In and out

National Herald’s Qaumi Awaz on September 12 writes, “khel khel mein Nawaz aaye bhi, wapas bhi gaye.” The paper says, “Nawaz Sharif knew what was to happen in advance. He announced his plans to return and through that tried to mislead Pakistani public opinion. This was a drama in which members of the Saudi ruling family played an important role.” In an editorial on September 11, Hindustan Express says, “there are reports that Musharraf wanted to escalate the confrontation, and then impose emergency, but was not allowed by the US.”

Bangladeshi game

Jamaat-e-Islami’s bi-weekly Daawat writes in its issue dated September 7 that, “while old regimes in the country have been badly administered, the real motives of the present regime in neighbouring Bangladesh are suspect... its recent activities have made it clear that elections are not a priority.”

In an editorial on Septermber 5, Jadeed Khabar writes, “in Bangladesh, not only politicians but even high-level officials are corrupt and the steps by the present regime cannot address the problem.”

Watch the sting

The ‘sting’ on a Delhi schoolteacher has attracted much comment. Akhbar-e-Mashriq wants to know, “why was the so-called sting performed in a school in Bulbulikhana, where 99 per cent of students are Muslim girls, when the reported scandal was centred faraway in a trans-Yamuna locality?” The paper concludes, “the aim is to keep Muslim girls away from education.”