Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari was forced to cut short his speech short at the “Million March” in London on Sunday when rowdy protesters reportedly started throwing water bottles at him, Express News reported.
The "Million March" was held to demand a just and peaceful resolution of longstanding Kashmir issue and saw thousands of people rally through central London in protest against India's human rights violations in Kashmir.
However, it seems politicking was not welcome at the rally as some participants objected to Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s presence at the stage. PTI chief Imran Khan's nephew, Hassan Niazi, also seemed to be involved in the controversy. Niazi was briefly detained by the UK police after the incident, according to a tweet from his official account.
I was detained for little while but then released- nothing serious. I protested bcz #babychicken misused the stage #KashmiriMillionMarch
— Hassaan Niazi (@HniaziISF) October 26, 2014
Following the incident, Bilawal’s sister Aseefa Bhutto Zardari tweeted that her brother is safe and alleged that Indian agents tried to stop him from speaking but they did not succeed.
Indian agents tried 2stop my brother from speaking but Alhamdulillah they did NOT succeed. He completed his speech& Alhamdulillah he is safe
— Aseefa B Zardari (@AseefaBZ) October 26, 2014
According to initial reports, certain participants at the march started throwing stuff at the PPP chairman, including water bottles, tomatoes and eggs when he came on stage, forcing him to leave and be escorted by the UK police.
According to media reports, people also chanted ‘Go Bilawal Go’ and ‘Go Nawaz Go’ as the PPP chairman attempted to take the stage.
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@ModiFied: In that case, for PPP, PTI is an Indian Agent and vice versa. Now for Punjabis, Balochis are Indian Agents., Sindhis are Mohajirs and Kafirs, Kashmiris are displaced people and now with Pakistan, the people of the FATA and NWFP are fiercely independent and govt. have no much support there. So exactly where is Pakistan? I think the Punjab province of Pakistan is the actual Pakistan, and all the rest are just clinging to it. Why not just let those provinces go their way? I think only then Punjab province will be a second Singapore in Asia, there wont be Kashmiris or Pakhtuns to disrupt their law and order, no Baloch to cry for independence and no Sindhis to protest the Punjabi supremacy in army or political circles. Logical Eh!!!! in case of India or for instance any other country in the world, every province has a symbiotic relationship with each other so we cling to each other.
Timepass ..hehe lol nobody is cared or bothered about what pakistan is doing .. Because Kashmir is in india ..Pakistan is wasting time on it and meantime pak will loose Balochistan if they dont concentrate on something seriously hehe lol
If 400 people become million then Pakistani per capita income is indeed $2 Million. Pakistan does not need external aid.
Finally...Bilawal getting the respect that he deserves!
Indian trolls alert ....I guess Indian needs to realize the reality that kashmiries does not want to live with them.....
Guys.. Kashmir is just kashmir. It is not like you get kashmir and you master the world of science & technology. At most you will make kashmir another Pakistan. You guys are 100 years behind the world in science. Stop fighting and go and study physics, chemistry, biology & Maths and bring some goodness for mankind.
Why do PTI folks have to wash their dirty laundry in public? The march was organised by PPP led AJK government and it was understood he would be speaking along side PM AJK. Congrats PTI hooligans. You succeeded in making it to the headlines and distrupting a golden opportunity to create awareness about Kashmir issue internationally.
He has no idea of his public image.
@Nida Alvi: Your allies, the PPP turned this march into a political jalsa when the usual rhetorical slogans of 'jiya bhutto' were raised by Bilawal. So a reaction cannot be unexpected.
@Bilal Akbar: "Why can’t these Niazis stop creating anarchy wherever they go? Losers…"
I thought Nazis were a very organised entity.
Whilst the Indians are on Mars, maybe they can bring toilets back for the 500 million Indians without them. Perhaps the martians can give them ideas on how to distribute some of those $2 trillion amongst the 400 million Indians living on less than a dollar a day.
This was a despicable and very shameful condemnable act on part of the PTI workers.
The event was had nothing to do with the local politics of Pakistan,but rather to unitedly raise and internationalize a common long outstanding cause and struggle of the oppressed Kashmiri brethren at the hands on India.
Shame,shame PTI :(
Unfortunately these goons have left general public with no other choice but to do these kind of acts. They deserve it and this is the ONLY method they listen to ...
Now that is a reflexive-response from from Aseefa- so typical of a Pakistani politician! All these years they have hoodwinked poor Pakistani public by blaming any skirmish at the LoC or Kashmir as to Indian agents, Indian Army, Indian Public and gotten away with it, when the reality is 80% of the time it was the Pakistani terror groups, religious groups, ISI and Army who created the trouble.
We Indians have NOTHING to gain from Pakistan- you are a small footnote in our scheme of thing, but you continue to be the rogue brother in the "joint family" and therefore a thorn in the flesh. Pakistani politicians and Army has found a formula to keep their people enraged against India at all times and loot them dry in the process.
Wake up Pakistan, else, it will be too late! All the best!
