Nuggets from the Urdu press

These nuggets are culled from the Urdu press. They are summarised here without comment. Absurd or ridiculous, tft takes no responsibility for them

Nuggets from the Urdu press

Husain Haqqani writes nonsense books


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Talat Hussain says in Express that Husain Haqqani writes non-sense books in the West and tries to pose as an intellectual.

Ariel Sharon was Musharraf’s hero


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Abdullah Sohail writes in Nai Baat that besides Turkey's Ata Turk, Israel's Ariel Sharon was also a hero and saint (peer-o-murshid) of Pervez Musharraf. Following in Sharon's footsteps, Musharraf annihilated Lal Masjid

Zardari is the real commando


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Writing in Dunya, Tahir Sarwar says Asif Zardari has nine ailments like Pervez Musharraf, but he still appeared in court. Zardari is the real commando.

Back to Stone Age


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Khurshid Nadeem says in Dunya that the US had only threatened to send Pakistan back to the Stone Age, but our politicians have practically done that. There is no gas or electricity and people in Islamabad are using coal kilns and wood fire for cooking.

Pervez Musharraf is another Raymond Davis


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Daily Ausaf says in its editorial that Pervez Musharraf is another Raymond Davis, and a coward. His heart disease is actually ‘Operation Heart Attack’.

Hamid Gul, Roedad Khan preach democracy


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Writing in Jang, Ayaz Amir says if you look at the past of Roedad Khan and Hamid Gul, and then listen to their sermons about democracy, you would want to laugh like a mad man or bang your head against the wall.

Musharraf was easy to mislead


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Aamir Liaquat writes in Jang that Pervez Musharraf was extremely committed, but he was easy to mislead (kaanon kay kachay thay).

Ansar Abbasi will continue war against nudity


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Ansar Abbasi vows in Jang that he will continue to wage a jihad against obscenity and nudity, despite the hate mail that he gets.

Why is there no Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi Road?


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Writing in Jang, Attaul Haq Qasmi says he was shocked to discover there wasn’t even a single road, bridge or park named after Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi. The government should take note of this.

Herbal remedies for Musharraf 


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Reported in Ummat, several Hakims have claimed that they can cure Pervez Musharraf’s illnesses even if he has 18 of them.

New Year and homosexuality 


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Ansar Abbasi says in Jang that he does not wish people a happy new year because it is infidel culture and promotes homosexuality. He also says singing is haram.

Maulana Fazlur Rehman jealous of Maulana Samiul Haq


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Reported in Ummat, Maulana Fazlur Rehman was jealous when Nawaz Sharif tasked Maulana Samiul Haq to broker talks with the Taliban. He complained to the interior minister, and said he had more influence over the Taliban than Samiul Haq.