...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is
Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations....
leaders on Thursday faced embarrassment when the participants of the sit-in outside the Governor's House did not allow them to join the protest for having "soft corner" for the Taliban.
A large number of people, including women and kiddies, had camped outside the Governor's House since 5pm on Wednesday under the umbrella of the Majlis Wahdatul Moslemeen (MWM) and Imamia Students Organisation to protest against the killing of Shia pilgrims in 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...
's Mastung district.
The participants were determined to continue with the protest till stern action against faceless myrmidons involved in the attacks is not initiated.
The charged participants seemed to have drawn a line between those having soft corner for the forces of Evil and the ones who are against them.
As no one from the PML-N or the Punjab government bothered to express solidarity with the participants of the sit-in, the PTI leaders -- Ejaz Chaudhry and Andleep Abbas -- visited them.
However,
it was a brave man who first ate an oyster...
the protesters asked the PTI leaders that they should better leave as "we don't need sympathy from those who support the Taliban." A group of the participants tried to convince others to let the PTI leaders sit with them but to no avail.
The same situation did not arise when the PPP leaders -- Jehangir Badr and Manzoor Wattoo -- reached there. "Bilawal
BabyBhutto Zardari
...Pak dynastic politician, son of Benazir Bhutto and grandon of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. As far as is known, Bilawal has no particular talents other than being pretty and being able to memorize political slogans, but he had the good luck to be born into the right family and he hasn't been assassinated yet...
had given a message for you! We will not surrender before terrorists," Wattoo told the participants.
"We demand that the PML-N government bring all assailants to justice," he said.
On the other hand, the MWM leaders said they would not end the protest in Lahore till the relatives of those killed in Quetta ended the sit-in there.