| Submit your comments on this article |
| Afghanistan/South Asia |
| Nuggets from the Urdu press |
| 2004-03-05 |
| Qazi on proliferation Jamaat Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad said in Jang that Pakistan made its bomb through the black market when the world was not allowing it to make the bomb. What was wrong if Libya and Iran too wanted to make the bomb the way we had, he asked? He said Pakistan was allowing dancing girls to visit from India and that would be called Indo-Pak common culture. He said now Islamabad wanted to solve all problems with India while leaving the Kashmir issue for the last. He warned that if Dr Qadeer Khan was maltreated further he would hold a conference and reveal all the secrets relating to Dr Qadeer Khan. Getting after Qadianis Maulana Allah Yar Khan of Chiniot was quoted in Nawa-e-Waqt as saying that the Qadianis of old Rabwah and today’s Chenabnagar were preparing to register themselves as Muslims through the forms distributed by the Election Commission for the preparation of the new voters’ list. He said in all 15,000 Qadianis would be shown as Muslims for which they were using Qadiani teachers. He said this was a grand conspiracy against Pakistan which he would not allow. As if in response, Jang reported that Election Commission in Islamabad issued orders that anyone not believing in Khatm-e-Nabuwwat could not be registered as a Muslim and that anyone reporting this malpractice would be followed up by the Commission. It said that even those who were registered as Muslim voters could be reported if it was found that they did not believe that Muhammad PBUH was the last Prophet. Clergy offended over Basant and Valentine’s Day Daily Jang prominently displayed the dudgeon of the clergy in Lahore over the celebration of Basant which they thought was linked to the memory of the Hindu god Hanuman; and Valentine’s Day which they thought was obscene because it encouraged young boys and girls to express love for one another. The newspapers also reported ‘in advance’ that much wine would flow during the night of Basant and that many roofs had been rented in the old city by the rich to stage their orgies. Nawa-e-Waqt said on its front page that Basant celebrated the deed of insult to the Holy Prophet (PBUH) by a Hindu called Haqiqat Rai. The Sikhs were also involved because Ranjit Singh took part in the celebrations. Khabrain reported that the clergy in Pakistan condemned Valentine’s Day as a sign of the End of the World. In India Hindu extremist Bal Thakerey warned that he would beat up Valentine’s Day celebrants. Who got more hides? According to Jang and other papers, the largest collector of hides of sacrificed animals during the Eid al-Azha was Jamaat Islami while the second place was with Dawat Islami (Green Turbans) and Shaukat Khanum Hospital. In the past, conservative Lahore cared more for jihad and gave most of its hides to Lashkar-e-Tayba, but this time it cared less for charity but more for the power of MMA under Jamaat chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad. |
| Posted by:Paul Moloney |
| #2 In the past, conservative Lahore cared more for jihad and gave most of its hides to Lashkar-e-Tayba The guy who missed the Paris-LA flights was a dealer in leather goods. |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-3-5 12:46:47 AM |
| #1 I guess that PBUH means "peace be upon him." |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-3-5 12:41:07 AM |