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Daily Nawa-e-Waqt reported that in 1989, pop singer Michael Jackson had embraced Islam, therefore it was incumbent to hold Quran Khwani (recitation) for him after his death. His brother had already done Quran Khwani at his house.
Wives divorced for 'kukkar'
According to Khabrain, a jirga in Lakhi Ghulam Shah heard a case of the killing of a number of kukkars (male chickens), after which it decided that the three men found guilty would have to divorce their wives. The three men quickly agreed. The roosters, killed through poisoning, are held in high honour by the people of the area; the wives are not.
Indian plot to avenge Mumbai
Writing in Jang, Irfan Siddiqi stated that Ahmad Quraishi wrote that Indians had sent 500 trained commandos into Afghanistan. They will come into Pakistan and attack installations and stage attacks into buildings the same way as the Mumbai attacks. After that, a nuclear device will be exploded in Afghanistan and Pakistan will be blamed.
Nothing happened in Swat
Columnist Major General (Retd) Shafiq Ahmad Awan wrote in Nawa-e-Waqt that no one spoke of rebellion in Malakand, no one talked of autonomy there either, no one demanded takeover of administration and no one suspected the Constitution of Pakistan and yet Malakand was attacked by the army. This was done on the basis of rumours spread by American CIA, its agents and short-sighted Pakistanis. Burning of girls' schools was not a serious matter.
America wants Pakistani uranium
Quoted in daily Jinnah, Jamaat-e-Islami leader Liaquat Baloch said that America was after South Punjab now because it was after the uranium being extracted in Dera Ghazi Khan in South Punjab. He said America was forcing Pakistan to start an operation in South Punjab and the Mian Channu incident of the teacher terrorist was a part of that plot. Freshly let off by the Court, Maulana Aziz of Lal Masjid Islamabad also said the same thing in Nawa-e-Waqt.
Police and 'kukri'
Chief Editor Khushnood Ali Khan wrote in Jinnah that the police manning barricades in Islamabad were not competent. He proposed a test: a kukri (hen) should be let off across the barricade and the police should be asked to catch it. He claimed that the police would not catch the kukri.
Describing liberal fascists
Describing liberal fascists in Jang, Hamid Mir wrote that they called themselves secularists but they were alienated from religion and hated the religious people. Their economic interests were bound with America, whose policies they defended although they didn't support them openly. They recommended military operations in the Tribal Areas and supported the drone attacks, and their general drift was to serve their American masters (aqa).