Two injured in Hyderabad after PTI, PPP clashes
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HYDERABAD: A Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) office in Latifabad was ransacked while aerial firing injured two Insaf Students Federation (ISF) activists, on Sunday night.
Reports said that unidentified persons ransacked a PTI office in G.O.R colony and beat ISF district president Umair Shaikh.
According to PTI Hyderabad district president Dr Mustansir Billa, the attackers belonged to the Pakistan People Party (PPP).
He said that party activists burned tyres on the road in protest, while another group of PPP activists arrived at the scene and resorted to firing.
He said two activists received injuries and have been shifted to Bhittai Hospital. He said that the police arrived at scene after a delay of one hour.
Meanwhile, around 80 to 100 PPP activists burned an effigy of PTI Chairman Imran Khan outside the local press club and raised slogans against him.
The PPP's protest followed an incident in London where PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari was interrupted during his speech while he was addressing a Kashmir million march rally.
According to PPP Senator Saeed Ghani, who is in-charge PPP Sindh Media Cell, the PTI activists along with some Indians had first tried to restrain the PPP chairman from making a speech in the march.
He said the miscreants threw some objects and plastic bottles at Bilawal as well. He added that they used objectionable language and then kept interrupting the PPP chairman.
He said that it was highly condemnable as the PPP chairman was raising the Kashmir issue when PTI activists resorted to such tactics. He added that London police then escorted Bilawal safely from the venue.
Bilawal's younger sister Assefa tweeted after the incident:
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Oct 27, 2014 01:14am
I am a strong supporter of imran khan but he should condemn what happened in UK ... what the world would think ..we should be United at least for Kashmir
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Oct 27, 2014 01:19am
These patrimonial parties if they can't get their way, they resort to thuggery and violence.
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Oct 27, 2014 01:23am
Just saw the Chairman's address to the Kashmir rally in London. It was a rather cheap attempt to get political mileage on a topic that he doesn't even understand. Appropriate response from the protesters and the Chairman had to be rescued by the London Met.
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Oct 27, 2014 01:25am
Million march became only thousand march.... pathetic. First have unity among yourselves, then fight for others.
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Oct 27, 2014 01:28am
If anything happens in London, why reaction in Sindh? It shows its an easy ground and there is no law.
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Oct 27, 2014 01:39am
those whining about PTI supporters being rude on twitter take note.... this is how all other pakistani parties react!
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Oct 27, 2014 01:42am
as PTI is getting more popular in interior sindh ppp is reacting whicj is not fair-------------all these years they did nothing for
them its pethetic------what does BILAWAL ZARDARI know .what has he done so far besides screaming and reading someone
elses written speeches,he should be sent for 6months to serve at Saichin with the soldiers.
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Oct 27, 2014 01:47am
Shame.... This should have been a united front. settle petty issues at home. I don't support bilawal but was not the place or time.
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Oct 27, 2014 01:51am
PPP is frustrated in London like PMLn experienced in New York. They are obsoleted parties with depleting trend, especially in urban areas of Pakistan and abroad anywhere in the world.
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Oct 27, 2014 01:54am
And people want to continue with status quo it seems to me
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Oct 27, 2014 02:20am
Why ppl blaming PTI ? It was ordinary kashmiri ppl who were angry so see event being hijacked by PPP. I was there. Barrister Sultan has alot to answer for.
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Oct 27, 2014 02:21am
What happened today in UK is the out come of hate speech every day in Islamabad.
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Oct 27, 2014 02:33am
A clash implies that PPP and PTI both attacked each other. But from news reports it's clear that PPP thugs vandalised PTI offices and openly fired at them.
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Oct 27, 2014 02:33am
PPP has neglected sindh for decades they did nothing for poors in interior sindh now that pti is making push into sindh PPP is exposed
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Oct 27, 2014 02:36am
O, You guys, Quit fighting. No need to get desperate.Usually I see some fighting at election poling booths. But its not election time yet. No sense fighting.
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Oct 27, 2014 02:44am
@Anon So PTI is like any other political party - quite an admission !
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Oct 27, 2014 02:45am
Looser behavior of PTI in London.... my way or highway dharna approach just like IK...
