Comments on: Peshawar to Celebrate Valentine Day with Saudi Arabia

By: Syed Zaki Ahmed

Syed Zaki Ahmed — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:02:47 +0000

Very well written.

By: Naeem Sidhu

Naeem Sidhu — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:58:46 +0000

Shabash Shayan Khan. I enjoyed it. Intelligent!

By: Amna Zaman

Amna Zaman — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:11:09 +0000

haha good one. Makes me laugh. Valentine is celebrated on the calendar year if I am not wrong. It has nothing to do with the moon. And even if Saudi Arabia was celebrating this festival I don’t think there is something wrong with that. Not like you would become a less Muslim. Our religion teaches us a moderate manner to live rather an EXTREMIST to make issue out of such things.

By: captainjohann

captainjohann — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:32:48 +0000

hI,
Valentine day is actually a creation of modern day marketeers and they are doing it with a vengeance in India.Diehard Ram sena,hanuman sena etc do not understand the INDIAN CULTURE OF LOVE which dates from the days of vedas themselves. Shakunthala//Duhyanth, Nala/Damayanthi,.Laial Majnu , Heer /Ranjah etc etc and they donot even understand that there is a God called Kama in Hindu mythology. VASANTH RITHU is Indian culture and Love existed from time immemorial.
With full Hijab, how can Love bloom between a man and women in Saudi arabia with religious police overlooking. For Saudies it blooms in USA amongst the expatriates.

By: Nasir M. Aijaz

Nasir M. Aijaz — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 09:10:25 +0000

A nice a crispy satire on how we make issues out of nothing in Pakistan.

By: munirscarpio

munirscarpio — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 04:47:24 +0000

is Saudi arabia realy celebrating valentine day? i dont think so

By: Umair

Umair — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:47:32 +0000

Read the truth about Valentines’ Day here http://www.islamnewsroom.com/news-we-need/1146-valentines-day-of-love-or-lust/#story

By: Shayan Khan

Shayan Khan — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:47:09 +0000

Jalal, I am also from Peshawar and a Pukhtoon, and it was just an article in lighter way. Though I don’t agree with you on the Eid moon issue. Rest of Pakistan is much nearer to Peshawar than the KSA.

By: Jalal Ahmad

Jalal Ahmad — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:25:50 +0000

I am gutted to see an article of this caliber and mentality in Pakspectator. You sir are an ignorant and stupid man. Valentine Day is celebrated based on Gregorian calendar and not lunar. Secondly, when Peshawar celebrated Eid it was based on numerous witnesses (shahadats) of moon sighting, which fortunately or unfortunately wasn’t sighted by Central Rooyat Committee. So Eid was not celebrated based on Saudi Arabia’s announcement of Eid but based on moon sighting in N-W.F.P. If Eid was celebrated just because it was Eid in Saudi Arabia then Eid-ul-Adha wouldn’t have been celebrated on same day. So first get your record straight before you poke fun at someone.