Pakistan News And Discussion-9

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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Nuggets from the Urdu press</b>
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<b>Rekha wants to be mother</b>
According to Daily Paksitan, famous Hollywood actress Rekha wants to be a mother at the age of 73. She said that recently a woman gave birth at the age of 63 and I would like to break her record. Rekha said a lot of women can perform this feat, and she is confident that she will be the first to do it at the age of 73.

<b>Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi grave desecrated</b>
As reported in daily Khabrain, people were angered when the graves of Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi and his family were desecrated in Thana Bhon in India. The incharge of Khanka Imdadia Ashrafia Maulana Najam ul Hassan, said that a few days earlier the gravestone was missing and now somebody had vandalised the graves of Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi, his wife Rahmat Elahi, and his brother Mazhar Ali Khan Bahadur. When the local people heard about the incident, some 30 to 40 thousand people gathered around the mazar. He said people believe that RSS is involved in this incident.  <!--emo&:liar liar--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/liar.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='liar.gif' /><!--endemo-->

<b>Ulema to promote family planning in mosques</b>
As reported in daily Express, the federal minister for population welfare, Shahbaz Hussain has said that<b> 22 thousand ulema are being nominated to educate people about the benefits of family planning. This includes 6,000 women scholars. Following the Bangladesh model, population control pills packets would be available in the mosques</b>. <!--emo&:o--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ohmy.gif' /><!--endemo--> The minister said that the proposal for approval of providing funds to ulema and women scholars has been sent to the Prime Minister. The Ulema karam would explain the benefits of family planning during juma (Friday) prayers.

<b>Bangladesh can become East Pakistan again</b>
As reported in daily Jang, the head of Jamaat ahle hadith, Allama Zubair Ahmad Zaheer said that the fall of Dhaka was a great tragedy and Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and Yahya Khan were responsible for it. He said that Bangladesh can become East Pakistan again but the rulers of Pakistan would have to relinquish power for ten years. If Pakistan agrees to accept the rule of East Pakistan for ten years, we can reverse the course of history. Our selfish and opportunist rulers would not accept this but in a first step for unification we shall remove the visa restrictions on Muslim brothers of Bangladesh.

<b>Pakistanis disappear in Saudi Arabia</b>
In an interview in daily Jang, the federal secretary for religious affairs, Wakil Ahmad Khan, said that all the policies of Saudi Arabia are made because of our own erroneous ways. <b>3.53 lac people went for Umra from Pakistan and 1.1 lac disappeared in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia has prohibited Hajj pilgrims less than 40 years of age from Pakistan and Egypt.</b>   <!--emo&:o--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ohmy.gif' /><!--endemo--> This restriction doesn’t apply on a person traveling with a family.

<b>Six mazars set on fire by vandals</b>
As reported in daily Khabrain the shrines of famous Sufi saint Hazrat Pir Musa Nawab, Pir baba Suba Sadiq and Pir Manak Shah were set on fire in Hangarpur by unknown vandals. The cover cloth of the grave and other relic were destroyed by the fire. Thousand of devotees and followers of Pir Baba gathered around the mazar and protested against the desecration of the shrines. The police is arresting people in panic and has arrested one non Muslim Khrishna thori and have registered a case against him.

<b>Squads to disrupt New Year parties</b>
As reported in Daily Pakistan, Shabab-e-milli would stop anyone celebrating New Year and indulging in obscenity and nudity. The youth squad (danda force) would patrol the streets of big cities and disrupt New Year parties to stop nudity and obscenity. Azeem Randhawa said that the rulers are pushing the country into atheism under the guise of enlightened moderation and paving the way for nudity and obscenity against the laws of God, which is part of the western agenda.

<b>Iran would deal in Euro only</b>
As reported in daily Express, Iran has announced to convert its reserves from dollars to Euro and said it will deal only in Euro in the future. The government spokesman, Ghulam Hussain Alyam, said foreign monetary deals and payments of oil would be received in Euro. He said that in the future the Iran budget would also be announced in Euro.

<b>Internet love in Lahore</b>
As reported in Daily Pakistan, 30 year old American Dona Mary Pant has married a Pakistani after an internet love affair. She filed a case in the court of civil judge Rashed Javed Rana for the acceptance of her marriage. She accepted Islam and her Islamic name is Rabia Khan. The lawyer of Dona denied this and said Dona Mary Pant is still a Christian.

<b>New curriculum to promote moderation</b>
As reported in daily Jang, the federal minister for education, Lt Gen ® Javed Ashraf Qazi, said that textbooks are being changed to promote moderation, broadminded education, and tolerance for the rights of minorities and women in Pakistan. The minister said we don’t want our children to become simple maulvis only but to become good citizens. He said Islamic teaching would be limited to Islamiyat classes and calling it secularism is just propaganda and stupid thinking. He denied that the government is back tracking on the two nation theory, but said this new curriculum would stress that Pakistan in not a religious state.
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