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Oct 27, 2014 02:55am
It was stupid to give so much importance to this PPP chairman,Zardari Junior.They should have let him speak.Do you think that it will make any difference .This issue is just Political now.Both sides use it for election.And if Zardari junior thinks that he will gain popularity just by talking about Kashmir issue,then he is ignorant about history of subcontinent.Kashmir issue is very complicated now,but it is good to make fool common people,to get popularity.Very unfortunate that our politicians are still using it just to gain popularity.
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Oct 27, 2014 03:09am
For the sake of the grater cause these parties should unite. Please all support this million man march in London and bring more awe seance into the matter.
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Oct 27, 2014 03:17am
Could I make it clear to every one , those who took part in London were mostly Kashmiris and a small number of Pakistanis, 100% no Indian Hindus , so don't blame them , a lot British Pakistanis and Kashmiris are fed up with old gaurd and fully support IK and it was them who we're shouting go Bilawal go, and we made sure he went!!
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Oct 27, 2014 03:47am
Whether we agree with each other at home or not, we should at least pretend to be united for the cause of Kashmir which is critical for all of us. I have never been a supporter of PPP and I condemn the attacks. But I also strongly condemn the shameful acts of angry and arrogant PTI supporters which not only brought shame to the country but also did considerable loss to the million march. We should admit that Bilawal has the most candid and clear stance regarding Kashmir and against terrorism. PTI should stop its mischievous behavior.
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Oct 27, 2014 03:51am
So only people like Hafiz Saeed can talk about Kashmir issue in our Naya Pakistan? May God save us from Imran Khan and his Naya Pakistan, Ameen!
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Oct 27, 2014 03:54am
Why was Bilawal invited in the first place, it wasn't a PPP event
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Oct 27, 2014 04:22am
But why Bilawal was representing Pakistan? That is the best we can do... Shame.
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Oct 27, 2014 04:48am
@Akhter I am sorry Mr. Akhter National interest have overtaken by container politics. Every day we hear hate speech and we are fed up with it.
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Oct 27, 2014 04:51am
At least we should be accomodative to each other and show solidarity on Kashmir issue in U.K.and elsewhere.
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Oct 27, 2014 05:01am
anyone who thinks that what happened in London was wrong needs to look at the real picture. Bilawal Zardari was tripping to take political mileage out of this situation and was trying to slow that he is a leader and speaks for all Pakistan. He does not.
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Oct 27, 2014 05:08am
@Azad Kashmir
Sir. The only greater cause these politicians is ---- there power + bank accounts. And that's the truth --/- it applies to Indian politicians too.
And unite?? Yes sir they did -- PPP and PMLN to save their behinds And for the greater cause -- status quo.
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Oct 27, 2014 05:10am
I think it's enough now----- Bilawal should stop calling himself a Bhutto
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Oct 27, 2014 05:15am
PTI supporters were so loud about democratic right to do dharnas and speeches but apparently it doesn't apply ti their opponents. I think all politicians should have gone to the stage to speak to show solidarity
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Oct 27, 2014 05:57am
For starters it was not PTI supporters. The problem arose when BBZ attempted to sabotage the million march for his own political agenda by shouting Jiyae Bhutto. For a news organization you should be ashamed of your erroneous reporting.
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Oct 27, 2014 06:05am
This whole gathering is now a joke in UK. Kashmiris are the first who were blaming pakistan than India.
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Oct 27, 2014 06:14am
You guys keep fighting. There has been no mention of the million march in BBC, sky news or any of the U.S. newspapers. I heard there were just couple thousand people - next time, need to be prepared because these flop marches are counter productive.
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Oct 27, 2014 06:33am
Bilawal should leave politics to Fatima Bhutto and go to Dubai where he belong.
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Oct 27, 2014 06:38am
Sharam Karo. Khuda ka Khauff Karo. London have you the permission and you started showing the typical Pakistani behaviour of throwing eggs and bottles. That is why no one other than Pakistani and Kashmiris joined the march. It was just few thousand people.
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Oct 27, 2014 06:40am
Welcome to politics Billu!
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Oct 27, 2014 06:44am
@Umar Aftab "Appropriate response from the protesters and the Chairman had to be rescued by the London Met"
Oye Pakistaniyon...you guys could not even organize a march and you are asking for Kashmir. Cannot believe you were throwing eggs and tomatoes. Well I should not be surprised... I remember once at the Pakistani Independence Day celebration few years ago, there was a fist fight between organizers on the stage.
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Oct 27, 2014 06:52am
I had more people in my wedding party than at this "million" March.
