ISLAMABAD: PAT chief Dr Tahirul Qadri announced on Monday midnight at the expiry of the deadline he had set for the government to quit that a ‘people’s parliament’ would be held at the venue of his sit-in at 5pm on Tuesday.

He appealed to the masses to turn up in the large number for the event. “It will now be haram to sit at home,” he said.

Recalling the hardships suffered by PAT workers at the hands of Punjab police in the aftermath of Model Town tragedy, he said the likely ‘revolution’ by his party would be dedicated to the 14 ‘martyrs’ of Lahore.

“So far I and other leaders of Inqilab march took decisions but tomorrow the decision will be made by the people. Whatever the decision will be taken by people, we will accept it,” he said.

Published in Dawn, August 19th, 2014