Northern Areas turned 'murtad' Quoted by daily Insaf, leader of Jamaat Dawa (former Lashkar Tayba) Hafiz Saeed stated that the Northern Areas of Pakistan were being turned apostate (murtad) through the Aga Khan Foundation. He said Pakistan was not Islamic therefore each Muslim should enforce Shariat in his house. He said Hindu, Jews and Christians were active in the garb of NGOs and were being protected by them.
Balochistan to be free in 2006
Writing in Jang, Hamid Mir narrated the story of a Baloch youth who went first to Afghanistan where he met people who thought Balochistan had to be liberated from Pakistan before great quantities of oil and gas were struck there. He was asked to spread literature in Balochistan and one book that he was given to read was The Twin Era of Pakistan by Canada-based Muslim Abul Maali Syed which said that Balochistan would soon become the third largest producer of oil after Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, but it had to be wrested from the clutches of Pakistan. This was to be followed by American and Canadian professors teaching at universities in Balochistan, foreign oil companies operating in the new country with manpower imported from Bangladesh in the large duty-free area from Gwadar to Pasni. In 2006 when this would happen Balochistan would be freed from Pakistan but there would be fighting between the two states and there would be tension in South Waziristan as usual. The Baloch youth was first taken to UAE on an Afghan passport, then to Phuket in Thailand where he was told not to say his namaz because Balochistan would be a secular state. At this point the Baloch youth became alarmed and left the movement.
Bridegroom killed by happy firing
According to Jang, a bridegroom of Kamonke was killed when his close friend fired shots into him because of sheer joy. The baraat belonging to the Bhullar tribe had gone to a neighbouring village. There was much joy on the occasion. A friend of the bridegroom fired his handgun but forgot not to aim it at him. The bride lost consciousness after the incident. The baraat returned in mourning.
Wives three times in a year
Daily Khabrain reported that the NWFP government had decided to allow all prisoners to get their wives to live with them in jail three times in a year to fulfil their sexual needs. This was done in the light of the opinion that men behaved normally if their bodily needs were met. In case the prisoners were married it would be proper to let them unite with them. It would also remove problems of infidelity among wives.
America involved in Balochistan
Writing in Jang, Nazeer Naji stated that there was authentic news that the Baloch youth was being sent to the American-dominated Gulf states where they were being trained for a final 'secular' insurgency in Balochistan. This was what was meant when Chaudhry Shujaat said that a foreign power was involved in Balochistan. The US was not happy with Musharraf over the many things he had promised to do, therefore, the Americans were putting into action their plan of separating Balochistan with its natural resources. Under the new situation the traditional Baloch leadership would become irrelevant. This meant that the state of Pakistan and the sardars would both lose out.