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Nuggets from the Urdu press
British visas for criminal clerics According to Nawa-e-Waqt magazine, the British high commission in Britain was liberal with visas for all kinds of dubious clerics in Pakistan who went to the UK and busied themselves in all kinds of undesirable activities. One Hafiz Chishti father of eleven children molested a girl in Birmingham while pretending to teach her the Quran in her house. He was now behind bars. In South Hall another maulvi Ghulam Rasul was caught making blue films with girls he was supposed to teach the Quran to. âObscenityâ in Gujranwala again According to Jang, policemen from three police stations attacked a theatre in Gujranwala and arrested four artistes including actresses Hina Shaheen and Salomi on the charge of obscenity. The police said that citizens had complained of obscenity against the producer and the actresses. The manager and a number of artistes acting in the play ran away from the scene to avoid being arrested. The producer said that the raid was a deliberate attempt to harass artists. Other theatres in Gujranwala closed down before time and the audiences ran away to save themselves from being brutalised by the police. The raid was ordered by a local sessions judge. Nawa-e-Waqt wrote that four actresses, after being arrested by the police, were not kept by the police but transferred to the house of the magistrate where three other magistrates gathered to âenjoyâ their company. Finally magistrate Taseer Ahmad let them off on bail while a large crowed stood outside the lockup to enjoy the spectacle. One actor said that a large police posse attacked the theatre during interval and slapped the audience which ran away and arrested every artiste under the charge of obscenity. There are seven theatres in Gujranwala which closed down in fear after one owner was picked up by the police and kept in the lockup. The actresses came away from Gujranwala swearing they will never go to the scary city. Leader of Qadanis challenged to âmubahilaâ According to Nawa-e-Waqt, Maulana Manzur Chinioti had thrown a challenge of mubahila (abusing each other till one falls dead) to the leader of the Qadianis, Mirza Masroor, and since the Qadiani leader had not turned up to take part in abusing, the field was won by Maulana Manzur Chinioti who proclaimed that a festival of victory will be observed in London. In the first week of October the religious leaders of the MMA were to gather in Chenabnagar and make speeches on the finality of the Prophet PBUH. Qadianis allowed too much freedom! According to Nawa-e-Waqt religious leaders gathered in Chiniot-Chenabnagar for Khatam-e-Nabuwwat accused the government of being too soft on Qadianis who were being employed in key posts and even posted in the Auqaf Department. They said the Qadianis were busy conspiring against Islam and were freely violating laws enforced against them. The conference was addressed by Maulana Fazlur Rehman of JUI and Liaquat Baloch of Jamaat Islami in addition to dozens of other religious leaders. According to Jang, the Chenabnagar meeting warned the government that the Qadianis had become emboldened. They also said that behind the façade of the NGOs, the spread of Qadiani faith, Judaism and Christianity would not be tolerated and that a movement could be launched against the government on it. Kashmir not like Palestine! Daily Khabrain quoted the Palestinian ambassador in India Osama Musa as saying that the Kashmir issue could not be compared to Palestine because India had the right to take action against terrorists in Kashmir. He said Pakistanâs claim that there were freedom-fighters active in Kashmir was not accepted by the Palestinian government. He said that Sharonâs visit to India was good for the Palestinian cause. Al Qaeda and 17 couples! Daily Pakistan revealed that the Lahore police raided a hotel in Mozang and arrested two African Al Qaeda members who had landed in Lahore a day earlier with a special task. But as the police raided the hotel, couples staying in rented rooms tried to run away and were caught red-handed by the police. In all, 17 couples were apprehended and taken to the police station for rangralyan (good times) and were let off after they greased the palms of the officers. One couple jumped from the window and were injured. A raid against terrorists became a lucrative drive against immorality. Posted by: Paul Moloney 2003-11-07 |
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