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God decided to give 'Pharaohs' some time, says Qadri
 [DAWN] Two days after calling off a two-month-long anti-government sit-in in Islamabad, Pakistain Awami Tehrik (PAT) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri...Pak politician, and would-be dictator, founder and head of Tehreek-e-Minhajul Quran and Pakistain Awami Tehrik. He usually resides in Canada, but returns to Pakistain periodically to foam at the mouth and lead demonstrations. Depending on which way the wind's blowing, Qadri claims to be the author of Pak's blasphemy law. Other times he says it wasn't him... on Thursday justified to supporters in Abbottabad ... A pleasant city located only 30 convenient miles from Islamabad. The city is noted for its nice weather and good schools. It is the site of Pakistain's military academy, which was within comfortable walking distance of the residence of the late Osama bin Laden.... his reasons for ending the dharna in the federal capital. Qadri said that he would not have been able to take the 'message of revolution' from city to city had he continued the Islamabad sit-in. "I do not travel by air. It would have taken me as many as 15 days to travel to all places. I could not have left behind my supporters in Islamabad," he told thousands of supporters who had gathered in the Abbottabad valley to listen to the PAT chief. Qadri's announcement on Tuesday ended 67 days of the protest sit-in in the federal capital which had set off a political crisis in the country. The PAT leader had said that protests would now be held all over the country, which he called the "next stage of the revolution". "It was God's will to give 'the Pharaohs' some time. The government did not immediately fall, but God gave us a gift. The entire nation awoke to the idea of revolution," he told supporters in Abbottabad. "We are not going home - we will go from city to city. This is our journey of revolution," said the holy man turned politician, who recently announced that he would participate in electoral politics and would bring down the status quo through the power of votes. He claimed that even children were now urging Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... to step down by shouting the slogan 'Go Nawaz Go!' "The time is near when new-born infants will not cry but will shout 'Go Nawaz Go!'" he claimed. "Who says the dharna is over? This dharna will become the death of the status quo," he said. He announced that PAT would hold a rally in Bhakkar on November 23, one in Sargodha on Dec 5, and on Dec 25 in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... "If the Bhakkar rally does not resemble scene from Minar-e-Pakistain, then I will call off the protest," he said, referring to the mammoth PAT rally in Lahore earlier this week. The PAT chief also said that his party would hold a sit-in in Haripur tomorrow (Friday) in which he would also be present. Earlier this week, Qadri and his alled parties had decided not to hold any public meetings or processions during Muharram keeping in view the sanctity of the month. Posted by: Fred 2014-10-24 |
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