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

Guards of morality


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Nazir Naji says in Dunya that Maulana Abdul Aziz should be made the security supervisor of the Parliament Lodges. All the MNAs will become pious Muslims. The baton-wielding girls of Jamia Hafsa will be the best guards of morality.

Cellphone photography spoils prayers


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Reported in Ummat, the imam of Masjid-e-Nabawai noticed worshippers taking pictures of the mosque with their cellphones. He said such people spoil their prayers. Their prayers will not be accepted.

Bangladesh game proves two-nation theory


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According to Ummat, Pakistan’s cricket victory against India in Bangladesh has blackened the ugly face of Sheikh Hasina Wajid. The Bengalis were praying for Pakistan’s victory and they were clapping for Pakistani players. The two-nation theory has been proven right once again.

Taliban are peaceful people


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Jamaat-e-Islami leader Prof Ibrahim tells Jasarat that Taliban are peaceful people. They have demonstrated their love for peace by announcing a ceasefire.

Six hours of load shedding this summer


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Abid Sher Ali tells Ummat that there will only be six hours of load shedding this summer, and not 18 hours.

Nawaz Sharif is like a lazy rickshawala


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Talat Hussain writes in Express that Nawaz Sharif has no plan for dealing with terrorism. He is like a rickshaw driver who would keep waiting on a bus stop until a passenger comes to him.

Imran Khan will fight against Taliban’s Islam


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Quoted in Jang, Imran Khan says if the Taliban will try to impose their own brand of Islam on other Pakistanis, then he will pick up a gun and join the army in fighting them.

Jamshed Dasti is world’s biggest liquor bottle collector 


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Nawa-e-Waqt says in its column Sare Rahe that Jamshed Dasti has made a record of collecting liquor bottles. He should contact the Guinness Book of World Record.

Jamshed Dasti versus glass-fellows


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Ansar Abbasi says in Jang that Jamshed Dasti has stuck his hand in a beehive. Had he known the power of the glass-fellows, he would not have dared to speak against them.

The beautiful Sherry Rehman 


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Mazhar Barlas writes in Jang that Sherry Rehman is a beautiful woman, she wears beautiful clothes, and she says beautiful things. But the problem is, who will implement her ideas?

Guns n’ roses for Taliban


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Writing in Dunya, Nazir Naji says Nawaz Sharif holds a flower for the Taliban in his hands and has given the gun to Gen Raheel Sharif.

You have to use a hammer


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Ayaz Amir says in Jang that the government’s dialogue with the Taliban are comparable to India announcing a ceasefire against Lashkar-e-Taiba in Kashmir. You cannot break stones with a knife. You have to use a hammer.