07-20-2007, 03:01 AM
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Rumour has it that <b>two venerable, bearded gentlemen were in the Chinese massage parlour when it was raided last month </b>by zealots of Islooâs Red Mosque. This was a most embarrassing encounter and the gentlemen muttered something about having accompanied an ailing relative to the parlour before they were asked to slip out of the joint quickly via a safe passage. A nosey hack uncovered this incident and ran a story in Islooâs vernacular press
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Nuggets from the Urdu press
<b>Government getting ready for operation</b>
As reported in daily Express, Rangers and Commandoes were deployed near Aabpara community centre. The Khatib of Lal Masjid, Maulana Abdul Aziz, said through a loudspeaker that the government should remove the Rangers, otherwise they will call for a jihad all over Pakistan. Maulana Abdul Rashid Ghazi told the press that the son of an MMA leader was also caught with the Chinese ladies from the massage centre. <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> He was seen with a Kalashnikov during a press conference.
<b>Taliban forced 6 year old to carry suicide belt</b>
As reported in Daily Pakistan, a six year old boy alleged that the Taliban tried to force him to wear a suicide belt to attack American forces in Afghanistan. The Taliban have denied the allegations. Six year old Juma Gul, from District Andhar, said that the Taliban took him to southern Afghanistan and sent him to the district office wearing the suicide belt.
<b>Pakistanâs ideology vs Hindusâ 33 crore gods</b>
In daily Nawa-e-Waqt, columnist Allama Choudhry Asghar Ali Kausar Warriach wrote that intelligent students of Karachi visited Data Darbar to pray for the future of Pakistan. They were invited by Majid Nizami, chairman of the Ideology of Pakistan Foundation (IPF). The president of IPF, Dr Rafiq Ahmad, said that the reason for the creation of Pakistan was that Muslims, who believe in one God, should live separately from the Hindus, who pray before 33 crores of gods.
Jihadi butcher kills shrine keeper
As reported in daily Express, in Farooqabad the keeper of the darbar Bhoori Wali Sarkar, Ghulam Sarwar, was slaughtered by a butcher, Mohammad Irfan, in front of hundreds of devotees and a police contingent. <!--emo&:o--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ohmy.gif' /><!--endemo--> The culprit said that he is waging jihad against evil, and he wanted to kill Naseebo Lal, who was coming to perform there. He said the keeper of the shrine arranged these gatherings at the shrine and invited women of bad reputation. He also wanted to target cable operators, who are spreading obscenity in every household.
<b>General Babar wants Lal Masjid clerics punished</b>
As reported in daily Express, Ex-Interior Minister and central leader of Pakistan Peoplesâ Party Major General Naseerullah Babar said the government shall pursue the case against the clerics of Lal Masjid and punish the terrorists who are hiding behind the name of Islam. He said that news of cases against 70 female students was printed to appease the Chinese before the Interior Ministerâs visit to China.
<b>Ume Hassan claims 80 corpses were inside Jamia Hafsa </b>
As reported in daily Express, the Lal Masjid administration claimed that 80 dead bodies are lying in Jamia Hafsa. Ume Hassan, wife of Maulana Abdul Aziz, told a private TV channel tha<b>t 30 dead bodies of girl students are lying in Jamia Hafsa and 50 students are lying in Lal Masjid</b>. Omar, a student of Jamia Faridia who was present in Lal Masjid told a private TV channel that there were 300 armed warriors inside the mosque and 1,200 female students inside Jamia Hafsa before the operation.
<b>Historical burqas of Lal Masjid</b>
In daily Jang, columnist Nazir Naji wrote that the historical burqa shall be placed in a museum for future generations to remember the golden period when a maulvi of a government mosque occupied illegal property. He turned the mosque into a fortress and then tried to impose his self-styled Islam on the 16 crores of Muslims in Pakistan. They pushed the children of others for martyrdom but tried to escape in a burqa when their time of martyrdom came.
<b>50 percent of imams in England are Pakistani</b>
Daily Jang, quoting from BBC report, wrote that only 6 percent of imams of mosques in England have English as their first language. 45 percent of imams have spent less than 5 years in England. 50 percent of the imams are from Pakistan, 20 percent from Bangladesh, and 15 percent from India. 66 percent speak Urdu and 51 percent deliver their Friday sermons in Urdu. Only 23 percent have lived in England for more than 10 years.
