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When Hina Khar embarrassed Zardari
Writing in Express Nusrat Javeed narrated that when a high level American person came to see President Zardari in connection with foreign policy and Pakistain's attendance of the Chicago Conference on Afghanistan the president was favourably disposed to consider the invitation when it came. Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar was also there but she threw in a monkey wrench by intervening (phat pareen) and telling the American guest that Pakistain could not commit to Chicago until Parliament had issued the new guidelines on Pakistain's foreign policy. President Zardari was shaken by this and thought he had to deal with another Shah Mehmood Wormtongue Qureshi. This could have ended her prospect of becoming prime minister in case Gilani had to go.

Moinuddin Chishti jihadi saint
Columnist Hamid Mir wrote in Jang that the famous saint of Ajmer Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti was reputed to be a saint of peace but in his day he was known to favour jihad in the name of Islam. When he saw that the Hindu Rajputs were becoming too cruel he called in the Moslem invader Shahabuddin Ghauri from Afghanistan. Ghauri came and trounced Prithvi Raj Chauhan. This gave rise to the naming of missiles by India and Pakistain. India named its missile Prithvi (not after Prithvi Raj but as one of the elements of nature) and Pakistain retaliated by naming its missile Ghauri. (India's other bigger missile is Agni which proves that Prithvi was not named after Prithvi Raj.)

Zardari was a 'munshi' of America
Leader of PPP Bhutto Shaheed, Ghinwa Bhutto was quoted in Nawa-e-Waqt as saying that those who are demanding more provinces are speaking the language of America. She added that Zardari was a 'munshi' (clerk) of America. She asserted that Bilawal was not the rightful heir of the Bhutto legacy. Her children are from the son of Bhutto therefore the rightful heirs of the Bhutto Legacy.

Some graves give off nice smell
Daily Jang reported from a popular GEO TV programme in which a soul expert Allama Shabbir and a group of gravediggers discussed the experience of soul (ruh) after separating from human body. They all agreed that after death the soul of the dead person does not reside in the house as some people believe. But they agreed that some graves belonging to good and pious people start giving off perfume.

Not even food allowed on Nato route
Leader of the Defence of Pakistain Council of holy manal parties Maulana Samiul Haq said in Express that his followers will spill blood to stop the NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions...
supplies when they resumed. He said he would not allow even the supply of food to NATO forces through the Pak route. Ex-ISI boss Hameed Gul said America was coming next to Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
and he was unhappy that Maulana Fazlur Rehman
Deobandi holy man, known as Mullah Diesel during the war against the Soviets, his sympathies for the Taliban have never been tempered by honesty ...
had changed his stance on the NATO supply route.

Saudis don't oppose gas pipeline
The Foreign Office was forced to say in Jinnah that Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in their national face...
was not opposed to the Iran Pakistain gas pipeline and that the visit of the deputy foreign minister of Saudi Arabia had not visited Pakistain to force Pakistain to abandon the project. The rumour was that Saudi Arabia was opposed to the project because that would lighten the sanctions on Iran and make it strong enough to make the bomb and threaten the Arab states.

Attacks on Kandahar and Bannu prisons
Columnist Hamid Mir wrote in Jang that two important jailbreaks were achieved by the Taliban in the month of April. In April 2011 they attacked the big prison of Kandahar in Afghanistan and easily took away 500 of their dangerous member terrorists. In April 2012, they attacked the big prison in Bannu in Pakistain and walked away with 286 hardened criminals including a number of their members held there. At Bannu over a hundred of Taliban came across a number of security checkposts in their vehicles and no one could stop them because of fear of being killed.

America's discriminatory apology policy
Daily Jang had Hamid Mir saying that when India's actor Shahrukh Khan was held at the American immigration for two hours the Americans apologised to India but America would not apologise to Pakistain after killing Pak troops at Salala Checkpost in November 2011. But America was forced to use the Pak route for its supplies because the Russians and Central Asians had asked for too much money for passage through their territory.

'Karant' pir of Jhelum
Reported in Jinnah a spiritual guide called Saeen Abid called 'Karant Pir' in Sarai Alamgir in Punjab was raping innocent women by promising to solve their domestic problems. Women called on him at his home where he used live electric wire in his doorway to render them senseless after which he raped them. He used electric current to stage his miracle and was therefore called 'karant' Pir.

Jamaat accepted Zia rule
Writing in Jang Hamid Mir started that after General Zia imposed his military rule and tried to validate it through Islam, a number of religious leaders opposed him. They were: Allama Ehsan Elahi Zaheer who was killed during a rally of his party, Ahle Hadith. Allama Ariful Hussaini of the Shia faith too opposed him and he was killed in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar. But Jamaat Islami decided to join his government and live under his Shariat Bill.

Sughra Imam almost became minister of state
Reported in Mashriq daughter of PPP leader Syeda Abida Hussain almost became minister of state in the Foreign Office after being appointed by President Zardari. But incumbent minister Hina Rabbani Khar opposed the appointment and threatened to resign if Sughra Imam was inducted.

Shabasha, Pasha!
Famous columnist Major (Retd) Mehmood Abbasi wrote in Jinnah that General Pasha head of the ISI was true soldier and loyal to Pakistain and only those people were happy over his final retirement because he had not done them any favours. He became disliked by those who took bribe from America after he opposed America's infiltration of Pakistain with spies like Raymond Davis and talked back to the bullying US officials. He also unmasked the treasonable conduct of Ambassador Haqqani who was working for the Americans by allowing spooks to enter Pakistain without checking. Pasha did not forgive Haqqani and because of his sincerity also persuaded General Kayani
... four star general, current Chief of Army Staff of the Mighty Pak Army. Kayani is the former Director General of ISI...
to honestly tell the Supreme Court what had transpired in the 'memo' case.

'Nuclear father' speaks out!
Dr AQ Khan told Nawa-e-Waqt that PM Gilani was continuing to insult the Supreme Court which was not right while the Supreme Court was not able to come up to the expectations of the people by not deciding some major cases. He said Reko Diq was given in the hands of Chief Minister Raisani who could not tell the tail of a frog from its head.

Judges should not threaten lawyers!
Quoted in Mashriq lawyer and human rights
...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions...
worker Asma Jehangir stated that the courts should not threaten lawyers when they give their valid views about the running cases. She said Memo Commission had no law under which it could suspend the practice of a lawyer. The judges should remain within the ambit of law while deciding.
Posted by: trailing wife 2012-06-10
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