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

Fulfilled


Reiterating his wish to see the “Selected” government go home, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari according to Daily Jang (13 November 2019) opined that his party had fulfilled the promise made to Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman. He went on to claim that the PPP had participated in the Azadi March fully (bharpoor shirkat ki).

 


Coming up


Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman of the JUI-F, according to Daily Jang (13 November 2019), announced the move to a new phase of the Azadi March, i.e. Plan B. He stated that as part of this phase, party workers still in their homes would come out to protest and that details of Plan B would be given to the activists by provincial-level organs of the party.

 


Watch out!


According to Daily Jang (12 November 2019), Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain of the PML-Q was quoted by Daily Jang (12 November 2019) as saying that if something were to happen to Nawaz Sharif in incarceration, politics would become yet more dire (siyasat mazeed talkh ho jaye gi). He went on to advise the PM and federal cabinet to have hearts large enough to remove Nawaz Sharif’s name from the ECL (Nawaz Sharif ka naam ECL se nikalnay ke liay barra dil karein).

 


Clean


Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain of the PML-Q, according to Daily Jang (14 November 2019), advised PM Imran Khan not to permit any stain on his forehead which might become difficult to clean off (Imran Khan apnay maathay per aisa kalank ka teka na lagnay dein jisay dhona mushkil ho).


Secret?


According to Daily Express (16 November 2019), Pervez Elahi of the PML-Q stated that assurances were given to Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman so as to get him to leave and that whatever was given to him, it remains in confidence (inhein jo kuch de kar bheja gya hai woh amanat hai).


Not a chance


Daily Express (17 November 2019) quoted Usman Dar of the PTI as saying that the government would never allow Maryam Nawaz to leave the country. He further claimed that if Maryam had been permitted to leave with her father Nawaz Sharif, then they would have been happy to immediately pay the surety bond demanded by the government.