ET: by Faheem Younas
Teacher to Akram and Aslam: You both failed the test because you were late for class. Why were you late?
Akram: Sir, I was busy looking for my atthani which I lost on my way to school today.
Teacher: What is your reason Aslam?
Aslam: (Sheepishly): Sorry sir, but I was standing on top of his atthani, hiding it.
Reading such knock-knock jokes on the last page of The Lahore is one of my fondest memories of growing up in Lahore.
At the age of ten, honestly, I could not comprehend the literary, cultural and political content of the magazine. So of course, I was surprised to read that such an innocuous magazine was able to “offend” the clergy class in Pakistan.
For the past two months, the largely Ahmadi administration of the magazine is barred from entering their own property by hardliners belonging to the United Khatam-i-Nabuwat. They helplessly see their valuables stolen and a 61-year-long tenure of The Lahore effectively coming to a halt as a result of the vigilante siege.
Categories: Ahmadis And Pakistan, Ahmadiyyat: True Islam, Asia
It is so sad that mad members of a fanatic movement have illegally occupied the offices of privately run weekly “Lahore”. This magazine has made a massive contribution to the URDU language and was very popular among literary circles in Pakistan for many many years.
where are the so called law keepers of Pakistan?