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| Brawl over anti-PM slogans in Wazirabad |
| 2014-10-03 |
| [DAWN] GUJRANWALA: Activists of the PML-N, led by an MPA, thrashed supporters of 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) for raising the slogan of "Go Nawaz go' after the prime minister had left the venue of a ceremony in Wazirabad on Wednesday. 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... distributed compensation cheques among flood-affected people at the ceremony. After he left the place, a group of people started shouting the slogan. Taufeeq Butt, a member of the Punjab Assembly, got off his car and, joined by PML-N activists, beat them up. "We will hit them with shoes if they raise this slogan again," Butt warned while talking to a private TV channel. He asked the PTI to rein in its supporters. "They can raise slogans in their meetings but they can't spoil others' show." In her tweet after the incident, Maryam Nawaz Sharif warned PTI supporters "not to mess with the lions". She said PML-N workers had had enough of the PTI's vandalism and added that supporters of the party would find no place to hide if the PML-N hit back. She said her party's policy of "restraint and civility" should not be misconstrued as its weakness. |
| Posted by:Fred |