Agitation: ‘Imran and Qadri are inciting violence’

Railway Minister Khwaja says PTI had resorted to agitation

LAHORE: Railway Minister Khwaja Saad Rafique said on Friday Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) leader Tahirul Qadri should stop inciting their workers to violence. The minister told reporters the PTI had resorted to agitation.  “The country cannot afford rifts among political parties. The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) will remain calm and not resort to violence,” he said. He said the protesting political parties wanted to destabilise the country. “Protest demonstrations and sit-ins are uncalled for. They are damaging the economy,” he said. He said the India aggression along the border was not acceptable. “We will not tolerate this,” he said.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 11^th, 2014.