Seriously fake news. Ask anybody from London and they will tell that there were barely 100 people in march not even 200. It's kind of disgusting for us Pakistani British to get mocked by our friends pointing to fake numbers on our newspapers about the march and then they asked me "How do you want us to believe you about anything. eh? " Please verify your news source. Don't bump up numbers just to show the march was successful. It didn't even made a squeak in any British media. Shows how big of a failure it was. Bilawal tried to steal the show for his own political gains, and he got befitting response from crowd. Aseefa should have just kept quite, not everything is an Indian plot. Man I am worried, are these guys going to be our future leader ? Thanks my parents for migrating to UK.
Now that the march is over, the drivers , petrol pump operators can go back to work.Happy slogging folks ;).
You will only make fool of yourself by protesting against India.
The immature attitude of Imran Khan has been transformed into the DNA of his blindfolded followers in PTI.
Kashmir first. Before our tribal areas, Before our underprivileged children, before our concern for a corruption and kingdom free society. Oh this is the first time a march on kashmir issue was taking place and it was promising kashmir's freedom( which means becoming completely Paskistan occupied and inherit paskistan's problems). So sad . Pti has ruined it for kashmir.
Imran Khan and Hassan Niazi's great grandparents could be of Indian origin but may now have Israeli leanings.
The well meaning Indian is also deeply disappointed at the intellectual bankruptcy among the so called western educated young generation politicians of Pakistan which is so blatantly at display. Bilawal and his ilk can engage the illiterate delusional Pakistani but he has to learn a lot to be taken seriously at the international stage. He can even learn from the recent Indian elections to know what happens to young scions from influential political families when the aspiration of people do not match with the intellectual ability if the scions. A Pappu, whether Indian or Pakistani stands no chance in a knowledge driven world.
Thanks Imran Khan, your supporters did the job. After all it was payback time for Imran for all the millions of dollars that has flowed into aid of his cancer hospital from his Indian contacts.
so the great Million Man march had nothing to do about Kashmiris but about Pakistan itself. Well done Pakistanis you have become a laughing stock .
Everyone knows in the world (who are even the least interested in Pakistan) that Pakistan is in total chaos and epicenter of terror. Now you are exhibiting what is Pakistan on the streets of London. Way to go Pakistan... can't even unite for the cause of your jugular vein?
The international press totally ignored this "Million March".
Went to Trafalgar square today. 100 people or less showed up. Even they took smoking break and cola break. This was shamefully managed. People were attending phones and leaving to talk !
What an embarrassment. Even the police seemed amused.
Dear PTI Brothers & Sisters, You're also now Indian Agents. Welcome to the club. I have been called an Indian agent for as long as I have posted my views on Pakistani websites. I am an Indian but I am an agent only to my conscience.
Excuses upon excuses they always blame the other I bet he will think twice before holding the stage in England ehy don't they realise that there not wanted here go and play your dirty politics to the poor illiterate people of pakistan who have no choice from which devil runs the government with there backstabbing lying two faced cronies to run the show for them while there wheeling and dealing in multimillon pounds deals giving and accepting bribes for favours for there own ends
It was a non-partisan event, why was Bilwal invited in the first place!!
@shame on PTI
this was a rally to support kashmir not for political gains ... attention seeking bilawal deserves this ... what credibility\ability he has to call himself a leader to address such gathering
Please add that the million-man march was attended by 150-175 people.
The two fascist parties have been using a national issue to their advantage. At least Pakistanis should be one on this human rights issue in Kashmir. However politics got the better of the fascists and they could not control themselves. I have not named the two fascist parties but if the shoe fits wear it. This fascist trend and taking law in their hands is going to come back and bite these parties. What a shame that these people cannot take a joint stand even on Kashmir and they want to free Kashmir? Who in their right frame of mind would want to join these fascists?
This is what you get for trying to hijack a pro-Kashmir protest. This wasnt a pro-bhutto or a pro-IK protest; it was a pro Kashmir protest. Therefore she had no right to yell out "Jiye Bhutto". BBZ should've expected the backlash; after all she should know that everyone except for the beneficiaries of this corrupt system hate her.
There are hardly a few thousand demonstrators in this 'million march'. Do the Pakistanis know the meaning of a Million except when they are borrowing money fro various banks?
What a joke...
Poor Kids. Thrown into the fire by their corrupt father in order to extend his empire. London is not Larkana. Prince Bilawal's domain end at super highway.
That will happen at any place that is free from fascist forces in Pakistan. Pseudo-leaders will have a hard time speaking to free people without the protection of their goons. Will have to read the account in the free press to see what exactly happened.
PTI is a fascist party. Just like Schutzstaffel was used to break the political rallies of the opponents in pre Nazi Germany, PTI is employing the same tactics, to intimidate populace. Civilized world doesn't have a place for such intolerance.
PTI is the political wing of TTP. Democratic norms are nowhere where PTI hooligans are to be found.
