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| Qadri's long march departs from Lahore |
| 2013-01-14 |
| [Dawn] Tehrik-e-Minhajul Koran (TMQ) chief Tahirul Qadri on Sunday led thousands of supporters at the start of his long march on the capital Islamabad, demanding key reforms before the upcoming elections. Oboy! Another man with all the answers! Hundreds of cars, buses and trucks carrying around 7,000 people left Model Town in the city of Lahore, expected to grow in number as they pass through towns and villages en route to Islamabad, accompanied by a heavy security presence. I was just talking to the ghost of Huey Long. He wishes he'd thought of that. The march or the heavy security? Qadri accuses the government of being corrupt and incompetent, You can tell that at a glance. and argues that Pakistain must enact "meaningful" reforms before general elections, which are scheduled to be held within eight weeks after parliament disbands in mid-March. There's always a reason to put off elections, isn't there? Speaking prior to kicking off what he termed his "march for democracy", I'm not too sure how putting off elections serves democracy. Pakistain's government is corrupt and incompetent. It would seem to make more sense to vote against the corrupt and incompetent. If the people running against the corrupt and incompetent are the same way, turn out the current bastards and replace them with a set of different bastards. Qadri accused the Punjab provincial government of impounding buses and detaining drivers in their efforts to hamper the protest. Punjab being the domain of the corrupt and incompetent Sharif brothers. Qadri, however, vowed to lead the march to the federal, and urged supporters to join him despite all hindrances. "How can you go wrong following a man on horseback?" "This is a march for protection of human rights ...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty... , elimination of poverty, supremacy of constitution, rule of law and end of corruption," he said, urging transporters who were not being issued permits and licenses to participate without the provincial government's approval. Good idea. It supports democracy to ignore laws and regulations and city ordinances and such. Qadri's march comes amid widespread demonstrations in major Pak cities in solidarity with the victims of a series of gruesome bombings in Quetta on Thursday. The relatives of the victims, mostly from the minority Hazara Shia community, have refused to bury the dead as long as the Army takes control of the city, which is the lovely provincial capital. of Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 He gonna make salt? |
| Posted by: Dopey Sinatra9196 2013-01-14 17:10 |