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| 2003-11-15 |
| Maulana Azam Tariq 1961-2003 According to Jang, Maulana Azam Tariq, killed in Islamabad on 6 October 2003, was born in 1961 in Chichawatni but got his religious instruction under Maulana Manzur Ahmad Chinioti at a seminary in Rabwah. After that he was trained at the Banuri Town seminary of the Deobandis. He graduated from Punjab University but got his MA in Arabic and Islamiat from Karachi University. He knew six languages. He shifted to Jhang after the murder of the Sipah Sahaba leader Isarul Haq Qasimi. He was elected MNA three times and MPA once. He was married in 1979 to his cousin. In 1996 he was arrested for the murder of SSP Ashraf Marath and was jailed. Under chief minister Shehbaz Sharif he remained in jail. In all, he spent four years in jail. He was attacked 20 times, first time in 1987. In 1990 he was attacked with a revolver in his drawing room which wounded him. In 1994 he was attacked by rockets on the road but was saved by his guards. In 1994 he was shot at during a conference but was not hit. In 1997, he was blown up by a bomb at the sessions courts of Lahore in which he nearly died although the chief of Sipah Sahaba, Ziaur Rehman Farooqi, died on the spot. Teachers abuse children in Peshawar According to Nawa-e-Waqt, NGOs in Peshawar had disclosed that in a government-owned school in Peshawar the teachers were routinely sexually abusing children while there was no one to defend the children’s rights. They said that the pederast teachers were so powerful that they got principals dismissed if they took any notice of their evil practice. They also said that abuse of children had spread to many schools in the province. Peshawar city was shaken by the scandal. Islamic states as petrol pumps According to weekly Naya Zamana, information minister Sheikh Rashid said on the occasion of the anniversary of General Zia’s death that Pakistan was the only state that was correctly Islamic; all the other Islamic states were petrol pumps. His remark was pointed at the Arab states that produce and export oil. After his speech the ministry went on to full gear to prevent the press from carrying the remark. Citizen against cricketers According to Khabrain, a pious citizen had moved the court in Lahore against selectors, Amir Suhail and Ramiz Raja, and players Shoaib Akhtar and Shoaib Malik for attending a fashion show on the pious night of Shab-e-Barat. He said that his emotions were greatly exercised by the cricketers’ impious act. Maulana Samiul Haq accuses Quoted by Khabrain, MMA leader Maulana Samiul Haq said that it was not certain whether his party JUI(S) would remain in the MMA or not, but he would always stand against the LFO. He said the MMA was a failure because it had become the handmaiden of Qazi Hussain Ahmad and Maulana Fazlur Rehman. He said his son had not been offered any ministry but that in the NWFP the Americans had increased their interference. |
| Posted by:Paul Moloney |
| #1 "His remark was pointed at the Arab states that produce and export oil. After his speech the ministry went on to full gear to prevent the press from carrying the remark." He steps up to the podium and talks out of his butt, you got to love that in an Information Minister. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-11-15 1:37:32 PM |