Dr AQ Khan enters politics?Famous nuclear scientist and father of Pakistan's bomb Dr AQ Khan stated in Nawa-e-Waqt that a country that cannot make a needle was able to make a nuclear bomb under his guidance. He said he was the hero of Chaghai when he was able to test the Pakistani bomb successfully in 1998. Now he will step into politics with the same stunning effect, he said.
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Nawaz Sharif lion who drinks 'lassi'
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Kulsum Saifullah loves Buddha
Daily Nawa-e-Waqt reported that Kulsum Saifullah in her memoirs has written that Bhutto was the most fiery speaker of the politicians, while she rated Zardari only in connection with Benazir. She thought that PMLN was the only rival the PPP had. She followed the teachings of Buddha only after the Prophet PBUH. She thought highly of Dr AQ Khan and admired General Yahya Khan for his politeness because he got up to receive her.
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Naveed Qamar's son embezzles flood funds?
Reported in Nawa-e-Waqt intelligence agencies had sent reports to the government saying that PPP leader Naveed Qamar's son embezzled from funds meant for the relief of flood victims in Sindh. They also reported that in Badin the DCO had spent Rs 20 crores out of a total of Rs 32 crore on meals for the flood victims.
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In praise of Dr AQ Khan
Famous columnist Abdul Qadir Hasan wrote in Express that he was hearing rumours that Dr AQ Khan was entering politics. He wished him well because he had supported him at the cost of a very lucrative job and also confronted Musharraf because of him. But he preferred him not entering politics because like Imran Khan the well established elite will not let him get anywhere.
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Ch Nisar and sixty thousand 'choozay'
Chief Editor Jinnah asked where did Ch Nisar Ali Khan get the money to establish a poultry farm for 60,000 chicks (choozay) at his estate at Chakri? The cost of this project was Rs 3.5 crore which he must justify on the basis of his tax-paid income. Nawaz Sharif should talk to the patwaris of Rawalpindi to find out the actual financing of the poultry farm.
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Questions for Imran Khan
Famous columnist Ataul Haq Qasmi wrote in Jang that he had some questions for Imran Khan whom he admired for his charity work. Why did he join Musharraf, why are corrupt people members of his party, why should he damage the vote bank of PMLN if his own party is not going to win elections? Lastly, Imran Khan was a civilised man, why did he use un-civilised language about other politicians?
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Fat poet Adam and Josh
Humorous columnist Ataul Haq Qasmi wrote in Jang that once the great but extremely fat Urdu writer of romantic ghazal, Abdul Hamid Adam, was presented to poet Josh Malihabadi. Adam in Urdu means 'no presence' with an antonym wujud meaning presence. When Adam was presented as Adam, Josh said if this is adam (no presence) then what would wujud be like.
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The unspent Rs 5 billion
Daily Nawa-e-Waqt reported that Rs 5 billion Pakistan received as assistance for floods in 2010 was still lying with the federal government unspent while departments responsible for flood relief have been devolved to the provinces under the 18th Amendment.
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Quetta Hazaras killed by America!
Chief Editor of Jinnah Khushnood Ali Khan wrote in Jinnah that a busful of the Quetta Hazaras were killed in Mastung while they were going to Iran was not the work of Lashkar Jhangvi but of America who did not want Iran and Pakistan to come close. To block the Iranian gas pipeline it had created problems on the road to Iran so that in future the gas pipeline would not be completed.Â
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Famous chief editor of Jinnah wrote that Prof Burhanuddin Rabbani who was killed in his house in Kabul by a suicide-bomber hiding explosives in his turban was actually killed by the Americans who did not like that he was opposed to American presence in Afghanistan. But the Taliban too were angry with him because in the past he had supported the Americans.
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Attackers of GHQ were army deserters
Daily Mashriq reported that the gang of terrorists who had attacked the GHQ in 2009 were all serving military officers and troops who had deserted the army in 2006. They were led by a army official Aqeel Ahmad and attacked the GHQ to avenge army operation in FATA. After a court martial, Aqeel was given death while Imran Khaleeq was given life and Adnan and Tahir got ten years each in jail.
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Pakistan gets its Anna Hazare!
Reported by Mashriq Lahore saw its first Anna Hazare when one Jahangir Akhtar went on hunger strike against rampant corruption in Pakistan. He said that if his demands for the ending of corruption are not accepted he was ready to die for his cause.
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No revolutions, please!
Pakistan's boy computer genius Ali Moin Nawazish wrote in Jang saying Pakistani leaders should stop recommending 'bloody revolution' for Pakistan since revolutions of that sort have rarely achieved anything in human history. The essay examined the French Revolution and its terror to prove that asking for a revolution was not a wise step for Pakistani politicians.
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Reported in Jang the Taliban killed Ustad Burhanuddin Rabbani because they thought that he was dividing them on the question of talks with the US. Rabbani was heading a body trying to establish a dialogue of the stakeholders in Afghanistan to agree on a road map after the Americans left in 2014.
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Hand grenades for children!
Reported in Mashriq Somalia held a national contest of reciting the Quran for children and gave kalashnikovs and hand grenades to the children who were good at reciting and spreading its message of peace. The ceremony took place 20 km away from the capital Mogadishu.
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GHQ assault planned from Jhang
The man who led the terrorist attack on the GHQ in 2009 was Aqeel Ahmad alias Dr Usman who said after getting sentenced to death that he had brought the guns for the assault from Jhang to Rawalpindi inside gas cylinders which were taken to the GHQ without being accosted on the way.
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Rabbani and Syed Qutb
Famous columnist Hamid Mir wrote in Jang that he had interviewed Ustad Burhanuddin Rabbani at his home in Kabul and found that he had been educated at Al Azhar University in Egypt and was a votary of Syed Qutb whose works he translated into Persian to spread the spirit of jihad. Al Qaeda too was inspired by Syed Qutb and when he asked Rabbani he answered that the destination was the same but Al Qaeda and his party Jamiat were following different roads.