As reported in daily Nawa-e-Waqt, the American presidential candidate, Barack Obama, said that he is influenced by the ideas of Mahatma Gandhi of India and considers him to be a promoter of peace. He said that GandhiÂ’s idea was that people can do miracles collectively. He has a picture of Gandhi in his office, which reminds him daily that the real decisions are made by the public and not the White House. He is proud that Indian-born Americans support him.
Hair cutting centres for donkeys
As reported in daily Express, in the modern age when beauty parlours are being opened in the city, hair cutting centres for donkeys and horses are also opening up on the roadsides of Lahore. A donkeyÂ’s owner pays from 100 to 150 rupees for hair cutting to save the animal from heat in the warm seasons. These centres use generators for their hair cutting machines.
Pakistan is like Qissa Khwani Bazaar
Sarerahe wrote in daily Nawa-e-Waqt, that President Pervez Musharraf said we have been discussing for a long time, but no practical step has been taken for water storage programs. In reality, Pakistan is a Qissa Khawani Bazaar, where all night the story of Yusuf Zulekha is told and in the morning everyone asks whether Zulekha was a woman or man. Musharraf was listening to the story of Heer Ranjha from the ChaudhryÂ’s and erected mountains with their talks and their palaces.
Champions of a free judiciary
Ayaz Amir wrote in Daily Pakistan, that Asif Zardari wants to strengthen the parliament but restoration of judges is not on his priority list. The central issue in Pakistan is the lack of supremacy of law. Asif Zardari and his associates are giving the impression that restoring judges would create more disturbances. ItÂ’s like stepping on the sensitive domain of the army.
Birthday after four years
As reported in daily Khabrain, people born on February 29 celebrate their birthday after every four years. According to the Christian calendar, February 29 comes after every four years in the leap year. Similarly married couples celebrate their marriage after four years.
In praise of a great politician
Atta ul Haq Qasmi wrote in daily Jang, that Nawaz Sharif was fighting against the establishment except in the few early years. He offered sacrifices and left his government for principles; accepted hardships of jail, went through the torture of exile. He was offered every thing during the eight years but he stuck to his principles and considered it the biggest sin to think in that direction. He doesnÂ’t listen to any kind of settlement and the name of this politician is Nawaz Sharif.
The disillusionment of India
Columnist Abdur Rashid Turabi wrote in daily Khabrain, that Indian Army Chief Deepak Kapoor and Interior Minister Shri Prakash Jaiswal said that the militant movement in Kashmir will die shortly. The people of Kashmir and the mujahideenÂ’s patience, so that the Kashmir issue is resolved through dialogue, should not be considered as a weakness. The Kashmir resistance has 19 years of golden history, where every house has a shaheed and every town has shrines of martyrs. Such movements donÂ’t die. When the young generation is not afraid of death then no power can rule over such a nation.
Missile attack in South Waziristan
As reported in Daily Pakistan, a missile attack at a house and a madrassa killed 13 people in South Waziristan. The majority killed were students of the madrassa, but some sources say that the majority were Arab and Afghan students. The missiles were fired from an American spy drone. The American army denied its involvement.
Children without a father?
As reported in daily Express, British scientists have discovered a technique to change female bone marrow into sperm. In the future, men wonÂ’t be needed for having children and homosexuals can also have children. The New Castle Tyne University discovered this new technique. Scientists take stem cells from bone marrow and, with the help of chemicals, change it into male sperm. The same method could be applied on male bone marrow to change it into female eggs.
Journalists attacked in Dara Adam Khel
As reported in daily Express, bureau chief of Al-Jazeera channel, Saif ul Islam Saifi, a dailyÂ’s photographer, Syed Amer Ali, news photographer, Sajjad Khayal and an editor of Peshawar Dot One, Mian Asif, were attacked by Taliban militants in Dara Adam Khel while security forces also fired at them. The UnionÂ’s president demanded the government to provide security to journalists working in war zones.
Crazy pilots flying the plane of Pakistan
Sarerahe wrote in daily Nawa-e-Waqt, that a Canadian co-pilot lost his mind during a flight and started praying loudly. An army officer tied him to the seat and the plane landed at the nearest airport. The pilot was sent to a mental hospital. The pilot of our plane has been crazy for the last 60 years. This shows that pilots of the whole universe are flying the planes of Pakistan, otherwise crazy pilots have tried their utmost to crash the plane.
Pakistan is a failed state: Noam Chomsky
Daily Express, published excerpts of Noam ChomskyÂ’s interview with Business Recorder where he said that Pakistan is a classical example of a failed state and has been under this condition for a long time. During the tyrannical period of General Zia ul Haq, Pakistan underwent extreme Islamisation, which damages civil society. Now itÂ’s on the verge of a breakup. Balochistan is up in arms and FATA is out of control. After the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, Sindh may also face turbulence.
Sania Mirza in trouble
As reported in daily Khabrain, Indian ulema gave fatwa (religious rulings) against the Indian tennis player Sania Mirza for wearing a tennis dress, which is against Sharia. She had to apologise to Imam Masjid of Hyderabad for shooting inside the mosque. In another incident she was pictured with her feet toward an Indian flag and again she had to apologise to the Indian nation. She announced in a press conference that she will not play tennis in India again.
Condi hugs tribal leader in Africa
Sarerahe wrote in daily Nawa-e-Waqt, that a picture was printed that showed Condoleeza Rice hugging Ghana’s tribal leader, Dr Amanual. Only a black can have the courage not to have nausea after hugging Condi. Hugging is not bad, if it is under the boundaries of sharia (Islamic laws). Our enlightened ones tried to promote hugging but it couldn’t go further than “parachute hugging.” There is hugging in our films that shake the whole sharia.
Homosexuality the cause of recent earthquake in Israel
As reported in daily Nawa-e-Waqt, a member of Israeli Parliament, Shalmo Benaziri, said that the recent earthquake in the country was because of homosexuality. Benaziri is a member of the government committee for prevention of earthquakes. He said that, “when a man turns away from God’s commandments, He shakes the world to wake him up.” The Israeli government allowed homosexuality as legal in 1988.
Double game of MMA
Daily Nawa-e-Waqt, quoted from a Newsweek report that religious leaders who made Pakistan the most dangerous country of the world were routed in the February 18 elections and got only eight seats in NWFP. These politicians made the American invasion of Afghanistan an electoral issue and got 56 seats in the national assembly and 72 seats in NWFP. They made NWFP a haven for Al Qaeda and the Taliban, who used it as a base to attack inside and outside Pakistan. These religious leaders were playing a double game by criticising MusharrafÂ’s support for America but secretly helping him.
Auction of cricket players for Indian Premier League
As reported in Daily Pakistan, eight teams of the Indian Premier League bought 33 players for $ 124 million. Indian cricketer Mahinder Singh Dhoni was the most expensive player bought by Chinai for 15 lac dollars. The second highest cricketer was Symonds, who was acquired by Hyderabad for 10 lac. Shah Rukh Khan and Juhi Chawla bought Shoaib Akhtar for four lac, 25 thousand dollars for Kolkatta, while Shahid Afridi was purchased by Hyderabad for six lac, 75 thousand dollars.