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Oct 27, 2014 06:58am
All the attempts of fooling Kashmiris exposed ; thanks to these selfish and immature politician kids.
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Oct 27, 2014 06:59am
On Kashmir issue, we should be all united as Pakistanis. Its a shame that some indians took advantage and made the incident ugly.
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Oct 27, 2014 07:02am
@Azad Kashmir Well said.
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Oct 27, 2014 07:05am
Righ or wrong PTI should have the decency to listen to opposing point of view. I guess they are getting frustrated because of failure of dharna
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Oct 27, 2014 07:08am
@Noor You mean if its kashmir be united else you kill each other. First of all you cannot get an inch of kashmir now rather you may lose your part of kashmir, but still you people chant kashmir kashmir instead of development and good governance.
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Oct 27, 2014 07:26am
This is called a "Turf War!"
Desperate power hungry parties.
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Oct 27, 2014 07:26am
Please stop this nonsense! Political differences are alright but why fight for that,every1 please maintain peace and harmony.
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Oct 27, 2014 07:59am
Poor bilawal can' t take care affairs in Pakistan and he wants to meddle with internal affir of India
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Oct 27, 2014 08:09am
Since the time Bilawal has come into picture with all of his stupidity, PPP is resorting to cheap actions. Bilawal don't act like an educated person. He is proving himself a negative. If he stays for lonf PPP will be converted into a leftist party.
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Oct 27, 2014 08:10am
Please leave kashmiri people alone. We are fed up with Pakistan violence policy for the last 2 decades. We have lost many family members and friends in this matter. We do not want to become prey for terrorists and religion politics. Whats the guarantee that kashmir will not become another pakistan or Afghanistan?
I beg all pakistanis, its army and politicians to leave us alone and look after your people and country for peace and stability.
- Abdul
Srinagar.
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Oct 27, 2014 08:11am
How could they chant Bhutto slogans from stage when the rally was for Kashmir cause.Predominantly the participants belonged to PTI and bilawal wanted to get political mileage from that. PPP should be ashamed of this. They don't have 5 % representation in Pakistani expats community.
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Oct 27, 2014 08:13am
pepples believe in democracy, but don't worship leaders. Stop hate it never work.
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Oct 27, 2014 08:14am
Bilawal is showing immuturity by giving reckless statements on Kashmir. Yesterday he was pretending to be tough against Taliban. Now it is Kashmir. His foolish statements are not helping an already tense situation on the border.
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Oct 27, 2014 08:24am
Please can any body tell me how many zero are in Pakistani Million.
If 500= 1 Million then I agree it was million man march.
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Oct 27, 2014 08:39am
Politics is a dance party, a 'barat' at start and violence at end like divorce. Otherwise we all know very well that hyderabad has nothing to do with london.
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Oct 27, 2014 08:40am
some thing happening in London ,why reaction in sindh?before MQM was blamed by PPP....it shows mentality and approach is same in political parties.
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Oct 27, 2014 08:41am
@Rajesh we have unity it's reaction to little Zardari only You on the other hand should worry about your own country.
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Oct 27, 2014 09:03am
Hatred against India is a hot selling cake for pakistan politicians ....
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Oct 27, 2014 09:03am
"According to PPP Senator Saeed Ghani, who is in-charge PPP Sindh Media Cell, the PTI activists along with some Indians had first tried to restrain the PPP chairman from making a speech in the march...."
Wow, so now PTI has joined hands with Indians in restraining the PPP???
I wonder if Pakistan's fairy tale industry actually made some money, Pakistan would be the world's largest economy by far.
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Oct 27, 2014 09:14am
That's why Kashmiris have zero faith in Pakistan , you people have never failed to show us again and again that you're most disorganised and useless country
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Oct 27, 2014 09:18am
Finally, PPP shows off its true colors. A party of thugs and criminals vandalizing another political party's office and beating up its members while its chairman cries democracy in some remote land.
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Oct 27, 2014 09:24am
Why involve 'PPP' or any other party. It should have been a purely Kashmir Issue. Those who arranged this Event lost a good opportunity for a just cause and made a 'FOOL' of themselves.
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Oct 27, 2014 09:28am
PPPP and Bilawal should live in today's Pakistan...they are living in 1967.
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Oct 27, 2014 09:41am
@Mariam
Because azad media is sold out to Indian agents
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Oct 27, 2014 09:45am
@Akhter
Shame on you. Today whole Pakistan feel shame due to your and your so called leader actions
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Oct 27, 2014 09:46am
Both the London and Latifabad incidents were stage managed by PPP and BBZ.
