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

Veena dances with 53 eunuchs at her wedding 


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Reported in Khabrain, 53 eunuchs from the Heera Mandi of Lahore danced at Veena Malik’s wedding in Washington DC. She danced with them. The reporter asks what Maulana Tariq Jamil will do now?

The land of poets and tyrants


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Writing in Jang, Hassan Mujtaba says Punjab has given birth to Sufis, poets and activists, but also to Gen Zia, Tara Masih and Molvi Mushtaq.

What is common between Altaf Hussain and Taliban?


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Hamid Mir says in Jang that the Taliban and Altaf Hussain have one thing in common – they both don’t accept the Pakistani constitution.

Islamic constitution, infidel law 


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Ansar Abbasi writes in Jang that Pakistanis have been deceived for the last 64 years. The Pakistani constitution is Islamic, but more than 700 laws in Pakistan are against the Sharia.

Saudis can speak English


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Reported in Islam, Saudi Foreign Minister Saud Al Faisal can speak English. In his recent press conference with Sartaj Aziz, he answered several questions in English. He has dispelled the popular perception that Saudis can’t speak English.

Paradise of corruption


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Quoted in Islam, Dr AQ Khan says Pakistan is a paradise for the corrupt. It can never be impregnable in the presence of corrupt politicians.

Begum Nasim Wali will end up like Dr AQ Khan


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Reported in Mashriq, Haji Adeel, a leader of Awami Nation Party, says Begum Nasim Wali will end up like Dr AQ Khan. If she thinks her conspiracies can disintegrate the ANP, she is banging her head against a stone wall.

Kalabagh Dam will never be made


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Shah Mehmood Qureshi tells Khabrain that Kalabagh Dam will never be built, except on paper.

Doctor slaps elderly nurse


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Khabrain reports that a young doctor slapped an aged nurse in Multan. It says young doctors are rude. The nurse was older than the doctor’s mother.

The commando is in trouble


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Chaudhry Shujaat tells Express that he and Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi are on Musharraf’s side because the commando is in trouble.

No sex education in schools


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Hafiz Saeed tells Khabrain that he will not allow sex education in schools, and will wage a huge campaign against it.

Petition against JI emir for calling Osama a martyr


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Reported in Express, a citizen has filed a writ petition against Jamaat-e-Islami chief Syed Munawar Hassan in Islamabad High Court, for calling Osama bin Laden Syedul Shuhada.