Headless corpse walks around in Bhera According to Khabrain, a dead person without a head was walking around in the vicinity of Bhera and all villages around the area had suspended activity at night to avoid confronting the sarkati laash (headless corpse). The experts of amiliyaat (magic) said that this could not be a jinn because jinns did not do this trick; it must be a saya which they would exorcise in 48 hours. Meanwhile the people had taken to staying (dubbak) at home.
UK bomber buried in Samundari
According to the Nawa-e-Waqt, the UK suicide bomber of July 7, Tanvir Shehzad, was brought from London and buried in a village in Samundari in the Punjab. His father belonged to Azad Kashmir from Mangla and had migrated to the UK. Tanvir’s brother and sisters ran a restaurant in London while Tanvir was a student. He was buried in Samundari because his father was given alternative land for the ones he had lost to Mangla Dam. The people of Samundari who attended his funeral said he was a not a terrorist.
Open the safe of 12 billion!
Writing in the Nawa-e-Waqt, Irfan Siddiqi said that now that the West was not willing to pay cash to Pakistan for the relief of the quake-stricken, Pakistan should open the safe (tijori) of $12 billion in the foreign exchange reserve and come to the help of the people. He said that one could not go on wearing the necklace (jhoomar) of Islamabad’s capitulation on its Afghan policy.
Stop ‘The Message’ film!
Quoted in the Nawa-e-Waqt, Lahore chief of Jamia Ashrafia, Mufti Hamidullah, said that the film The Message being shown on a TV channel must be stopped forthwith because it was showing the likenesses of some Companions of the Prophet (pbuh), which was forbidden. He said the film was a conspiracy against the Muslim ummah and a most heinous plot to bring insult to the names of the Companions. He said that the TV channel showing the film should be punished for showing it. The NWFP assembly had already tabled a resolution against the film.
Allah happy, Bush unhappy!
Quoted in Khabrain, leader of former Lashkar-e-Taiba Hafiz Saeed said that the Quran had not been made the constitution of Pakistan which was a great injustice and for which Pakistan was being punished. He said Pakistan should not beg from America, India and Israel because this was a great sin. He said if the Quran was made Constitution, Allah would be happy but Bush would be unhappy. According to the daily Pakistan, Sheikhupura police registered a case against him for bringing the name of the Musharraf government into contempt.
Nawaz Sharif gets a new face
According to Khabrain after having given himself fake hair on the head, ex-prime minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif had got his face lifted from a Pakistani surgeon. He was satisfied by the young look he had got from his new hair but was bothered that his face was too fat and did not go with the new hair. The doctor lived in Sarwar Palace - the Sharif family home in Jedda – and gave him a new face.
World is a dirty place
Quoted in the daily Khabrain, Allama Tahirul Qadiri said that Muslims had become low after adopting the world whereas they should have cared only for the Hereafter. He said world was dunya in Arabic and its root meant low (ghatiya). It was wrong, he said, to become involved in this world.
America is slow to rescue
Writing in the daily Pakistan, Nasim Shahid said that America was very quick when it wanted to attack and occupy a country but was slow in aiding others. Hameed Gul said that every day, Americans promised the arrival of aid but it appeared that this aid was being sent from America on slow-moving mules. Had Israel been hit, this aid would have reached immediately.
Cricket stars hate five-star hotels
According to Khabrain, Pakistan cricket stars left their training camp in Lahore and went to Gujranwala to spread Islam (tabligh). The 18 cricketers included Inzimamul Haq, Saqlain Mushtaq, Muhammad Yusuf, Shoaib Malik, Salman Butt, etc. They said that they did not like the five-star hotel in Lahore where they were staying, but loved to live in the mosque instead.
Don’t take Israeli aid
Writing in the Jang, Hamid Mir stated that Pakistan should be very careful while accepting earthquake relief aid from Israel. Very soon, America and Israel were going to attack Syria or Iran (with Israel attacking Iran), in which case Pakistan would be fighting on the side of Iran and it would look very odd if Pakistan took Israel’s aid.
Lady DSP and naked men
According to Sarerahe in the Nawa-e-Waqt, there was a lady DSP in Multan who had developed the technique of extracting confessions from men after making them naked. Male prisoners had complained that the method of torture was extremely cruel. According to the daily Pakistan, DSP Talat Habib stripped young man Amir, then made him stand upside down against a wall in a totally naked condition. A case was registered against her.
