Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairperson Imran Khan. PHOTO: INP
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s chairman vowed on Wednesday to come out on roads and support Pakistan Awami Tehreek against what he called “the fascism of the present government”.
Condemning the attack on PAT workers on Tuesday, Imran Khan said that instead of doing its duty impartially, Punjab police has become a wing of the PML-N.
Imran claimed that the government had taken the step only to terrorise workers who intended to gather to welcome the PAT chief Dr Tahirul Qadri. The PAT leader is due to return to Pakistan on June 23.
“Acts of such brutality where women were shot weren’t even carried out during the time dictators ruled the country,” Imran said while talking to the media outside Minhajul Quran’s Secretariat in Model Town, Lahore.
Questioning the role of the police the PTI chief asked why the police tried to remove the barricades, which were constructed on orders from the Lahore High Court at the request of the police superintendent. “I am astonished why the chief minister has not resigned yet over this negligence which took the lives of 11 PAT activists.”
Imran dismissed Shahbaz Sharif’s claims of not being aware of the operation as a joke. He said that all the TV channels covered the operation live and it was impossible for the police to carry out such an operation without permission from higher-ups.
“Dismissing police officials is not enough. Instead the government should put Punjab’s Law Minister Rana Sanaullah, who was the mastermind behind the attack, behind bars,” Imran maintained.
“When PTI protested against election rigging the government accused us of trying to derail democracy but how can this brutality not hurt democracy?” he questioned.
Imran alleged that using police for political victimisation was a style introduced by the PML-N, the practice of which has ruined the credibility of the police force. Imran announced that he along with his leadership will meet the PAT chief upon his return to Pakistan and join hands with the party against all the crimes committed by the government.
Rejecting the judicial commission formed by the provincial government, he said, “I condemn the FIR against Hussain Qadri, an act which has proved that the PML-N is a fascist party”.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 19th, 2014.
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@Khawar Khuwaja: 0+0=0 or you can try this 0x0=0. In all the cases result is ZERO.
@Mohammad Afzal: OH REALLY hahahaha
Foreign agents backing each other.
Imran is himself is one of the two greatest Fascists of Pakistan, the only one living in Pakistan.
Fascism: Look who is talking!
@hadi @Saleem @obaid.. As individual and citizen all I wish and pray for my desire..We want clean and 100% pure electorate who really want to eradicate poverty from this country. Poverty and unemployment is the root cause of vices today we are witnessing.... ..Anyone who has this mission for CLEAN Electorate.... I am with them...irrespective of caste creed or religion. Good luck PAT and IK...ALLAH Bless you...Everyone from KPK I meet in Dubai, the taxi drivers..they are all praise for PTI for the extensive good work they have done.....Keep it up..
@Adnan Siddiqi:
Adnan Bhai, please allow me to pass on my condolences for the unfortunate arrest of Key Active PMLN worker Gullu butt today. I know you will be sad today because I know gullu was a personal hero of yours. but don't worry, gullu will be free one day!
Too many ignorant people commenting on this...who should be ashamed of the things they are saying...and trying to justify the terrorism caused by the punjab govt...our innocent brothers and sisters were brutally murdered...and some people on here are trying to justify it...disgraceful..kuch tu haya kuro..inshala Tahir ul qadri will get rid of these tyrant violent rulers and restore TRUE democracy and if IK saab can come on board it will be a great force.
A person who reacts to personal attacks is unfit to lead our country. But a person who unleashes thugs like Gullu Butt and orders the police to massacre his countrymen is super fit to lead our country. R.I.P logic.
@Khawar Khuwaja:
Lolzzz at Change Politics Dynamics! Padri can shake hands with a devil at any moment and will leave IK holding the bag. A person who can end up loosing his cool on a tweet from Umar Cheema is not at all fit to lead this country in any capacity. I still wonder why IK reacted to that tweet the way he reacted. Fishy.
@Ammar None of you write has anything to do what IK said in above statements....Please get a life and write down few relevant lines.....If you can not say anything true or relevant, you had better not comment.....Why waste your time on your useless assumptions?
If Imran Khan wanted only to show sincerity, he would have concentrated in KPK government for betterment of people... People would have seen the development and difference and voted for him the next time. But it is increasingly clear that Imran Khan wants "every thing" and he wants it "Now". It is not a sign of an intelligent person.
I had hopes in Imran Khan, and every day I think again how I was fooled to vote for him.
I am no fan of NS, SS, But I know what Imran Khan is doing is plain wrong. He is desperate. Not for Pakistan but for his power. 3 or 4 years are noting in a nation's history, He cant wait that much because all he wants is to come to power right now. What a shame.
Qadri + IK will change politic dynamics of this country, Inshallah
PTI is our only hope. Way to go Sir we all are with you
@ Obaid Peshawar Jail break occurred after 2 months PTI came in power and you guys are here since 1988. This is how you trained your police in span of 30 years, SHAME
@ Obaid Peshawar jail break? Really? When did that happen? Your personal hatred against Imran is going to give you nothing, only it will end up giving you high blood pressure. And was D.I Khan jail break (Peshawar jail break according to you) or Church blast an act of KPK police? Those incidences were inability to stop terrorism on the KPK police's part, the Lahore incidence was implementing terrorism on Punjab police's part. Is the difference really so difficult to feel?
...so if and when PTI will come in power it will allow me and any other citizen to encroach upon roads and public property and parks...right?
I didn't expect this guy to stoop so low. Aligning with Qadri. What is he going to pull off next? BWT Ik how many times asked his ministers to resign over the Peshawar jail break or over the church attack?
This man is pretty naive and will do anything to gain power. What he doesn't realize is that same tactics will be used against him once in get the power. But then it will be too late to realize his mistakes.
Ik would support anything that involved over throwing the democratic setup even if it creates anarchy. He should worry about the kP government that's been accused of threatening and harassing the christian community in kp that was promised compensation after the church bomb blast.