Nuggets from the Urdu press

Nuggets from the Urdu press

Chief justice took bribes


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Reported in Jasarat, Asma Jehangir says former chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry took bribes for appointing judges.

Bilawal’s treasonous desire


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Maulana Samiul Haq tells Islam that Bilawal Bhutto’s desire to see a Christian become the prime minister of Pakistan is treason.

Eunuchs will control traffic


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Reported in Jasarat, the commissioner Karachi has decided to make a special force of eunuchs, to bring them in the mainstream. They will handle traffic at 973 unattended signals in the city.

Scapegoat prime minister


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Quoted in Jasarat, former premier Yousaf Raza Gilani says the prime minister’s office could not wield power with Iftikhar Chaudhry as chief justice and Gen Kayani as army chief. The prime minister was only to be abused (galiyan khanay kay liye).

Bilawal has a manufacturing fault


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Khabrain quotes Sheikh Rashid as saying that Bilawal Bhutto has a manufacturing defect. His father Asif Zardari submitted a medical report in a court, according to which he was insane.

Protocol for traitor


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According to Ausaf, Pervez Musharraf is accused of treason, but gets the protocol of an emperor.

Musharraf planting bombs outside his own house


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Defense minister Khawaja Asif tells Ausaf that making statements (biyanbazi) is the job of politicians, not the army. Musharraf is planting bombs outside his residence himself. He should also be tried for the Kargil misadventure.

Rana Sanaullah should work in films


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Reported in Ausaf, Shireen Mazari, information secretary of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf, has asked Punjab Home Minister Rana Sanaullah to quit politics and work in films. Nobody could match him in bad language (badzubani).

Hanging Musharraf is not enough 


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Ausaf quotes Hasil Bizenjo, chief of National Party, as saying that if Musharraf and Zia were hanged 20 times, their sins will still not be forgiven. Pervez Musharraf murdered Nawab Bugti and Balach Mari. He should be hanged.

Musharraf is a jackal, not a lion


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Hafiz Idrees writes in Jasarat that Musharraf is playing hide and seek with the judiciary. A general who used to call himself a lion proved to be a jackal!

Saints don’t summon generals


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Rauf Klasra writes in Dunya that Musharraf wanted to visit Ajmer when he visited Agra but he was not given permission. The external affairs minister Jaswant Singh told his counterpart that Ghareeb Nawaz does not summon generals.

Imran Khan is next Mehmud Ghaznavi


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Imran Khan tells Dunya that he will consolidate his party in Sindh and visit it frequently like Mehmud Ghaznavi.