<b>Burqa couldnât hide the walk</b>
In daily Jang, columnist Nazir Naji wrote that if Abdul Azizâs escape in a burqa was successful then Ghazi Abdul Rashid would have followed his brother. Before them a bearded friend escaped from the security forces in a burqa. Two security officers got suspicious because the walk of that veiled lady was different. When they removed his veil they found Maulana Abdul Aziz.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Nosey hack</b>
Rumour has it that <b>two venerable, bearded gentlemen were in the Chinese massage parlour when it was raided last month </b>by zealots of Islooâs Red Mosque. This was a most embarrassing encounter and the gentlemen muttered something about having accompanied an ailing relative to the parlour before they were asked to slip out of the joint quickly via a safe passage. A nosey hack uncovered this incident and ran a story in Islooâs vernacular press
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Nuggets from the Urdu press
<b>Government getting ready for operation</b>
As reported in daily Express, Rangers and Commandoes were deployed near Aabpara community centre. The Khatib of Lal Masjid, Maulana Abdul Aziz, said through a loudspeaker that the government should remove the Rangers, otherwise they will call for a jihad all over Pakistan. Maulana Abdul Rashid Ghazi told the press that the son of an MMA leader was also caught with the Chinese ladies from the massage centre. <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> He was seen with a Kalashnikov during a press conference. <b>Taliban forced 6 year old to carry suicide belt</b>
As reported in Daily Pakistan, a six year old boy alleged that the Taliban tried to force him to wear a suicide belt to attack American forces in Afghanistan. The Taliban have denied the allegations. Six year old Juma Gul, from District Andhar, said that the Taliban took him to southern Afghanistan and sent him to the district office wearing the suicide belt.
<b>Pakistanâs ideology vs Hindusâ 33 crore gods</b>
In daily Nawa-e-Waqt, columnist Allama Choudhry Asghar Ali Kausar Warriach wrote that intelligent students of Karachi visited Data Darbar to pray for the future of Pakistan. They were invited by Majid Nizami, chairman of the Ideology of Pakistan Foundation (IPF). The president of IPF, Dr Rafiq Ahmad, said that the reason for the creation of Pakistan was that Muslims, who believe in one God, should live separately from the Hindus, who pray before 33 crores of gods.
Jihadi butcher kills shrine keeper
As reported in daily Express, in Farooqabad the keeper of the darbar Bhoori Wali Sarkar, Ghulam Sarwar, was slaughtered by a butcher, Mohammad Irfan, in front of hundreds of devotees and a police contingent. <!--emo&:o--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ohmy.gif' /><!--endemo--> The culprit said that he is waging jihad against evil, and he wanted to kill Naseebo Lal, who was coming to perform there. He said the keeper of the shrine arranged these gatherings at the shrine and invited women of bad reputation. He also wanted to target cable operators, who are spreading obscenity in every household.
<b>General Babar wants Lal Masjid clerics punished</b>
As reported in daily Express, Ex-Interior Minister and central leader of Pakistan Peoplesâ Party Major General Naseerullah Babar said the government shall pursue the case against the clerics of Lal Masjid and punish the terrorists who are hiding behind the name of Islam. He said that news of cases against 70 female students was printed to appease the Chinese before the Interior Ministerâs visit to China.
<b>Ume Hassan claims 80 corpses were inside Jamia Hafsa </b>
As reported in daily Express, the Lal Masjid administration claimed that 80 dead bodies are lying in Jamia Hafsa. Ume Hassan, wife of Maulana Abdul Aziz, told a private TV channel tha<b>t 30 dead bodies of girl students are lying in Jamia Hafsa and 50 students are lying in Lal Masjid</b>. Omar, a student of Jamia Faridia who was present in Lal Masjid told a private TV channel that there were 300 armed warriors inside the mosque and 1,200 female students inside Jamia Hafsa before the operation.
<b>Historical burqas of Lal Masjid</b>
In daily Jang, columnist Nazir Naji wrote that the historical burqa shall be placed in a museum for future generations to remember the golden period when a maulvi of a government mosque occupied illegal property. He turned the mosque into a fortress and then tried to impose his self-styled Islam on the 16 crores of Muslims in Pakistan. They pushed the children of others for martyrdom but tried to escape in a burqa when their time of martyrdom came.
<b>50 percent of imams in England are Pakistani</b>
Daily Jang, quoting from BBC report, wrote that only 6 percent of imams of mosques in England have English as their first language. 45 percent of imams have spent less than 5 years in England. 50 percent of the imams are from Pakistan, 20 percent from Bangladesh, and 15 percent from India. 66 percent speak Urdu and 51 percent deliver their Friday sermons in Urdu. Only 23 percent have lived in England for more than 10 years.
<b>Burqa couldnât hide the walk</b>
In daily Jang, columnist Nazir Naji wrote that if Abdul Azizâs escape in a burqa was successful then Ghazi Abdul Rashid would have followed his brother. Before them a bearded friend escaped from the security forces in a burqa. Two security officers got suspicious because the walk of that veiled lady was different. When they removed his veil they found Maulana Abdul Aziz.
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tupid--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/pakee.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='pakee.gif' /><!--endemo--> General Pervez Musharraf was âillegal.â</span></b> Presiding judge of the 13-member full court, Justice Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday, pronouncing the judgement said President Musharraf's order suspending Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry was âset aside as being illegal.â The court also invalidated the presidential reference against justice Iftikhar. While the reinstatement order was unanimous, the verdict about the invalidation of the presidential reference was a 10-3 majority decision. Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry's March 9 suspension had sparked protests by lawyers and opposition parties that grew into a powerful pro-democracy movement. <b><span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>As lawyers celebrated outside the court in Islamabad, Chaudhry's chief counsel Aitzaz Ahsan told reporters that the case alleging misconduct by Chaudhry had been âquashed.â âHe has been restored and it is a victory for the entire nation.â</span> (First Posted @ 16:28 PST Updated @ 16:54 PST)</b>
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