Islam doesnÂ’t accept legal manslaughter Reported in the daily Pakistan, the Supreme Court opined that there was no option of a lesser punishment for unintentional killing called manslaughter. Under Islam, a man who accidentally kills someone will be treated as a killer of premeditation. It struck down the Lahore High CourtÂ’s sentencing on this basis.
New Year night blues
According to Khabrain, New Year night in Lahore was observed by the rich in their houses and farm houses by inviting couples as guests while model girls roamed around in their parties, glasses full of wine in their hands. There were titliyan (butterflies) all around. (Titlian is the Urdu press ‘desk story’ jargon for young girls.) The less rich came out in the streets and danced while being thrashed by the police and ‘advised’ by the danda force of the Jamaat to desist from un-Islamic practices. Actress Deedar in Sargodha was shocked during her dance as firing started among her lovers. She ran away from the mujra to save her life.
Assemblies to break up in 2006!
Quoted in Khabrain, astrologer Yaseen Wattoo stated that in 2006, the Kalabagh Dam would be started after President Musharraf got the approval of all the provinces, after which the assemblies will break up. In the following election the PPP would get the highest number of seats. This election would be held under President Musharraf while in uniform. After that, Rao Sikandar would arrange an understanding between the PPP and Musharraf. The graph of the MMA will go down and Musharraf will take off his uniform in 2007. He will remain civilian president till 2012.
I will do ‘kuchch na kuchch’!
Quoted in Khabrain, Qazi Hussain Ahmad stated that he would do kuchch na kuchch (meaning violence?) to stop the lessons of Islam being taken out of textbooks and the setting up of an Aga Khan University and the rejection of the degrees from religious seminaries. He said he had to restore the religious and civilisational identity of the country.
DonÂ’t give meat to Qadianis!
The daily Nawa-e-Waqt reported the various great ulema of Lahore as saying that Qadianis could not be included in the animal sacrifice on the Eid al Azha. They said some true Muslims made the mistake of sending the sacrificial meat to the homes of Qadianis, which was a mortal sin.
Dr IsrarÂ’s son-in-law defrauded
According to the daily Pakistan, Dr Khalid Zaigham, who is a specialist at ChildrenÂ’s Hospital in Lahore, was defrauded when someone posing as an ISI officer ensured him that his under-hand chores will be performed if he gave him Rs 70,000. Dr Zaigham gave the money, only to discover later that he was a trickster.
American mischief in Balochistan
Quoted in the Nawa-e-Waqt, ex-army chief Aslam Beg said that the trouble in Balochistan was being fomented by the Americans and the Indians, with the latter providing weapons to the Balochistan Liberation Army. The centre of this conspiracy was in the Valley of Panjshir in Afghanistan. The US wanted that after being ousted from Iraq and Afghanistan, it should latch on to Balochistan and stay there.
Bhutto blessed for ‘takfir’ of Qadianis
Quoted in the daily Pakistan, ex-president of Pakistan Justice (Retd) Rafiq Tarar said that Bhutto needed nothing else to take him to Paradise but the apostatisation of the Qadiani community. In the same meeting, others conceded that his big achievement was the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan.
Punjabis killed in Balochistan
Writing in the Jang, Hamid Mir wrote that a few months ago, federal minister Sardar Yar Muhammad Rind of Kachchi, Balochistan, had told him that things in Balochistan were becoming alarming. Now recently he burst out and said that in his area, Punjabis were being taken out of buses and shot and those who shot them said they were being bombed in Balochistan and so they were taking revenge. Rind said although Balochistan had been given many projects, political dialogue was a must.
PMLN women indulge in ‘markutai’
According to the Jang, a meeting of the ladiesÂ’ wing of the PMLN descended into markutai (exchange of blows) when two factions led by Ayesha Javed and Shahzadi Kabir disagreed over a detail of the function. When the swear words dried up, the ladies threw themselves at each other and exchanged blows while some ran off and came back with stones to throw at their rivals.
When Hazrat Adam craved fruit
According to Din magazine, after Cain had killed Abel, Adam was given yet another son Sheeth (meaning gift of God) who was with him one day when Adam was taken by the desire to eat the fruits of Paradise again. As Sheeth went out to get the fruits, the angels of death, ready with the paraphernalia to take AdamÂ’s life, accosted him. Back at home, when the angels arrived to kill Adam, Eve fell upon him defensively but he rebuked her for her weak feminine nature and said that she could not come between him and his God once again.
‘When my blood boiled’
Writing in the Jang, Javed Chaudhry said that reading the following news, his blood began to boil against the ruling lawbreakers of Pakistan. In the press of 31 December, 2005, the Supreme Court of Pakistan had served notices on the violation of the law against serving of food during wedding functions. The Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry had asked a federal minister and a provincial minister from the NWFP for holding lavish wedding functions and serving food there against the law (an Ordinance of 2000). The columnist protested that those who should make the law and uphold it were busy violating it.