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| Qadri terms Shahbaz murderer of PAT workers |
| 2014-08-09 |
| [DAWN] Pakistain Awami Tehrik (PAT) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri ...Pak politician, and would-be dictator, founder and head of Tehreek-e-Minhajul Quran and Pakistain Awami Tehrik. He usually resides in Canada, but returns to Pakistain periodically to foam at the mouth and lead demonstrations. Depending on which way the wind's blowing, Qadri claims to be the author of Pak's blasphemy law. Other times he says it wasn't him... on Friday night said that a party activist was killed and six others injured in a clash with police earlier and termed Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif ...Pak dynastic politician, brother of PM Nawaz Sharif, chief minister of Punjab... , murderer of the "15 deaders." Speaking to the media, he said the group would have "no choice other than giving a final call of revolution to the entire nation to come out on streets and march towards Islamabad and quiet provincial capitals to topple (the) government," should the arrests of his followers continue. He alleged that more than 500 followers were jugged You have the right to remain silent... by police in a campaign of intimidation. Qadri, who is normally Canada-based, returned to Pakistain in June to lead what he terms a "peaceful revolution." Clashes between Qadri supporters and police in June left 14 activists dead in a rare example of political violence in the relatively peaceful Punjab province. The holy man had previously announced "deaders day," a mass prayer session for the victims of June's violence to be held on August 10 in Lahore but it is unclear whether he plans to march on the capital the same day. A religious moderate, Qadri commands tens of thousands of followers and held a disruptive four-day sit-in protest against the government in 2013, months ahead of the election that saw Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... come to power for the third time. Earlier, sources in the Punjab administration told DawnNews that Punjab CM Shahbaz Sharif had issued orders to the police to arrest Dr Qadri. The orders were issued as PAT workers armed with clubs clashed with coppers in Lahore Model Town, with reports of several people being injured. |
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