Pakistan News And Discussion-10

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The Quaid’s great-grandson, one of the fortunate few to have been invited to the great Abhishek Bachchan-Ashwarya Rai wedding in Bombay recently, was said to be disgusted at the Bachchans’ treatment of the thousands of fans who stood patiently outside their Juhu bungalow to catch a glimpse of their idols. At one stage the throng was so great that the Big B, Amitabh Bachchan, asked his 600 strong security contingent to lathi charge the fans so that they would “f*** off!” <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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<b>Only lower body of suicide bombers enters paradise</b>
According to the daily Khabrain, the most important instruction given to a suicide bomber is to lower your head so that the head should be blown in pieces, otherwise only the lower body would enter paradise. According to Herald Magazine, alleged suicide bomber Sohail Zeb, who was arrested on March 8, revealed this instruction. During the investigation he revealed that he trained for three months in a camp near the Pak-Afghan border. He is a relative of Taliban leader Abdullah Mehsud and is a college student.

<b>Mullah is Pakistan’s saviour</b>
In daily Nawa-i-Waqt, lyrical columnist Irfan Siddique wrote that he is in a greatly difficult position to write about Jamia Hafsa and Lal Masjid. He has a deep, special relationship with these clerics. He has never been bitten by low self esteem, feeling that fighting their case would portray him as a fundamentalist and would keep him away from the bandwagon of enlightenment. He considers it a religious duty to defend madaris. The maulvis are our benefactors who shield the few traditions of our society in a world of selfishness and greed.

<b>Meera’s steamy video on the internet</b>
As reported in daily Khabrain, Pakistani filmstar Meera developed a friendship with the international drug smuggler, Vikram. Vikram was present on location at the shooting of Meera’s latest film, Simran. Vikram showed Meera a video film on his mobile and kept asking, “Please kiss me.” This video that showed Meera kissing Vikram can be seen on a website.  <!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
 
<b>Illicit relations with stepdaughters</b>
As reported in daily Jang, a Pakistani man in the United Arab Emirates was sentenced to stoning to death by the Ajman Sharia Court for having illicit sexual relations with his four stepdaughters. He was arrested on a complaint by his fifth daughter whom he would not allow to marry a local citizen. All the four girls got 80 lashes each. <!--emo&:o--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ohmy.gif' /><!--endemo-->

<b>Illegal demands of Lal Masjid</b>
Columnist Nazir Naji wrote in Jang that the sect of the two maulvis of Islamabad doesn’t represent Islam. How can they force their sect on others who want to follow their lives according to their own sect? When armed groups were organised by Sanat Bhandaranwallah in India, the government cracked down on that group and wiped them out from the Golden Temple. Similarly, a crackdown of security forces was allowed by the government when a group took control of Khana Kaaba, demanding the enforcement of their version of Islam on Saudi Arabia.  <!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->

<b>Hindus in shock over love story</b>
As reported in Khabrain, a 21 year old Hindu girl, Pariyanika, eloped with a 22 year old Muslim, Umar, in Bhopal. An extremist Hindu organisation has demanded that the boy be arrested and the girl handed over to her parents. The Vishva Hindu Pareshad, Bagrang Dal, Rashtraya Sewak Sangh, and Bharatia Janata parties have vowed to start agitation against the love marriage of the Hindu girl and Muslim boy.

<b>Foreigners driven out of Waziristan</b>
As reported in daily Jang, the tribal lashkar flushed out foreigner terrorists and took control of Azam Warsak. White flags were hoisted in the area and the tribal lashkar started searching houses in the area. Eight dead Uzbeks were found in Tora Gola who died in the fight. According to a news agency, 200 foreigners and 50 tribesmen have died in the fight.

<b>Taliban shave off moustaches and heads</b>
As reported in daily Khabrain, local Taliban in Laki Marwat beat up singers who were performing in a wedding, broke their instruments and then shaved off their moustaches and heads. Local residents resisted the local Taliban and fired at each other, leaving two people injured while the Taliban escaped by kidnapping six baratis. The local residents vowed to form a lashkar against the Taliban.
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