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| India-Pakistan |
| Security personnel getting tired of 'standing around all day' |
| 2014-08-22 |
| [DAWN] Hot and sweaty under the weight of their riot gear, the coppers deployed to keep an eye on the Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf ...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.... and Pakistain Awami Tehrik's sit-ins have really had a rough time. Many of them have been there for almost 10 days and their frustration is now palpable. "I have served the department to the best of my abilities for several years, but now, when it is almost time for me to retire, they are insulting us," a police inspector from Faisalabad ...formerly known as Lyallpur, the third largest metropolis in Pakistain, the second largest in Punjab after Lahore. It is named after some Arab because the Paks didn't have anybody notable of their own to name it after... told Dawn from his seat near Nadra Headquarters at the entrance to the Red Zone. Also read: Dharna deadlock: Govt, PTI negotiators begin talks to end crisis "We are only given a steady diet of rice, nothing else. There is no tea in the evening or lassi for breakfast. But worst of all is the boredom; there is nothing to do here. At least I have a chair, my boys have to lie on the grass all day," he says, gesturing towards a group of uniformed coppers stretched out on the green belt next to him. Most members of the Islamabad police posted in the Red Zone positioned themselves at the foot of the viewing gallery on Parade Lane and enjoyed the music blaring from the PTI enclosure. |
| Posted by:Fred |