[Pak Daily Times] Tehrik-e-Minhajul Koran (TMQ) chief Tahirul Qadri on Wednesday revealed his four-point charter of demands and gave the government ultimatum to implement these demands by Wednesday night or face the wrath of what he claimed to be his million-people march.Speaking for more than four hours on the second day of his supporters' sit-in at the federal capital's D Chowk, Qadri demanded the dissolution of the Election Commission of Pakistain (ECP) and even went to the length of targeting Chief Election Commissioner Fakhruddin G Ibrahim by calling him too old to perform his responsibilities. Urging for reconstitution of the ECP, he said that a new one should be formed to conduct the elections in a fair and free manner.
The second point of his charter of demand related to electoral reforms. The holy man emphasised that these reforms should be undertaken before the elections are held because without implementing them the electoral exercise would be a practice in futility. He repeated his demands for implementation of articles 62, 63 and 218 of the constitution and suggested that the ECP should be given one month to scrutinise the credentials of the contesting candidates.
Qadri also called for dissolution of the national and provincial assemblies by listing it as a point in his charter of demands. The fourth point of his charter of demands pertained to the caretaker setup, and Qadri urged that it should not be installed only with the consensus of only two political parties, namely the Pakistain People's Party (PPP) and the Pakistain Mohammedan League-Nawaz (PML-N)
During his lengthy speech, Qadri also lashed out at the politicianship of the country and praised the judiciary and army. Referring to the government, he said, "Army and judiciary gave you five years but your failed to provide any relief to masses." The TMQ chief again dubbed politicians as thieves and tax evaders and said that the nation would kick them out of power corridors.
On the Asghar Khan case, the holy man said that it proved that the involved politicians did politics by taking money. Referring to the Supreme Court's order for the arrest of Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf in the rental power plants' (RPP) case, he said that despite the court's clear instructions to arrest the premier, some federal ministers were denying that the orders were meant for the prime minister.
He further said that the intentions of those trying to link the Supreme Court's orders with the sit-in staged near the Parliament House were malafide. Qadri said he considered the Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf
...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is
Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations....
(PTI) chairman Imran Khan
... aka
Taliban Khan, who ain't the brightest knife in the national drawer...
a fellow seeker of change who was not tainted by corruption. He invited Imran to join the sit-in. He appealed to the supporters to remain in the sit-in as the government is about to be sent packing.