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| 2011-06-11 | ||
| Jaish collecting ‘ushr’ Reported in the illicit publication with an ABC Certificate Al Qalam outlawed terrorist organisation Jaish Muhammad was collecting ushr in South Punjab under the auspices of Al Rehmat Trust also said to be banned. The newspaper informed that ‘ushr’ – a tax on farms legally only collectible by the state - was being collected for past ‘many years’ and its campaign was at its peak in April. Jaish warrior released by India Publication Al Qalam reported that an Indian jail had released Saiful Mulook who was greeted with great fanfare (shaandar) at Bahawalpur, the headquarters of Jaish Muhammad. Saiful was in jail for 5 years. He was feasted at seminary Markaz Usman-o-Ali, the headquarters of Jaish. Those who spoke included Maulana Muhammad Shafiq Abu Jandal. Tehreek Taliban says it killed Benazir Reported in Nawa-e-Waqt had Tehreek Taliban Pakistan warning that it would seek revenge from Pakistan for the killing of Osama. It said that it will target the government leaders as well as military hierarchy. It declared that it had earlier killed Benazir Bhutto too as evidence of its ability to kill anyone it liked to kill. Imran Khan scares off drones
NATO supply is our livelihood! Reported in Jinnah goods transporters of Pakistan complained that after NATO supplies are stopped because of Imran Khan’s campaign their livelihood will be affected as their trucks will no longer be required to carry goods to Afghanistan for the NATO troops. They said given load-shedding and business decline in Pakistan, NATO supplies were the only support they had. Hafiz Saeed leads prayer for Osama Famous jihadi leader Hafiz Saeed was reported by Nawa-e-Waqt as having led the in absentia funeral prayer (namaz janaza) of Osama bin Laden at his Masjid Qadissiya in Lahore. Thousands of people attended the funeral and were crying without restraint (zar-o-qataar). He declared that such funerals will be held in many cities across the country. In Karachi too thousands joined the funeral. Hafiz Saeed on trade MFN Quoted in Jinnah famous warrior and head of Jamaatud Dawa, Hafiz Saeed said that Pak-India trade talks were nothing but photo session. He said India was still sitting atop Pakistan’s water in Kashmir and it was not right on the part of Pakistani government to hold trade talks with India and promise it the most favoured nation (MFN) status. More wukla persons go berserk Reported in Jang in the Lahore Sessions Court two wukla or lawyers attacked a 70 year old man and his sons with such savagery that they began to bleed profusely (laho-lohaan). The lawyers were so enraged that they rained fists (mukon ki barish) on the victims and locked them up in a room. They were angered by the case brought by the victims against their clients. Lawyers as a community are said to have become violent. Mukhtaran Mai is another Raymond Davis Reported in Jang equating Mukhtaran Mai to a US agent, the PPP MNA from Muzaffargarh Jamshed Dasti with a fake BA degree hailed the Supreme Court rejection of her plea of rape against the powerful Mastoi tribe and said that she was like Raymond Davis, implying that the gang-raped woman was on the payroll of the Americans. Was Osama hero or villain? Unpleasantness in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly was reported by Express when ANP leader Ghulam Ahmad Bilour welcomed the death of Osama but Mufti Kifayatullah grieved over it and called Osama a martyr of the Islamic world. After that there was intense quarrel (shadeed jharap) between the ANP and JUI in the house. PPP disagrees with the Leagues Reported in Jinnah the PPP was not in favour of going to war with the USA but was in favour of negotiations and talks with the superpower. On the other hand both the Leagues, the PMLN and PMLQ, were in favour of standing up to America and confronting it (kharay ho jona). One PPP leader said we are taking aid from the US, how can we bring down American planes? The PML leader said it was better to die for honour. Salman Butt’s version Quoted in Express Jamaat Islami leader Hafiz Salman Butt said in Lahore that Osama was not in Pakistan but was kept as prisoner by the US in Afghanistan where he was finally killed and then brought to Abbottabad to put the blame on Pakistan. He said it was a mistake to allow American spies to function in Pakistan. The operation was a slap (munh par thappar) on the face of Pakistani agencies. Veena Malik’s romance ends Reported in Jinnah Pakistani movie star Veena Malik had returned from India after being disappointed with her latest fiancée Ashmeet. Her latest heartbreak took place after Ashmeet’s family got details of her earlier affairs and informed him about them. It was also said that Ashmeet was upset additionally because of her other relationships in India. Gujranwala in Islamic rage Reported in Nawa-e-Waqt after pamphlets containing insults to Islam and its revered personalities were discovered in Gujranwala, the people came out on the roads and began vandalising the city. The police came out in armoured vehicles and used teargas to disperse them. The dispute started when two Christians allegedly threw a letter near a madrassa that if their Christians friends accused of blasphemy were not freed they would attack mosques. The Christians of Gujranwala were under threat of mass killing and the churches were being protected by the police. Imran as test tube baby Replying to PMLN leader Ch Nisar Ali Khan’s allegation that Imran Khan was a political test tube baby, Imran Khan replied (Jinnah) that Nisar was himself among bigger test tube babies suffering from dollar addiction. He said that the Mughal-e-Azam of Raiwind paid only Rs 5 thousand as tax. Pakistan has won its war with CIA!
Throwing Osama into sea was wrong! Daily Nawa-e-Waqt quoted the authority of Al Azhar in Egypt as saying that throwing the corpse of Osama in the sea was not Islamic even if it was done through Islamic ritual because Osama had not died at sea. The Americans said that the corpse was not accepted by Saudi Arabia and other Islamic states. Osama not mourned by Islamic world Daily Jinnah reported that the Islamic world had not reacted with grief on the death of Osama in Abbottabad on 2 May but some jihadi organisations had issued statements of sorrow and protest. Afghanistan said that Pakistan should be the next focus of ant-terrorism war; Iran said that the US should now leave Afghanistan; Saudi Arabia said the death will assist the global effort against terrorism; Yemen said this was the beginning of the end; and Ikhwan said the US should leave Iraq and Afghanistan. | ||
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