Rulers to pack up before end of August: Qadri

LAHORE: Pakistan Awami Tahreek (PAT) Chief, Dr. Tahirul Qadri on Sunday said, the 10th of August will be observed as ‘Youm-e-Shuhda’ in honour of the martyrs of Model Town and candlelight vigils will be held across Pakistan.

Addressing a general workers meeting in Lahore, Dr. Tahirul Qadri guaranteed that Youm-e-Shuhda will be peaceful but added, that if workers were stopped from observing Youm-e-Shuhda then the observers will move towards Jati Umra in Raiwind.

He said if the rulers want to save jati Umra (Nawaz Sharif’s residence), then they must stop tyranny. He warned Punjab police not to become a party and added that any operation conducted on Youm-e-Shuhda would be be an invitation for ‘Damadam Must Qalandar’.

Dr. Qadri said the rulers would pack up before the end of August, adding if legal action was not taken the people’s decision would prevail. Nawaz Sharif should decide whether the federal government should go first or the Punjab government, he added.

Phone Call-recordings

The PAT Chief has held Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif responsible for the carnage in Lahore at the Minhaj-ul-Quran secretariat. Qadri claimed that Sharif’s involvement was evident in the phone call-recordings which he will make public when the time comes.

Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri alleged that the rulers have allowed the accused police officers to run away from the country. He added that PAT followed the path of the constitution and the law and submitted a petition for the registration of an FIR against the nominated persons.

Dr. Qadri added that for the sake of peace and to uphold the principle of no-violence, his party refrained from any steps that would have destroyed the Jati Umra palace in Raiwind adding that PAT would not have buried the coffins of their martyrs until the end of the Punjab government.

PAT Chief said that the supremacy of the constitution and the rule of law did not exist in Pakistan. He inquired from the western countries if an incident similar to the Lahore tragedy occurred in their country, wouldn't the elected government have resigned.