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Nuggets from the Urdu press
 Why didnt you warn me?Sarerahe in the Nawa-e-Waqt stated that Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz told the Americans that they should have informed Pakistan before attacking Bajaur. It was like a weak child in school after being slapped by a bully: why didnt you tell me before slapping me?. We will destroy marathon! According to the daily Pakistan, Jamaat Islami said in Lahore that its youths will prevent girls and women from running in the nixed marathon organised by the Punjab government. The roshan khayal government was going to make videos of Muslim women running in shorts and then give them to foreign kafir men to watch. The Ahle Hadith youth force, on the other hand, was sure that it would be able to put an end to the marathon with sheer force. It said that the marathon was a conspiracy of Jews (Yuhud) and Hindus (Hunud). Maulvi gang busted at last? According to Khabrain, the police of Narang Mandi were able to catch seven of the infamous Maulvi Gang dacoits of Punjab while they were making ready to commit another armed robbery. The police surrounded them and there was an exchange of fire with the pious criminals for three hours. The gang has looted the districts of Punjab lying between Sialkot and Gujranwala, engaged in police encounters and killed many innocent people in exchange of fire. All of the gang say five prayers during the day and recite the Quran in jail when imprisoned. While they loot the citizens they request them to observe Islam. In their appearance they look like the clerics, which is why they are called Maulvi Gang. There was an alarming increase in the gangs strength as most pious people were attracted to it. Run in marathon with burqa! Quoted in the Jang, MMA-JUP leader Anas Noorani stated that women should not take part in the Lahore marathon because that would be nudity, but if the women agreed to wear a burqa while jogging in front of men, then it was okay. Dont search me, but search my delegation! Columnist Abdul Qadir Hassan disclosed in the Jang that Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz had told the Americans that if he was body-searched on his visit to Washington, he would turn around and take his delegation back to Pakistan. But they had not been given the same ultimatum in the case of his delegation which was body-searched and the film of their body search was shown in Pakistan. Nazir Naji wrote that had the Pakistani delegation been probed by a team of women no one would have felt insulted by the body-search. Marathon and Pakistans soft image Historian Dr Safdar Mehmood wrote in the Jang that Chief Minister Punjab Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi announced that he was organising a mixed marathon in Lahore to give Pakistan a soft international image. He disagreed with the chief minister as Pakistan already had a soft image on the basis of the fact that women here were active in all walks of life and were not disallowed to drive a car as in Saudi Arabia and were not forced to sit at home and not come out in public and observe purdah. The mob abuses Edhi and Shirani According to Khabrain, the mob that destroyed Lahore on 14 February 2006 while protesting against Denmarks blasphemous cartoons shouted abuses against Maulana Abdus Sattar Edhi, Pakistans famous philanthropist, for calling on them not to destroy property. They also abused Maulana Shirani of MMA Balochistan for not favouring violence. The mob said that the two simply did not understand the nature of their love for the Prophet (pbuh). Press-ganged Christians of Bhai Pheru According to Khabrain, the Christians of Bhai Pheru near Lahore have protested that local feudal people and contractors had press-ganged many Christians into working free for them. When the Christians resisted, they were cruelly beaten. One Christian had died as a result of the beating he received after he refused to work in begaar. The mob was not religious! Writing in the Nawa-e-Waqt, Ataur Rehman stated that the gangs of youth who destroyed Lahore on 14 February were not from the religious parties. They did not look like seminarians and in any case they began their vandalism before the procession had begun. He suspected that there could be khufia haath (secret hand) behind the destruction. He recalled that the people were angry about a number of other acts committed by the Americans in addition to the offence of the Danish-European cartoons. Ban rallies in Lahore! Columnist Nazeer Naji wrote in the Jang that it was unforgivable to destroy the city of Lahore in the name of the Holy Prophet (pbuh). In future, the government should allow processions only after taking the pledge of peaceful behaviour from the organisers. It should actually collect a pledge fee before letting the rally take place, which could be forfeited if the rally became violent. Prophet Muhammad PBUH and Kalki Avatar The Nawa-e-Waqt said that a writer in India had written a book titled Kalki Autar claiming that the last awaited avatar of Lord Vishnu was no other than Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). Kalkis fathers name was to be Vishnu Bhagat (servant of God) which was the same in meaning as Abdullah, the father of the Prophet (pbuh). Kalkis mothers name was to be Sumati meaning peace or comfort which was also the meaning of Amina, the mother of the Prophet(pbuh). Dr Khwaja funded anti-insult campaigns According to the daily Pakistan, Dr Ahmad Javed Khawaja who was shot to death in Manawan near Lahore was devoted to the cause of punishing those who insulted the Prophet(pbuh). He was supposed to have given money liberally to the organisations that were fighting for the cause of punishing those guilty of blasphemy. Most of the persons found blaspheming were Christians and Qadianis. Moinuddin Lakhwi of Ahle Hadith said that America had got Dr Khawaja murdered. Shezan restaurant is not Qadiani-owned According to the daily Pakistan, after Shezan Restaurant was damaged in Lahore by the blasphemy mob on 14 February 2006, its owner Mian Imran Ahmad announced that the restaurant was not owned by the Qadianis. He said that by burning down the Mall Road branch of the restaurant, the mob had deprived 50 employees of their livelihood. In all, Shezan has 10 branches employing 1,500 people. He said that Shezan International, however, was owned by the Qadianis, but this hotel was located abroad. Posted by: Fred 2006-02-26 |
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