 Resham and Leila go âgutham-guthaâ
As reported in Khabrain, Pakistanâs top film actresses Resham and Leila quarrelled and fought with each other till skin and hair flew at a local beauty parlour in Lahore. Resham went to the parlour with her sister and found Leila already getting her nails done along with her mother. The two sides started talking but fell out over roles that they had done in a recent movie. Reshamâs sister was insulted by Leilaâs mother after which the former broke open the skull of the latter. The four became gutham-gutha (fell in a heap). By the time the fight neared its end, fully 11 women were on the floor in a state of violent gutham-gutha. Leila fell on Resham who bit her, after which Leila slapped her hard and banged her head against the wall. After this, the beauty parlour called the police wile Resham called a posse of armed men. Both sides have demanded apology from each other. The press had the opportunity to film the fight.
Police officer awarded in America
Sarerahe in the Nawa-e-Waqt wrote that a Pakistani was awarded a special prize in America for being an ideal officer. He was earlier a police officer in Pakistan but got no such prize. Pakistan should send its entire police force to America so that they improve in performance. Inside Pakistan, the performance of the police is abysmal. The question is: why are Pakistanis such good workers abroad but such poor workers inside Pakistan?
Donât let the NGOs in!
Ex-ISI chief Hameed Gul wrote in the Jang that NGOs linked to organisations in the West with political agendas should not be allowed to function in Azad Kashmir for reconstruction. On the other hand, âideologicalâ NGOs alone should be allowed there. With regard to the work of the NGOs, Pakistan will also have to counteract the so-called Pakistani intellectuals working under external prompting.
Forward bloc leader and his past
Writing in the Jang, Chaudhry Fawwad Husain stated that the leader of the PML Forward Bloc Mr Riaz Pirzada began his career from Bahawalpur in 1985 when he lost his MNA seat but won the MPA seat. In 1988, he was in the Nawaz Sharif government but lost the election. He left Nawaz Sharif and joined the PPP but lost the 1990 election again. But in 1993, he won on the PPP ticket but he fell out with Ms Bhutto because she did not make him a minister and joined the Millet Party of Mr Farooq Leghari and finally landed with the PML now in power. He quarrelled with the PML leadership because he was not made minister and was greatly offended when his grouping lost the local bodies polls recently. After that, he has made a Forward Bloc challenging Chaudhry Shujaat Husain, accusing his family of dynastic rule.
Allah is angry!
Reported in Khabrain, the clerics at the Tablighi Jamaat gathering in Raiwind said that Allah was angry with Muslims and that was why he had killed 73,000 in the earthquake. This was because the mosques were empty in the country and Muslims were becoming westernised and strangers to their religion. Muslims were relying on sabbab (cause) rather than Rabb (God). Reports complained that no sanitary system was provided for the gathering and people falling ill were not looked after. One thief collected 100 cell phones for recharging but ran away with them. On the last day, the congregation shed tears and mourned the fact that kafirs were dominant over Muslims because the Muslims had turned away from Islam.
Jinns burn tree near Data Darbar
According to Khabrain, a tree near Data Darbar, Lahore, was set alight every year for the past 25 years after the festival of Eid. While the tree burns, people gather around it and are dumbstruck. They resort to praying and asking Allah to forgive their sins and forgive them for forgetting Islam. Eyewitnesses said that the fire was lit by jinns but the tree miraculously survived. Every year, hundreds of people gather to see the spectacle.
The scarf in France
Columnist Ataur Rehman in the Nawa-e-Waqt reproduced the letter of Mirza Imran Beg, who had disagreed with him over the issue of the scarf in France. Writing from France, Mr Beg stated that France had banned all religious markers in schools so that the children could grow up without hating each other for being different. Even the Sikhs are not allowed to wear the turban in schools and the Christians could not wear the cross in school. No one minded this and no one agitated in France as violently as the Muslims did. Ataur Rehman linked the scarf issue to the recent unrest in France.
