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Nuggets from the Urdu press
Clergy gave us Islam! Writing in Nawa-e-Waqt, Irfan Siddiqi stated that no 'enlightened' ruler, no 'clever' NGO, no 'ready-to-die' religious party had given Islam to Pakistan, but it was the lonely figure of the maulavi (cleric) who had kept to his job of inviting people to the rituals of Islam. It was the cleric who had lighted the lamp of faith in the face of all kinds of storm. And he despite his many weaknesses was better than the people who had hearts of stone.Give the award to AQ Khan! Writing in Nawa-e-Waqt, Dr Ajmal Niazi stated that during a ceremony of giving human rights award by the Human Rights Society of Pakistan to the great journalist and chief editor of Nawa-e-Waqt Mr Majeed Nizami, someone from the audience raised the slogan 'the award should be given to AQ Khan the father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb'. The entire session agreed with the suggestion. Illiterate MPA caught taking BA exam According to Khabrain, an MPA who had only primary school education was caught by the police taking BA examination at Tando Jan Muhammad in Sindh. The man was Al Haj Mir Hayat Khan Talpur who had been elected five times to Sindh Assembly. He was taking BA finals in order to obtain a fake BA degree. When he was caught he began perspiring profusely and was greatly upset. PPP versus Aga Khan Board Secretary information of PPP Navid Chaudhry was quoted by Khabrain as saying that Jewish influence was being spread in Pakistan. He said that the Aga Khan examination board will be costly (mehnga paray ga) for Pakistan because it was dangerous. The real problem he said was of poor and rich students. Osama is our hero! Sarerahe wrote in Nawa-e-Waqt that according to one report the Pakistan government had refused the request of the American government to print 'wanted' ads about Osama bin Laden in the Pakistani press and TV. Islamabad was supposed to have said that the ads would create difficulties for it. The Americans did not know the mizaj of the Pakistanis. Osama was a hero for them and all the action taken by the US had not converted him to zero. Those Pakistanis who yearn for dollars and American approval should be patient. Posted by: Paul Moloney 2005-02-11 |
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