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Oct 27, 2014 09:49am
Hahahahahaha Burnol for PPP. First of all there were no Indians in the Kashmir Rally and they have better things to do then to join rallies which do not make any significant impact regarding the Kashmir Dispute at all. Secondly even if there were Indian Agents trying to sabotage the speech of the so called great youth leader Bilawal, then it would had become a highly ugly face off between participants of the rally that are real Pakistanis and the Indian Agents, i.e if people really loved Bilawal they would have clashed with the so called "Indian Agents" right at the spot as soon as slogans were hurled against Bilawal. So this does show almost 90 percent of the rally did not like the idea of Bilawal making the rally a PPP jalsa so that's why no body stopped the hooligans from making more mess and sided with them by throwing eggs and tomatoes on the so called boy prince :P. And hating PPP does not mean you are a PTI supporter. PPP should learn that by now that after 5 years of pathetic governess even PPP jiyalas now spit on Zardari's name and hate the PPP, but guess what? They do not support PTI as well. So stop finding stupid lame excuses for your incompetence and for once accept the fact that people everywhere do not like you. Live with it . Besides what was the last thing the PPP did for Kashmir during their 5 year tenure? Let me tell you "NOTHING"
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Oct 27, 2014 09:56am
PTI=MQM
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Oct 27, 2014 10:03am
No, its wrong to say that pti supporter protested infact kashmiris nolonger want imature n childish pak leaders in there struggle as they feel they couldnt do justice with there own people n country how can they help kashmiris. So it was kashmiris who protested.
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Oct 27, 2014 10:22am
This is lunacy. This is back stabbing to Kashmir cause. There are people in Pakistan who want to create Syria like situation. They had been supporting Taliban and now they want to destroy the core Pakistan's foreign policy issue. It is a shameful act
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Oct 27, 2014 10:52am
@Noor Dear Mr /Ms Noor....please note that the Kashmir issue is being played with solely for political mileage either by Bilawal or his predecessors ...all of them. Had there been any, repeat any sincerity the issue may have been solved long...long ago. Understand ? Moreover please also try to understand that interrupting any one's speech is not so bad from any angle so why such an action needs to be condemned ? The thing which really needs to condemned and in fact the attackers to be punished is the attack and burning of PTI office etc. Sorry to note dear Noor that you did not find it necessary to condemn the acts of PPP activists. May one ask why ??
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Oct 27, 2014 12:19pm
I proves the atrocities not of, PTI but the hands reinforcing it.
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Oct 27, 2014 02:35pm
28 children have died in SIndh because of hunger and the 80 year old Chief Minister said in the Sindh parliament today that there is no issue and media is exagerating the problem. Also his "child chairman" is in London to show his solidarity with Kashmiris. Obviously, London is a lot more attractive place to be be then interior Sindh. Can people of Sindh not see that these people have no interest in the poor and illiterate people they represent.
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Oct 28, 2014 09:55am
@Noor 67 years of obsession spent most of budget on army promoting insurgency in Kashmir what are gains a nation with poverty uneducated people lawlessness and no future to look forward to. All this for Kashmir a land with no natural resources only drain on resources
Kashmir can benefit only politicians and army not common Pakistani.
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Oct 28, 2014 02:09pm
Democracy is the best revenge. This is PPP's democracy. This is the culture they incorporate since ZAB times I.e Harras your rival by these tactics. Re Kashmir rally can someone remind PPP this issue was there when they were in government. Bilawal or his father never raised it then now they became the champions of the cause.
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Oct 28, 2014 08:06pm
As a Kashmiri descendant nothing of intelligence from Master Zardari has surfaced up to date,let us fight our own battle , many thanks for nothing.
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Oct 29, 2014 02:16am
PTI represent young educated youth and at the same time behave like wild human creature.
Throwing bottle on Bilawal face was not decent, instead they could use posters to show there protest.
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Oct 29, 2014 09:20pm
@Zafar Yes zi agree, i was at the march and people were very angry that PPP had turned it into their rally by raising PPP slogans. One member of the stage even threw bottles back at the crowd which made the situation even worse.
On the way back home nearly everyone in the coach agreed that if they had known the march was organised by PPP then they would never had ateendedthe rally.,,,,
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