Australian girl leaves without Facebook sweetheart
Reported in Dunya (March 14, 2016) a 32-year-old Australian girl of Indian origin arrived in Sialkot to meet her Facebook sweetheart, but his phone was not responding and she could not contact him. She was sent back to Australia from the airport. The girl went away crying.
PPP leader saves a train
According to Express (March 14, 2016) an unidentified man was detaching a fishplate on a railway line near Dera Ghazi Khan, when People’s Party leader Manzoor Khan saw him. He told the man to stop (lalkara) but he ran away (bhaag kharra hua). A train was able to pass the spot safely. The Railway Police said the man was a drug addict.
Wedding canceled over item number dance
Jang reports (March 15, 2016) a bride declined to go through with the wedding in Ferozewala after the groom forced her to dance on a Bollywood item number. When her uncle tried to intervene, he was slapped.
Grandparents abduct boy from court
Dunya reports (March 16, 2015) a judge of the Lahore High Court hearing a custody case managed to compel a man and his wife to agree to reconciliation. But while the couple were negotiating the terms, the maternal grandparents of the boy took him and ran away.
How to clear one’s name
According to Dunya (March 17, 2018) investigators have found out that wanted terrorists are able to evade arrest by advertising a change of name in national newspapers and asking NADRA to change their names of their computerized national identity cards. They also change their get up, and get involved in new terrorist activities. Naeem Bokhari, a most wanted terrorist, was able to evade arrest by changing his name in 2014.
Halal Food Authority coming soon
Reported in Jang (March 17, 2016) the Ministry of Science and Technology has asked the government for Rs 100 million to set up a ‘Pakistan Halal Authority’, which will decide which foods are Halal and Haram. The organization will hire for 100 posts.
Famous cleric wants men’s protection law
Nawa-e-Waqt reports (March 18. 2016) member of the Islamic Ideology Council Zahid Mahmood Qasmi has asked for a Men’s Protection Bill in the assembly. He says some women in Pakistan beat up men, and throw their husbands out of their houses. There should be a law to protect these men in the light of teachings of Islam.
National Assembly members complain about salary
Reported in Express (March 18, 2016) members of the National Assembly from the government and the opposition agreed during a session that their salary was too low. Maulana Amir Zaman of JUI-F said his total salary and perks were 60,000 to 70,000, and it was hard to pay rent and bills and his children’s school fees in a salary less than a grade 16 government employee. The NA Speaker said his secretary’s salary was four times his own. Jamshed Dasti said he could only afford to travel to Islamabad on a bus. He said the salary of an MNA should be the same as a Supreme Court judge. The house applauded loudly (bharpoor andaz main).
Pakistan spelled wrong on Musharraf’s exit permission
According to Nawa-e-Waqt (March 19, 2016) on the notification to remove former president Pervez Musharraf’s name from the exit control list and allow him to leave the country, the word ‘Pakistan’ was spelled wrong. People were surprised to read it (hairat ka izhar).
Cockroach found in child’s drip bag
Reported in Nawa-e-Waqt (March 20, 2015) the parents of a one-year-old girl found a cockroach in her IV bag. The nurses at Multan’s Nishtar Hospital removed the drip, but the girl’s health suffered.