PTI's sit-in: The place to be?
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Imran Khan announced a countrywide civil disobedience movement against the government on Saturday, giving a 48-hour deadline for his demands to be met. He called his supporters to stop paying utility bills and taxes, as the final outcome of his Azadi march-turned-dharna is becoming increasingly uncertain.
Meanwhile, over at Khayaban-i-Suharwardy, the much hyped Inqilab of Pakistan Awami Tehreek chief Dr Tahirul Qadri seemed to have run out of steam, having already issued his own ultimatum to the government on Saturday night.
In an effort to reenergise his supporters, Dr Qadri presented a formula that he promised would fetch the country over Rs4 trillion, which could be spent on the betterment of the common man.
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Aug 19, 2014 02:03am
H. S. Suharwardy sacrificed his life in General Ayub's prison cell for a democratic Pakistan . However, Imran-Qadri's activities at 'Khayaban-i-Suharwardy' is completely the opposite.
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Aug 20, 2014 02:51pm
@M. Emad Is this democracy where 14 people die and the FIR is not registered. where are the democratic responsibilities of the rulers towards the public. will our so called rulers will ever be answerable to the public. our per capita in the last ten years has doubled but has that translated into the alleviation of poverty. has there been any improvement in the quality of education and health. The percentage of GDP to tax has gone down, the police has become worse and acts more like private security. And to top it all there is no intent by the our democratic rulers to actually drive our country towards real democracy because they only shout out about the democratic norms that suit them.
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Aug 20, 2014 02:53pm
@M. Emad Is this democracy where 14 people die and the FIR is not registered. where are the democratic responsibilities of the rulers towards the public. will our so called rulers will ever be answerable to the public. our per capita in the last ten years has doubled but has that translated into the alleviation of poverty. has there been any improvement in the quality of education and health. The percentage of GDP to tax has gone down, the police has become worse and acts more like private security. And to top it all there is no intent by the our democratic rulers to actually drive our country towards real democracy because they only shout out about the democratic norms that suit them.
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Aug 21, 2014 11:18am
@M. Emad Rightly and well said.But I still think Nawaz should go and Zardari should never come back.Basically I want to see Sharifs and Zardaris to leave Pakistan for ever.Pakistan needs a fresh face and a new blood to stabalize the immune system.
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