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Brown to follow Pakistan’s example?

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    Brown to follow Pakistan’s example?

    Telegraph: Pakistan president Asif Zardari bans jokes ridiculing him

    Pakistanis who send jokes about Asif Zardari by text message, email or blog risk being arrested and given a 14-year prison sentence.

    The country's interior minister, Rehman Malik, announced the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had been asked to trace electronically transmitted jokes that "slander the political leadership of the country" under the new Cyber Crimes Act.

    Malik, said the move would punish the authors of "ill motivated and concocted stories through emails and text messages against the civilian leadership".
    Examples:
    Zardari jokes:

    "Terrorists have kidnapped our beloved Zardari and are demanding $5,000,000 or they will burn him with petrol. Please donate what you can. I have donated five litres."

    To commemorate the ascension to the Presidency, Pakistan Post has officially launched a new stamp. But the people of Pakistan are confused which side on the stamp to spit on.

    Robber: "Give me all your money!"
    Zardari: "Don't you know who I am? I am Asif Ali Zardari."
    Robber: "OK. Give me all my money"
    Hang about they could work here. Lets see.

    >s/Zardari/Snot Goblin/g

    Yup, works fine.

    He'll be introducing it here on Monday.
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