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

Women should not play cricket


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Writing in Jang, Ansar Abbasi says Shahid Afridi was right when he said women should rather run the kitchen than play cricket. What if one day, in the name of women’s rights, a girl enters the wrestling ring?

JI will not let Pakistan become secular


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Jamaat-e-Islami leader Merajul Huda tells Jasarat that his party will foil all every single attempt to make Pakistan secular.

Imran Khan knows who is sabotaging Taliban talks


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Reported in Khabrain, Imran Khan says he knows who is sabotaging the peace talks with the Taliban, and he will expose the conspirators when the time is right.

Punish those who treat their multiple wives unfairly 


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Ansar Abbasi says in Jang that the Islamic Ideology Council and the government should punish such husbands who have more than one wives but do not treat them fairly.

Rana Sanaullah questions Altaf Hussain mental health 


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Reported in Express, Punjab Home Minister Rana Sanaullah tells Express that Altaf Hussain should have a clinical examination of his brain. Only if he is in sound mental health, there should be legal proceedings against him.

NGOs are enemies of Islam and Pakistan 


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Tanweer Qaiser Shahid says in Express that NGOs are enemies of Pakistan and Islam. They are agents of anti-Islam forces. They are above accountability.

How pious women sit on motorcycles 


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Maulana Chitrali says in Khwateen Ka Islam that if a woman sits on a motorbike with legs on either side, she is immoral. If she is a pious woman, she should sit with both legs on one side.

Sheikh Rashid is not the Dilip Kumar of clowns


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Tariq Suhail says in Nai Baat that calling Sheikh Rashid the Dilip Kumar of clowns is an insult to the art of Dilip Kumar. He was not a clown. He was a great artist.

Five cats killed in police encounter


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Nawa-e-Waqt says in its column Sare Rahe that Punjab police killed five wild cats in an encounter. They had attacked Nawaz Sharif’s pet peacock.

Expat doctor sacked for kissing a patient


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Reported in Jang, a Pakistani doctor was sacked by a hospital in America for kissing a female patient.

Khushwant Singh wrote too much 


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Nusrat Javeed says in Express that Khushwant Singh was a mediocre writer. He could have been a great writer had he not written so much. He was prolific because he had to earn his living by writing. Therefore, he could not produce remarkable literature.

Jackals looking after melons


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Irshad Arif says in Jang that the government of Sindh claiming to look after the people of Thar is like jackals looking after melons.