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/128672][http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pak_TV_channel_says_2611_hatched_by_Hindu_Zionists/articleshow/3785654.cms] |
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== External links == |
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Revision as of 13:28, 9 December 2008
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| Brass Tacks | |
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| Genre | News |
| Presented by | Maryum Chaudhry |
| Starring | Zaid Hamid |
| Country of origin |  Pakistan |
| Original release | |
| Network | News One |
BrassTacks is a Pakistani weekly Defense & Strategic political show, hosted by defense and security analyst and expert Zaid Hamid telecast by News One. It is aired on Sundays at 8 p.m.
Background
BrassTacks offers a strategic analysis of the current geopolitical and security situation in Pakistan by Zaid Hamid. The program was first hosted by Hamid's father and currently hosted by Zaid.
DVD release
At the bookshops of Islamabad and Rawalpindi DVD's of First 8 programs have been released. These DVDs cover US grand strategic plans in world, concept of greater Israel and their threat to Pakistan, US war on terror, Pakistan's debacles in Afghan policy and Religious and Sectarian Terrorism in Pakistan. The next in line would be the two special editions of spiritual forces programs.Then to be followed by Economic Terrorism which is ongoing and would take few more programs.
Criticism
Some sections of Pakistan’s liberal & left-wing press have severely criticized Zaid Hamid. It accused Hamid of distorting facts relating to Islam, Pakistan and the West and forming a “cult of denial” around himself. Journalists like Fasi Zaka of The News International, Nadeem F. Paracha of Dawn Newspaper and Daily Times’ Najam Sethi have been Hamid’s leading critics. [1] [2].
Conspiracism
In the aftermath of the November 2008 Mumbai attacks in India by militant Islamists (presently, Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence-backed Islamic extremist group Lashkar-e-Toiba stand accused by US Intelligence), the showhost, Zaid Hamed, has aggressively promoted the conspiracy theory that a secret cabal of "Hindu Zionists" and "Jewish Zionists" carried out the attacks as a false flag operation.[3][4][5]