So Million March became Thousand march.... boo hooo... so sad.
Why they don't perform rather than chanting their empty "Bhutto" slogans everywhere? Unlike Sindhi's ...people of London are highly educated Mr. Bilawal.
I did not Like Bilawal Zardari before today's incident in London.Now I pray that he becomes a successful politician
This is ridiculous. We need to show unity when it comes to Kashmir. Political difference should fade into the background.
At most a thousand people in the march and still calling it Million March ? It seems for every political party in Pakistan the other parties are Indian agents. Indians "Khush Hue"..
They had organized this million march to seek the help and attention of the international community. Thankfully they attracted the attention of their country's internal instability and triviality. People from opposition party are booed, when PM visits they shouts Go Nawaz Go,, Dear fellow pakistani you are not going to get an inch of kashmir thats the fact you should note. Rather get rid of from your corrupt politician and mullah and islamic preacher.
P.S:- Recently Indian PM NaMo had visited America so as Pakistan PM nawaz shariff and the whole country has got to know the diff between the two country. Intelligent people need no further elaboration
So it can be inferred that PTI chief Imran Khan’s nephew, Hassan Niazi is an Indian Agent.
I saw a part of the speech, he started chanting 'Jiye Bhutto' ARE YOU SERIOUS? THIS WAS ABOUT KASHMIR AND THE KASHMIRIS, NOT YOUR KHANDAN!
Why are Pakistani politicians holding a rally in London?
Why can't these Niazis stop creating anarchy wherever they go? Losers...
What more does he expect, this is London not Karachi.
Who invited bilawal?
Is Pakistan full of Jokers Hafiz Saeed, Imran Khan, Zaid Hamid and now this joker and Indian Agents trying to stop him .. ha ha..
Did not know Hassan Niazi was an Indian Agent. So anyone who objects is an Indian Agent?
Indian agents now throwing eggs at kids? LOL! Might as well wind up RAW if this is what they do!! LOL!
hahahahahaha.......her father must be so proud of her/
When India is sending probes to mars, becoming a 2 trillion dollar economy, our jokers are spending time in long march, million march, dharnas, disruption, shutdowns ..... shows the priority of the leadership and the quality of the people here.. the entire world have moved ahead, and we are still where we were 60 years back... now we have started marches in foreign countries, imagine what the local people will think of our country as a bunch of corrupt hooligans and thugs... no doubt green passport is the worst in the world to travel with.. and these nonsense marches only put our country's name to shame...
Asifa, Please save this fairy Tales for your grand children about the indian agents. Accepts the fact that PPP days are over. Thanks to your Dad!!!!!
Little Bilawal.....doing everything wrong.....at home and abroad.......his handlers are sinking him before he learns to swim.
Indian agents are everywhere. Even in London. Ground reports indicate one dozen people showed up for the so called million man march and there were two dozen Indian agents. lolzzzzz
The rally should not have been disputed as it was for a completely different cause. I am a PTI supporter and am against Bilawal for his immature nature and no political credentials however this act was un called for.
Ha ha! They are doing what they are not allowed to do in Pakistan - expressing themselves honestly and without fear of being gunned down by party thugs.
He deserves this. What the heck he was doing in that rally?. His presence in a Kashmir Rally seems to be a 'political plagiarism'.
HAAHAHAHA..LOOOLLZZZZ.. pls rename it immediately as "million eggs (rotten) march"
Cheerss..
It was patriotic Pakistanis who booed Bilawal. We don't require any agents to do that against Sharifs or Bhuttos.
Come on ET, Bilawal Bhutto was not booed at Million March in London...please share the facts. Was Hassan Niazi detained for booing? He threw glass bottles on Bilawal and tried to disrupt the proceedings along with other 7 people who were also detained. Political differences at home should not manifest in such action abroad and especially on common national causes like right of self determination for the people of Kashmir.
BILAWAL BHUTTO should not be the head of PPP and PPP has failed to take care of us SINDHIS in ANDRUNAI SINDH. WE SEE PEOPLE of MQM here helping us. THEIR KKF is taking care of us while you WADERAS are stealing our mandate. WE THE SINDHIS WILL SUPPORT OUR MUHAJIR BROTHERS AND VOTE FOR MQM IN NEXT ELECTION. GA ALTAF BHAI. SINDH SHOULD BE DIVIDED INTO ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS.
Haha!
Demise of status quo !
Embarrassing. It seems our habits don't change wither in Islamabad or London.
Is Hassan Niazi also an INDIAN agent??? Stupid girl........
well done Pakistani origin people.
Bilawal participated in Million March for a just cause but PTI kids have behaved like Indian agents. Shame on them for ruining the image of Pakistan. Everyone of us should keep our differences here but its impossible to teach manners to these street kids.
This is just the beginning Baby Bhutto (Bilawal Zardari). By the way you can make omelette with those eggs and tomatoes.
Ho gayi bezzti Bilawal ? I can't stop laughing
So now PTI supporters became Indian agents........