Tired of paying hefty electricity bills, a disappointed PTI supporter stood near the Parliamentary Lodges digging his own grave. He, however, was not alone in this task.
“I’m fed up of the prime minister’s fake promises and have dug my own grave,” said a tired Lala.
A labourer in Peshawar, Lala has two children to feed, a monthly house rent of Rs5,000 and a Rs960 electricity bill from his meager income and blames the government for his misery.
“Nawaz Sharif tells lies. He promised the power tariffs would be reduced in a couple of months and then he said it will take five years for the prices to be reduced. Nawaz also told us he’d reduce flour prices but never did”.
To convey that the government was running out of time the PTI workers started digging their own graves.
Despite the hard times the participants are not ready to accept anything less than Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s resignation. “I will stop digging my grave when Nawaz Sharif resigns – and if he doesn’t, I’ll immolate myself and send the world a message”.
Though the graves were later in the evening covered on the orders of PTI chairman Imran Khan the participants rest assured that it was enough to send a symbolic message to the government.
“It was a symbolic protest but we are sure that the tyranny of PML-N government is about to die and will go to these graves,” said Faisal Khan, a PTI supporter from Mansehra. The workers and supporters also brought shrouds and performed ablution—an indication that they were ready to lay down their lives for their cause.
“We are here to die for our country. We came out of our homes wearing shrouds and we want to embrace martyrdom,” said another PTI supporter Muhammad from Peshawar. “We are tired of this injustice and disparity.”
Published in The Express Tribune, August 28th, 2014.
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IK is a victim of narcissistic rigidification.
IK as a politician stands exposed. He is absolutely fine as a person but can he be trusted as a leader who is, otherwise, full of passions but without any wit? He is steering the crowd for an illogical and unconstitutional demands, which if accepted will pave the way for anarchy throughout the country.
A bit much, don't you think...?
I await the day when the PTI supporters would come out and snatch the collars of their leaders for leading them into this blind, insane alley. IK wants veto power. The question is who gave him the right to have a veto power. TUQ was an election nobody and now he wants to dictate the destiny of 200 million people.
One would consider these people jokers but for the fact that they are leading a bunch of followers including children and women to use as human shield.
In any case, enough of appeasement. The government should let these people take the next step and deal as per law. A referendum in Pakistan today would show almost no sympathy for these suicidal maniacs evidenced by no turn out on streets despite repeated calls by IK and TUQ.
@Malikpur - Janderbari - Abbottabad: Not just the begining of this dharna but we all know that you are being a patwari through and through
Hahahaha...PTI and PAT has become jokes. They failed to win in elections and now pushing their dumb voters to nowhere just for face saving. I pity all PTI voters
PAT and PTI are useless parties....they were being paid enough to launch these protests in capital....why only they blame Nawaz Sharif?...IK also failed to fulfill his all promises....he is failed to end corruption in 90 days from KPK...so PTI workers should dig graves and throw IK in it who is good for nothing and just taking out his personal frustration and enmity on Nawaz Sharif....he is a looser and he should have accepted elections defeat gracefully
@Malikpur - Janderbari - Abbottabad: Paid comments. Siding with tyrants whose policies affect everyone. Never will we capitulate! PTI will win. In'sha'Allah Pakistan Zindabad!
Kindly no digging the worst he can do is stop paying the bill and using electricity. With prices doubled, wonder if we all have to do the same .... then what will happen to the goverment .. ?
@Malikpur - Janderbari - Abbottabad: You are an idiot.
PTI and PAT workers must dig graves for their leadership who pushed them to deadend....now only option is graves.......since the beginning of this drama I was writing that these both IK & TUQ were being used as tissue papers and once users objectives achieved which already achieved will be thrown out.... and now it is proven! Still if naunahal think that their leadership is sincere with them, they are wrong......PTI suicide, now good to grave IK!