No elections before reforms: Dr Qadri

ISLAMABAD: Tehrik-e-Minhajul Quran leader Dr Tahirul Qadri said on Wednesday that his supporters will not let the elections to take place if they will be announced without the reforms, Geo News reported.

Dr Qadri was talking to Geo News and said that if it is legitimate to lick the boots of Army and receive money from them, then why it cannot be consulted for the country’s larger benefit.

The TMQ leader assured that they will not let the elections to take place without announcing the reforms in the election process.

Hoping to keep the Tehrik Minhaj-ul-Quran’s (TMQ) marchers at bay, a third layer of shipping containers was being lined up between D-Chowk and the sit-in site earlier today.

The authorities in federal capital are trying their best to stop the thronging sit-inners from making inroads towards the Parliament House or other sensitive establishments that fall in the Red Zone.

On the other hand dozens of TMQ‘s stick-wielding activists kept a vigil about the sit-in site all night long.

Earlier on Tuesday, Dr Tahirul Qadri said he had delivered half of his speech and half of the job was done as the Supreme Court had ordered the arrest of the prime minister, and on Wednesday (today), God willing, the remaining job would be done.

In a speech tinged with emotion to a cheering crowd of hundreds of thousands, he greeted the audience on hearing the SC order for the arrest of Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf in connection with Rental Power Projects (RPPs) corruption case.

He offered two Nawafils (thanksgiving prayers) and advised his supporters to do so on the development. Dr Qadri described it as his victory.

During his speech, Dr Qadri clarified that his sit-in was for the supremacy of the Constitution and to pave the way for true democracy as per the provisions of the Constitution.

He added he was in favour of real democracy in Pakistan, and claimed only two institutions — the judiciary and the armed forces — were functioning, and paid tributes to them for their services.