Americans support MusharrafWriting in the Jang, Hamid Mir said that Musharraf was supported not only because he was fighting terrorism, but also because he had held the 2002 elections and allowed the opening of new free media channels along with a policy of press freedom. This was what an American delegation said recently in defence of their policy. It should be recalled that when Pakistanis were clapping Musharraf’s takeover, the Americans had placed Pakistan under observation and the Commonwealth had kicked Pakistan out.
Qazi Hussain Ahmad and Imran Khan
Columnist Haroonur Rasheed wrote in the Jang that he knew Imran Khan and Qazi Hussain; and Imran Khan from very close. In the case of Imran Khan, his intimacy with him could be compared only to two or three of Imran’s family members. Yet both Imran and Qazi, as Pakhtuns, were identical in their characters. If they like someone, they will open their hearts; but if they reject someone then all the doors are closed. Qazi Hussain Ahmad was a Seljuq and the Seljuq Turks were known to be unforgiving in their anger. Both have been forgiving recently, Qazi in the case of MMA chief minister Akram Durrani attending the National Security Council and Imran Khan in the case of the earthquake. Imran Khan flared up after Australian Pakistanis sent him 4,500 tents and the government wouldn’t give him transport for them. He has built a hundred houses in the earthquake stricken area and will build 6,000 in all, and Qazi has spent Rs 2.5 billion on the stricken areas. But they must be less negative in their approach to President Musharraf for the sake of the nation.
Pakistan’s dubious export
Writing in the Nawa-e-Waqt, Sarmad Bashir stated that in the last two years, 139,000 Pakistanis were expelled from 47 countries. On November 25, about 22 Pakistanis drowned when their boat capsized near the Italian coast. Iran expelled 85 Pakistanis trying to enter without proper documents. In the last two years, nearly a thousand cases of document fraud cases were registered in Pakistan.
Exorcist kills girl instead of jinn
The daily Khabrain reported that in Agoki near Lahore, a little girl Iram was suspected by her parents of being possessed by a jinn. They called in a religious man, expert in exorcism, who began to apply red hot rods to her body. She was severely burnt, after which she lost her speech, followed by coma. She finally died, after which a case was registered against the fake pir.
Qadiani in National Security Council!
The daily Pakistan quoted Maulana Abdul Hafeez Makki of International Khatm-e-Nabuwwat Movement in Dera Ismail Khan as saying that Qadianis were the enemies of Islam and Pakistan and that there was Qadiani hidden inside the National Security Council. He said the teachings of Ghulam Ahmad Parwez were also a fitna (mischief) against Islam and the Aga Khan Board was a plot by the powers of kufr.
Jinns occupy tree
According to the daily Pakistan, a tree in Iqbal Pura in Rahimyar Khan has started giving off water. In the house of one Heera a beri tree had been acting strange for the past one month. It was giving one pail of water during the day. The miracle has attracted lot of local people who bring food for the jinns, which Heera said were occupying the tree. Heera thereafter became mujawir of the tree and has set up a big flag on top of the tree.
Don’t spare the Qadianis!
Writing in Khabrain, Yasir Mehmood Khan complained that columnist Amar Jaleel in his column had condemned Bhutto for apostatising the Qadianis while in fact it was his greatest act. In 1974 at Rabwa, students of Nishtar Medical College Multan were beaten up and Bhutto acted after that. But Qadianis were created by the British to weaken Islam. In fact, their faith was against the central belief of Islam. Bhutto was called Quaid-e-Awam because of this great feat.
It’s no use talking to India
Quoted in the Nawa-e-Waqt, ex-foreign minister Agha Shahi said that India had not budged an inch from its position on Kashmir while Pakistan was living in a world of dreams. He said talks on Kashmir should be open because secret talks and track-two discussions meant that nothing concrete had taken place. He said that the current process of negotiations was a waste of time. If Pakistan had to play the farce of talks, why should it retreat from its old stance?
Pay maintenance for 10,000 years!
According to the daily Pakistan, a court in Iran ordered a man to pay his divorced wife one gold coin every month for 10,000 years. The man had promised in the nikah document to pay her $15 million dollars on divorce as maintenance.
Insulter of Quran embraces Islam
According to the Nawa-e-Waqt, one Hindu woman Krishna Wati was in prison in Mardan for desecrating the Quran. Chief Justice High Court Peshawar Tariq Pervez was inspecting the prison when Krishna Wati approached him and said that she was greatly attracted to Islam and wanted to embrace it. The chief justice got her to recite the kalima after which she became Fatima Bibi.
Chief minister preserves his brother’s smelly shalwar
According to Khabrain, Chief Minister Sindh Abdullah Shah did a most extraordinary thing during his rule. His brother Ihsanullah Shah, deputy director food, was murdered in 1993 in front of his house in Karachi. Abdullah Shah ordered the archives department of Sindh to preserve the blood-stained clothes of his brother. The department spent Rs 48,000 treating his brother’s shalwar, shirt and vest, which Abdullah Shah did not reimburse. The clothes were given to the department after eight days, therefore they gave off a stench as a result of which two employees of the department fainted during treatment. Abdullah Shah of the PPP is an absconder from the law.
Don’t be impartial!
Writing in the Nawa-e-Waqt about the conference he attended in Dubai, organised by Dr Shahid Masood titled ‘Dialogue,’ columnist Irfan Siddiqi advised that Dr Shahid Masood should not be impartial in his comments because he was entrenched (morcha zan) behind a barricade and the Muslims thought of him as a strong advocate of their cause. The leader of ‘Dialogue’ was the strong man (mard-e-maidan) of the ideological army (nazriati sipah). Now that he had started his dialogue, the West-worshipping monopolists and sellers (khwancha firosh) of the West in Pakistan should start despairing. ‘Dialogue’ would be a think tank headed by Dr Masood. Mr Mujibur Rehman Shami told him not to be influenced by the thinking of his thank tank. Irfan Siddiqi said that he had been invited by the President of the United States to visit America in 2002 and that engaging in dialogue with the Americans was still his best memory.
Irfan Siddiqi important man
Writing in the Nawa-e-Waqt, Irfan Siddiqi stated that State Department official Robin Raphel was once told that she readily accepted the writings of certain journalists but she did not read Irfan Siddiqi on Afghanistan. On this, Ms Raphel said that she read Irfan Siddiqi and considered him a very important man of opinion. The columnist stated that he was taken aback at this.