Filmstar Mira abscondingÂ
Unlike filmstars in India, Pakistani flmstars have to flee the police to save their honour as was reported in Jinnah Mira became proclaimed offender (ishtihari) after someone registered a case of kidnapping and torture against her and her mother. Actually she had to go into hiding because her brother was accused of kidnapping one Imran with the help of his two friends in the Defence Housing society where the actress lives.
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Is Pervaiz Elahi next PM?
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Chief Editor Jinnah opined that PMLQ leader Pervaiz Elahi might be the new prime minister if all the signs coalesce and a change is dictated. All the officers who became generals under Musharraf are either retired or are about to go while the new generals in place are promotees of General Kayani. But a change is on the cards.
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Americans are shrieking in pain!Â
World famous strategist and ex-Army chief General (Retd) Aslam Beg told Nawa-e-Waqt that Americans were shrieking with pain in Afghanistan (cheekhain nikal gayeen) because the Taliban had squeezed them from all directions. He said Karzai was fearful about his own end after seeing the fate of the Americans but knew that the Taliban would hang him upside down (ulta latkana). Jews and Hindus were eternal enemies of Pakistan but there was no need to worry about Indo-Afghan strategic accord.
Rabbani killed by Afghan government
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Former foreign minister and leader of PMLQ Khursheed Mahmud Kasuri stated in Nawa-e-Waqt that chief of the High Peace Committee Prof Burhanuddin Rabbani was killed by the Afghan intelligence agency through a conspiracy because it did not want improvement of relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan. He said relations with India were bad but if they became bad with Afghanistan, Pakistan would be in trouble.
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Dengue virus spread by America?
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Daily Nawa-e-Waqt carried the news that America could be behind the sudden spread of dengue disease in Pakistan. It said that in 1981 America caused 300,000 people to be stricken by dengue till President Castro complained about it. It was therefore possible that America was using the same weapon again Pakistan to make it suffer.
Two High Court judges will defend Qadri
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Reported in Mashriq ex-chief justice of the Lahore High Court Khwaja Sharif will lead the defence of Mumtaz Qadri who as police guard killed governor Salmaan Taseer. As Qadri went in appeal against his death sentence, Khwaja Sharif will be assisted by another famous pious judge, Justice (Retd) Nazir Akhtar.
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'American ship sinking in Afghanistan!'
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Famous strategic mastermind and ex-ISI chief Hameed Gul told Express the American ship was sinking in Afghanistan and it is about to extricate itself from there. Oria Maqbool Jan said that the people of liberal persuasion in Pakistan were first allied with Russia but were today tied to America.
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'I am a martyr!'
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Jihadi publication Zarb-e-Momin reported that policeman named Qadri who killed Governor Taseer for blasphemy was sentenced to death by the court but he refused to accept his death as a criminal and said that it was not a death sentence but an announcement of eternal life (martyr) because Allah had accepted his love.
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No hijab, no hajj!
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Fublication Zarb-e-Momin reported that Saudi Arabia had told the airlines bringing hajj-performers to Saudi Arabia that they should see to it that all women were wearing hijab or abaya otherwise the offending airline would be fined 5,000 rial and the hajj of the offending person would be cancelled.
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General Musa Khan, a great Hazara!
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Writing in Jang Hamid Mir stated that General Musa was commander in chief of the Pakistan Army in the 1985 war against India. The Army gave a good account of itself and fought bravely, giving many heroes to the nation. General Musa was made governor of West Pakistan later and Pakistanis got to know that General Musa was a son of the Hazara community in Quetta. He was buried with great reverence in Mashhad in Iran.
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End death penalty for blasphemy!
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Daily Jinnah reported that World Churches Council had asked Pakistan to end the punishment of minimum death for blasphemy in Pakistan. It appealed to Pakistan to reconsider Article 295-C while Pakistan was busy defending the killer of Governor Taseer who had taken the law into his own hands suspecting the governor of having committed blasphemy.
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Killing Hazaras in Quetta
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According to Hamid Mir in Jang, the Hazara Shias began to be killed in Quetta under Musharraf. In 2003 police trainee Hazaras were ambushed and cruelly exterminated, killing 13. The same an imambargah saw 51 of them done to death. In 2004 on the Ashura Day 36 of them were killed. And not one terrorist responsible for this slaughter was ever caught and punished. In 2007 two terrorists were caught but they escaped from police custody.
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Pakistani women have brittle bones
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According to Jang, 90 percent of the women living in the cities suffered from brittle bones while 30 percent of those living in the rural areas of Pakistan suffered from the same deficiency. The reason was the urban woman not being allowed to come out frequently in the sun and remaining indoors.
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Taliban getting Arab money
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Federal interior minister Rehman Malik was quoted ion Nawa-e-Waqt as saying that the government had proof that Tehreek Taliban and Balochistan National Army were getting financial aid from outside Pakistan. He said in the unrest in Balochistan a neighbouring state was involved. He said a banned organisation of Jhang in Punjab was behind the killing of Hazara Shia in Quetta.
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America will meet its end in Pakistan!
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Respected chief editor of Jinnah wrote that if America came to Pakistan (ghussay tau sahi) Pakistan will become the graveyard of America and America will start breaking up from the inside. In fact America will go bankrupt and not Pakistan. America doesn't know the real power of Pakistan and will be defeated by Pakistan.
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Jinns do live in graveyards!
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Quoted in Jang a cleric named Mufti Abid said that he could not rule out the presence of jinns in graveyards but it was not necessary to observe special religious rights (chilla) in a graveyard. It was known that spirits as they left human body took some time going up to Heaven. He said that jinns too liked to be in the quiet of cemeteries.
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Ahmadi teacher and pupils driven out of college
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Daily Mashriq reported that in Hafizabad in Punjab 13 Ahmadi girl and boy students along with their Ahmadi teacher were driven out of a college. The only reason was found to b their faith and that included students up to the BA level. There were anti-Ahmadi slogans on the walls and Ahmadi teachers were intimidated into giving up their only outlet of tuition.
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How can India be 'most favoured nation'?
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Famous Justice (Retd) Raja Afrasiab Khan wrote in Nawa-e-Waqt that Pakistan should not give India the most favoured nation status (MFN) because Bharat (India) had attacked Pakistan in the past and was keeping Kashmir which actually belonged to Pakistan. He said there was unmeasured (bay-hisab) poverty in India in contrast to Pakistan. Why should India then be declared most favoured by Pakistan? If Pakistan does this it would be against the national interest of Pakistan.