05-26-2007, 02:44 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Nuggets from the Urdu press
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<b>Tendulkar visiting temples to regain form</b> <!--emo&
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As reported in Daily Pakistan, star batsman Sachin Tendulkar is no longer confident about his batting skills. He has started visiting temples and contacted the famous Pandit Chandramoli Padharai who advised Abhishek Bachan and Aishwarya Rai about their marriage. To get rid of his tennis elbow injury he is going to visit Sain Baba in Banaras.
<b>Orlando Bloom accepts Buddhism</b>
As reported in Daily Pakistan, famous Hollywood actor Orlando Bloom who became famous for his role in Pirates of the Caribbean said that he found peace in Buddhism. He wants to understand life by accepting Buddhism for sometime, but that doesnât mean he will be meditating under a banyan tree. He said that his journey from Lord of the Rings to the Pirates of the Caribbean was a tiring one and he wants to get away for awhile.
<b>Crises of ignorance</b> <!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
In Daily Pakistan, ex information minister Hussain Haqqani wrote that the Islamic world is under the influence of rumours and the majority believes the rumours out of ignorance. According to a survey, only 3 percent believe that Al Qaeda was responsible for the 9/11 attacks in America. The majority donât even know that Al Qaeda took credit several times for the 9/11 attacks. In Nigeria people believe that polio drops can cause sterility.
<b>Suicide training camps in Waziristan</b>
As reported in Daily Pakistan, according to police sources, the suicide bomber responsible for the attack on Aftab Sherpao in Charsadda came from Azam Warsak in North Waziristan. A suicide bomber arrested in Dera Ghazi Khan, Sohail Zeb, admitted to suicide training camps in Azam Warsak and said that the Peshawar suicide bomber was training with him in the camp.
<b>Ahmadinejad in trouble</b>
As reported in daily Jang, the President of Iran, Ahmadinejad, who is considered a fundamentalist, has become the target of criticism by the fundamentalists. At a Teachersâ Day event he saw his school teacher and hugged her and kissed her hands. He was criticised by fundamentalist newpaper, Hizbullah, that the momineen havenât yet forgotten the Presidentâs decision to allow women to watch football; now this strange act came into light.
<b>Sikh officer causes traffic jams</b>
As reported in daily Express, colleagues of a Sikh traffic warden complained that he has become a problem rather than a solution for traffic flow. People stop to shake hands with the Sikh officer and greet him with, namaste, wah guru ki jai, etc. Children also stop to receive his autograph, which causes traffic jams on Major Aziz Bhatti Road.
<b>Madness vs madness</b>
In daily Nawa-e-Waqt, Haroon ur Rashid wrote that he went to Kabul in 1992 after the Soviet puppet Najib Ullah had met his fate. Rival mujahideen groups were pounding each other with mortars in Kabul. He asked the manager of a hotel about his opinion. He replied with disdain that, âOne type of madman has gone and another type of madman has dawned upon us.â
<b>Afghanistan soon to unite with Pakistan</b>
In daily Khabrain, famous religious scholar Dr Israr ul Haq addressing a crowd said that peaceful struggle can bring khilafat in Pakistan. In the near future Pakistan and Afghanistan would merge into one country and caravans of Islam would emerge from here. He said that Islam would dominate the whole world again and its movement would start from Khurasan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran.
<b>MF Hussain in trouble</b>
As reported in daily Nawa-e-Waqt, Mumbai police have pasted the property auction notice on the house of famous Indian painter, MF Hussain, by the orders of the Attar Pradesh court. MF Hussain apologised to the court from London where he is living for his medical treatment. A lawyer alleged that MF Hussain showed an Indian goddess as nude in one of his paintings
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<b>Tendulkar visiting temples to regain form</b> <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> As reported in Daily Pakistan, star batsman Sachin Tendulkar is no longer confident about his batting skills. He has started visiting temples and contacted the famous Pandit Chandramoli Padharai who advised Abhishek Bachan and Aishwarya Rai about their marriage. To get rid of his tennis elbow injury he is going to visit Sain Baba in Banaras.
<b>Orlando Bloom accepts Buddhism</b>
As reported in Daily Pakistan, famous Hollywood actor Orlando Bloom who became famous for his role in Pirates of the Caribbean said that he found peace in Buddhism. He wants to understand life by accepting Buddhism for sometime, but that doesnât mean he will be meditating under a banyan tree. He said that his journey from Lord of the Rings to the Pirates of the Caribbean was a tiring one and he wants to get away for awhile.
<b>Crises of ignorance</b> <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> In Daily Pakistan, ex information minister Hussain Haqqani wrote that the Islamic world is under the influence of rumours and the majority believes the rumours out of ignorance. According to a survey, only 3 percent believe that Al Qaeda was responsible for the 9/11 attacks in America. The majority donât even know that Al Qaeda took credit several times for the 9/11 attacks. In Nigeria people believe that polio drops can cause sterility.
<b>Suicide training camps in Waziristan</b>
As reported in Daily Pakistan, according to police sources, the suicide bomber responsible for the attack on Aftab Sherpao in Charsadda came from Azam Warsak in North Waziristan. A suicide bomber arrested in Dera Ghazi Khan, Sohail Zeb, admitted to suicide training camps in Azam Warsak and said that the Peshawar suicide bomber was training with him in the camp.
<b>Ahmadinejad in trouble</b>
As reported in daily Jang, the President of Iran, Ahmadinejad, who is considered a fundamentalist, has become the target of criticism by the fundamentalists. At a Teachersâ Day event he saw his school teacher and hugged her and kissed her hands. He was criticised by fundamentalist newpaper, Hizbullah, that the momineen havenât yet forgotten the Presidentâs decision to allow women to watch football; now this strange act came into light.
<b>Sikh officer causes traffic jams</b>
As reported in daily Express, colleagues of a Sikh traffic warden complained that he has become a problem rather than a solution for traffic flow. People stop to shake hands with the Sikh officer and greet him with, namaste, wah guru ki jai, etc. Children also stop to receive his autograph, which causes traffic jams on Major Aziz Bhatti Road.
<b>Madness vs madness</b>
In daily Nawa-e-Waqt, Haroon ur Rashid wrote that he went to Kabul in 1992 after the Soviet puppet Najib Ullah had met his fate. Rival mujahideen groups were pounding each other with mortars in Kabul. He asked the manager of a hotel about his opinion. He replied with disdain that, âOne type of madman has gone and another type of madman has dawned upon us.â
<b>Afghanistan soon to unite with Pakistan</b>
In daily Khabrain, famous religious scholar Dr Israr ul Haq addressing a crowd said that peaceful struggle can bring khilafat in Pakistan. In the near future Pakistan and Afghanistan would merge into one country and caravans of Islam would emerge from here. He said that Islam would dominate the whole world again and its movement would start from Khurasan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran.
<b>MF Hussain in trouble</b>
As reported in daily Nawa-e-Waqt, Mumbai police have pasted the property auction notice on the house of famous Indian painter, MF Hussain, by the orders of the Attar Pradesh court. MF Hussain apologised to the court from London where he is living for his medical treatment. A lawyer alleged that MF Hussain showed an Indian goddess as nude in one of his paintings
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