Daily Jinnah reported Director Supreme Council Jamaat Ahmadiya Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as saying in Lahore that Jamaat Ahmadiya believed that Muhammad PBUH was the last Prophet and that the Quran was the Last Book. He said that in 1974 the community was unfairly declared non-Muslim.
Imran Khan doesnÂ’t condemn terrorists
Quoted in Jang PMLN leader Pervaiz Rashid criticised Imran Khan for not condemning the terrorists who destroyed Data Darbar but instead demanded the dismissal of the PMLN government. Mr Rashid asked Imran Khan to ask his ‘friends’ not to do terrorism.
No mosque in Punjab Assembly!
Daily Islam reported that while the Punjab politicians were languishing (gham main ghulnay walay) in grief for the Ahmadis, there was no mosque for them in the Punjab assembly where they could say namaz. More than 500 politicians and staff were without namaz. The nearest mosque had a door opening on to the Assembly but that had been closed. The mike that brought in the sound of namaz was also shut off in the House.
Allama snubs Nehru
Writing in Jang Hamid Mir wrote that once Congress leader Nehru came to Lahore to see Allama Iqbal. Nehru complained that Jinnah was too ziddi (stubborn) but both Hindu and Muslims love you as a great poet; had you been the leader of Muslim League everyone would have gathered behind you. On this Allama became furious and reprimanded Nehru and told him that Allama was a simple soldier (adna sipahi) of Jinnah.
Chaudhry Shujaat defends Madrassa Haqqania
Quoted in daily Islam Chaudhry Shujaat leader of Muslim League (Q) said that FIAÂ’s report accusing Madrassa Haqqania of Nowshehra of being involved in the plot to kill Benazir Bhutto was wrong. He said the madrassas were the castles of Islam and were serving Pakistan. He rang Maulana Samiul Haq the head of the madrassa at Akora Khattak and gave him his support.
Chief JusticeÂ’s expensive car
Reported in daily Jinnah secretary information of the PPP Fauzia Wahab said that the Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry had acquired a luxury car worth Rs 5.5 crore. Chief Editor of the paper wrote in his column that the name Fauzia had letters ‘fau’ and ‘zia’ and the latter in Urdu meant ‘loss’.
Ahle Hadith want Ahmadis ‘cleaned up’
The day the Ahmadis were massacred in Lahore by Punjabi Taliban, daily Ausaf reported that a province wide Ahle Hadith youth force was holding a mammoth gathering at Sargodha. Ahle Hadith leader Prof Sajid Mir condemned the killing of the Ahmadis but all the other speakers, in disagreement, demanded a ‘cleaning up’ of the Ahmadis in Pakistan.
Jamaat Ali Shah speaks IndiaÂ’s language
Reported in Nawa-e-Waqt a seminar held by Nawa-e-Waqt Group of newspapers decided that PakistanÂ’s Indus Waters Commissioner Jamaat Ali Shah was no longer speaking for Pakistan but was defending the Indian position on the stealing of river waters by India through 62 dams. Speakers including such illustrious men as Ambassador Javed Hussain who said that India was stealing one crore forty acre feet of water and that the Indus Water Treaty was only good for the 1960s but today IndiaÂ’s water aggression could lead to an Indo-Pak war that would soon turn into a nuclear world war.
Justice Sharif weeps at Data Darbar
According to Jang Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court Khwaja Muhammad Sharif went to Data Darbar after the terrorists had destroyed it with two suicide-bombers and wept and prayed that Allah should keep Pakistan in His security. He said that terrorists could neither be Muslims nor Pakistani. Earlier Commissioner Lahore had stated that the terrorists had come from Afghanistan and had been trained by India. Jang reported on its front page that one 16-year old suicide-bomber Rafiq was from Barki near Lahore and that his brother was employed in an intelligence agency. Later the chief justice asked the police to investigate if Blackwater of America was involved in Data Darbar terrorism.
The Ahmadi statement is a lie!
Reported in Express ulema in Gujranwala reacted to the statement of the Ahmadi leader that the Prophet PBUH was the last prophet by saying that Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was lying and was a joke with the Quran and Sunnat. The government should understand the trick and abstain from abolishing the Blasphemy Law. The Qadianis were traitors and should be punished with death under Article 6 for treason.
Pakistani mentality
Writing in Jang Saleem Safi stated that Pakistanis had a split mentality because they tried to hide their filth (ghalazat) with new philosophies in order to make a fool of the world outside. In fact they were themselves idiots who deceived themselves and thus going towards destruction (zillat aur tabahi). Because of their talk the world thinks that Pakistan is the only castle of Islam where West-hating Muslims live.
Bhutto and Ahmadis
Columnist Abbas Athar wrote in Express that Bhutto got the Ahmadis declared non-Muslim after they had helped him organise his victory at the polls. Athar did not believe that Bhutto met his fate later because of some miracle but he did see a connection in the kind of fanatic men who got control of the state after him and hanged him. Bhutto was a liberal man but a hard Muslim was still hidden inside him. And the noose around his neck was tightened in the name of Islam.
Two and half lakh new maulvis
Reported in daily Islam just one federation of seminaries located in Multan, Wifaqul Madaris was host by the end of June 2010 to 2.5 lakh examinees trying to pass the exam kutub (books) and of hifz (learning by heart) of Quran. On passing they will be issued sanad of graduation.
British women embrace Islam
Daily Jinnah reported from the UK that while the West was thinking of banning hijab, British women were embracing Islam in great numbers. In the past decade 30,000 Christian women had become Muslim and just one mosque at Regent Park received women worshippers fully 60 percent of whom were converts.
Ahmadis are to blame!
Writing in Jinnah Hafiz Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi alias Sakht Jan stated it was wrong to say that South Punjab had become a safe haven for terrorists. And there was a federal minister who put on American spectacles before seeing Jaish and Lashkar in South Punjab. The question was why the government was allowing brandishing of weapons in Chenab Nagar these days.
Wicked lady journalists
Writing in Express Tanvir Qaisar Shahid stated that western lady journalists were given to breaking laws and going to places not allowed to them and in some cases of overstaying their visas in Pakistan. Among men, Daniel Pearl crossed the red line in Karachi and was beheaded by terrorists. He should have informed the intelligence agencies before going there. Christine Lamb and Emma Duncan were early examples of lady journalists getting out of hand, writing ‘Waiting for Allah’ and ‘Breaking the Curfew’ books respectively. These books were a blot (badnuma dhaba) on the governments of Pakistan.
Fauzia Wahab regrets
Daily Express reported that PPP information secretary Fauzia Wahab, faced with a trial for insulting the Companions of the Prophet PBUH, regretted that she said what she said about there being no Constitution for Hazrat Umar, and claimed that she herself belonged to the sacred family of Haji Imdadullah Muhajir Makki and that she wanted more madrassas like Jamia Banuria to be opened.
A milestone decision
Reported in monthly magazine Naya Zamana Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court granted bail to the leader of the terrorists who attacked the GHQ, Dr Usman. After the decision the Court resounded with slogans that went like this: Khwaja Sharif Zindabad, Nawaz Sharif Zindabad, Azad Adliya Zindabad, and Tehreek-e-Taliban Zindabad. The magazine also noted that the attackers of the Sri Lankan team in Lahore had also been let off for lack of proof.