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Nuggets from the Urdu press
 What Israel will annex Speaking to Khabrain magazine, Dr Israr Ahmad said that the Arabs were the most incompetent people as a punishment of which Greater Israel will annex their land. All of Iraq will fall to Israel, as will Jordan and Lebanon. The fertile delta of Egypt will also be taken, as will be Saudi Arabiaâs Hijaz, except Madina which Allah will protect. Southern Turkey too will be annexed. After that Imam Mehdi will appear. Killed because of âmooliâ According to Khabrain, one Chaand Butt, standing for general councillor in Wazirabad, was granted the electoral sign of mooli (radish). Because of its association with flatulence, a person present at the returning office started joking with Chaand Butt who became so infuriated that he drew his gun and shot him dead on the spot. According to the Jang, the Election Commission announced that the electoral signs mooli and kela (banana) have been removed from the list because they were considered obscene. Panchayat kills lovers According to the Nawa-e-Waqt, a panchayat (village court) of Khanpur sentenced to death two lovers desirous of marrying. The two were taken into a field of sugarcane and shot. The boy was first beaten and his arms broken. The two were caught by the girlâs brother who brought them before the panchayat. The lovers confessed that they loved each other, after which they were given the death sentence. Clergy stopped in foreign lands The daily Pakistan reported that before Maulana Fazlur Rehman was stopped and deported by the UAE, other clerics too had been stopped. Qazi Hussain Ahmad was stopped by Holland, Maulana Samiul Haq was stopped and deported from Belgium, and Hameed Gul was refused a visa by Britain. America too refused to renew Hameed Gulâs visa. Qazi was once called Osama bin Ladenâs friend and Maulana Fazlur Rehman was once not given a visa for Britain. Others like Akram Toofani and Mufti Jamilur Rehman were actually arrested, then deported. Quran desecrated in Raiwind According to Khabrain some miscreant threw a copy of the Quran in the toilet of an Ahle Hadith mosque near the Tablighi Jamaat headquarters in Raiwind near Lahore. When the clerics raised hue and cry, the population of the area came out and staged a protest. A large number of people blocked traffic and threatened the travellers. The procession was in extreme agony over the desecration and beat their chests and damaged property. According to the Nawa-e-Waqt, the protest spilled into a second day and this time, the offended population stopped trains and stoned the passengers who got hurt. They also stoned the cars passing on the Raiwind road. One police officer who had gone to stop the vandalism was so scared that he joined the protest and raised slogans along with the protesters. The procession was greatly strengthened when the MMA gave a call and got its followers to join it. According to the daily Pakistan, the Khyber Mail was stopped for one hour. Its windows were broken and many passengers injured. Jewish-American plot against Pakistan Writing in the Jang, Abdur Rasheed Turabi said that America and its friends were singing praises of current Indo-Pak relations but the truth was that the evil triangle of cunning (makkar) Hindus, Zionist Jews and the Americans had plotted together to teach Pakistan a lesson. Before the final blow to be delivered on Pakistan, its strategic assets like the nuclear programme would be put to an end. Bandits attack âmelaâ The daily Khabrain reported that in Burewala, the mela of Baba Muhammad Shaheed was taken over by bandits who stayed there and enjoyed themselves too. They came at nine at night and took everybodyâs money away. Then they decided to be entertained and ordered a special mujra (dance) from the theatre performing in the mela. Many local boys were beaten up by them. After seeing the mujra, they took two girls with them and were not traceable by the police. Posted by: Paul Moloney 2005-09-02 |
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