Bal Thakerayâs divine punishment
Sarerahe in the Nawa-e-Waqt wrote that the most fanatical anti-Muslim Hindu leader of India, Bal Thakeray, was punished when his granddaughter Neha Thakeray married a significantly named Muslim doctor of Mumbai, Dr Muhammad Nabi. The Abu Jehel of India, Bal Thakeray, stood humbled before the ruins of his Somnath at last.
Laloo in trouble
According to the Jang, after losing in elections Bihar politician Laloo Prashad Yadav was in trouble because he had to vacate the house from where his wife Rabri Devi was ruling the state. He was at a loss to solve the problem of his cattle which were sustained by the official residence. He had nine hundred heads of cattle in addition to his own nine children.
Urdu Maqtadara closed down
According to the daily Pakistan, the Urdu Maqtadara (authority), opened some years ago with the task of making Urdu popular in the country and helping towards its enforcement, was shut down in the country because of paucity of funds. Around 500 employees were rendered jobless after the closure. It had ten offices in the four provinces but not much work was being done because the funds had dried up.
Qadianis burnt Sangla Hill churches!
According to the Nawa-e-Waqt, World Pasban Khatm-e-Nabuwwat organised a protest meeting in Sangla Hill, Lahore and Hafizabad, condemning police action against Muslims in Sangla Hill. The organisation claimed that Sangla Hill churches were destroyed by Qadianis and Jews and not Muslims, as alleged by local Christians. In Sangla Hill, mosque loud speakers condemned the Christians who had desecrated the Quran and appealed that a judicial commission be asked to inquire into it. Majlis Tahaffuz Khatm-e-Nabuwwat in Chiniot condemned the Qadianis for committing atrocities against Muslim ladies. They had earlier got a âQadiani petrol pumpâ banned in Chiniot and now wanted Section 144 lifted from the city so that action against Qadianis could be taken. According to Khabrain, the Bishop of Canterbury called on the chief minister of Punjab the same day.
Ayub Khan and his stengun
Writing in the Jang, historian Dr Safdar Mehmood stated that Pakistanâs governor-general Ghulam Ahmad was in the habit of abusing everyone. He once called the incumbent prime minister Bogra from East Pakistan and abused him roundly in Punjabi. He was afflicted with a disease that had given him a speech defect which rendered the curses even more grotesque. Once he called Chaudhry Muhammad Ali who then told the story that as Ghulam Ahmad abused everyone, the army chief Ayub Khan was standing behind a curtain with a stengun in his hand, a proof that Ghulam Ahmad was being abusive because the army was behind him.
Abu Salem and Daud Ibrahim
Writing in Khabrain, Arshad Wirk stated that underworld don Abu Salem who confessed to having done the 1993 bombings in Mumbai had been surrendered to India by Portugal, where he was living on a Pakistani passport. The plot to avenge Babri Mosque was hatched in Dubai between Abu Salem and Daud Ibrahim. Others present were Anees Ibrahim, Muhammad Dossa and Mustafa Dossa. Indian actor Sanjay Dutt was also said to have met Abu Salem in Dubai. He said his relationship with Daud Ibrahim was spoiled by another underworld hood, Chchota Shakeel.
Population of Islamic utopia
The daily Jang published an article by Dr Hamidullah saying that the population of Madina was 10,000 when Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) entered it. Half of this population was Jewish while the rest were the ten tribes of Aws and Khazraj. They were squared off into two fighting factions. The Muslims, including those who came with the Prophet (pbuh), were a few hundred. The population of Madina was made into one nation and thus a utopia was created.
Sarfraz Naeemi on Sangla Hill Christians
The daily Pakistan reported that Maulana Dr Sarfraz Naeemi, secretary general of Tanzimat Madaris Dinia, had declared that the government had paid scant attention to the desecration of the Quran but was rounding up the 88 Muslim citizens of Sangla Hill on the fake charges of destroying the Christian churches. He declared that the Christian clergy had set the churches on fire after the desecration incident and should be put behind bars and not allowed to leave the country. He warned that he was taking a procession to Sangla Hill to get the Muslims released from jail. He protested against religion minister Ijazul Haqâs statement that the Muslims had destroyed the churches. He said that the Quran library was burnt by the Christian clergy with the help of a special incendiary powder first used by Christians in Shantinagar in 1997. |
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