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

Talks with Taliban are like Meera’s wedding


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Writing in Jang, Hassan Nisar says dialogue with Taliban are comparable to Meera’s wedding. They will both end the same way.

India and US want operation against Taliban


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Former army chief Aslam Beg tells Ummat that India and the US want a military operation against the Taliban. They don’t want the talks to be successful. Those who oppose the talks in Pakistan are leading the army astray.

Taliban are agents of India and US 


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Talking to Islamic Times, Sunni Ittehad Council chairman Sahibzada Hamid Raza said Taliban are enemies of Islam and do not deserve to be called humans. Jamaat-e-Islami and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam are Taliban’s pimps. Taliban are agents of the US and India.

Allah is unhappy with Pakistan


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Ansar Abbasi says in Jang that the only reason Pakistan could not progress like the developed nations of the world is because it did not implement Sharia in letter and spirit. The rulers cheated Allah and Allah is unhappy with us.

Imran is Taliban agent, Asma Jehangir is Indian agent


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Asma Jehangir tells Express that Imran Khan is an agent of Taliban. PTI’s information secretary Shireen Mazari replies to this accusation calling Asma as an Indian agent.

Jamshed Dasti is a thief


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The minister of state for water and power, Abid Sher Ali, says in Jasarat that Jamshed Dasti is a thief. His allegations can’t stop the government from producing energy through coal.

Why Zardari didn’t like Zulfiqar Cheema


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Tariq Butt writes in Jang that Asif Zardari did not want Zulfiqar Cheema as IG Police in Sindh because he was an aide of Nawaz Sharif and he was stubborn. He did not tolerate politicians’ interference in police affairs.

Basant is worse than terrorism 


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RReported in Jang, Riaz Ahmed Syed says Basant is far more dangerous than terrorism. Punjab police have arrested a 10-year-old boy who had just come out of a kite shop with 10 feet of kitestring. They have also arrested 29 schoolchildren for flying kites.

Amitabh and Aishwarya celebrated Basant


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NNawa-e-Waqt says in its column Sare Rahe that although Pakistanis don’t celebrate Basant any more, Amitabh Bachchan, Ashwarya and her daughter celebrated the festival. Basant is a festival of the subcontinent that has become popular in the US and Europe.

Two sons of Ludhiana


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Ayaz Amir says in Jang that Ludhiana gave the subcontinent two prominent figures – Sahir Ludhianvi, poet, and Mohammad Ahmad Ludhianvi, chief of the outlawed sectarian outfit Sipah-e-Sahaba. India got the latter, and we got the former.

You cannot negotiate with cancer


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Hasan Nisar writes in Jang that nobody holds dialogue with viruses like termites and cancer. They are killed by treatment. Our government is moving in  slow motion.

Karachi will not become Taliban battlefield


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Sindh chief minister Qaim Ali Shah tells Jang that there is Taliban presence in Karachi, but it will never become a battlefield. Those who say otherwise are frightening people.