Imran accuses HRCP of promoting foreign agenda
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan has criticised the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan for alleging that the Islamabad sit-ins have diverted people’s attention from the current situation of human rights in the country.
Addressing participants of the PTI sit-in here on Wednesday, he questioned the sources of HRCP’s funding.
“You don’t need to tell us what is right and what is wrong, just tell me first what are the sources of funding of the HRCP which claims to have been working for the improvement of human rights in Pakistan.”
Also read: Sit-ins and extremism diverting attention from rights concerns: HRCP
Mr Khan accused the HRCP of receiving funds from abroad to promote the agenda of foreign countries to defame Pakistan.
He questioned the performance of the rights organisations, including the HRCP, about empowering women in the country.
“Can anybody tell me if the HRCP has ever highlighted the sufferings of the victims of US drone strikes in Fata,” he said.
The PTI chief said his party’s sit-in had created awareness among the people of Pakistan about their basic rights and women empowerment.
Mr Khan said he failed to understand why electricity supply to the parliament house, the president house and the prime minister house had not been disconnected despite being defaulters of Rs12.6 million, Rs10.8m and Rs6.5m, respectively.
He said the government had not been able to pay Rs556 billion to Pepco because some influential people were defaulters of Rs384bn and as a result people were facing electricity outages.
He claimed that the government had earned Rs70bn through overbilling last month and people might be subjected to overbilling of Rs100bn this month.
“I can pay my electricity bill, but I want to show to the people that they are facing power outages because the rulers don’t pay their bills and taxes.”
He said the country’s exports had declined by up to 10 per cent because of electricity shortage, but the PML-N leadership had been blaming the sit-ins for the situation.
Published in Dawn, October 16th, 2014
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Oct 16, 2014 06:41am
He is such an exploiter quote I can pay my electricity bill, but I want to show to the people that they are facing power outages because the rulers don’t pay their bills and taxes.”
Firstly he has Generators so no suffering on his part.
Secondly he is the one that does not pay taxes according to his wealth and live style himself.
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Oct 16, 2014 06:43am
He is really out of his mind.
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Oct 16, 2014 06:44am
News: "Mr Khan accused the HRCP of receiving funds from abroad to promote the agenda of foreign countries to defame Pakistan." My question, "who has defamed Pakistan all over the world due to protests, Dharna, sit-ins, threats to government of Pakistan, invading House of Parliament and Prime Minister's house, invading government's TV house? Even the President of China had to cancel his visit to Pakistan and many countries advised their citizens not to travel to Pakistan. Both Mr. Imran Khan and Maulana Qadri have defamed Pakistan.
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Oct 16, 2014 06:46am
Anything against the westrn standard is human violation nothing else.
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Oct 16, 2014 06:51am
Any one but himself works on a foreign agenda. Where as his whole conspiracy has been hatched with a foreign agenda. The longer he and his lot exposes himself the more we understand their Hypocrisy . When I take a good look at this container people it looks to me like a bunch of playboys that are trying to hijack Pakistan.
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Oct 16, 2014 06:56am
Well...it seems like these days every body has some kind of agenda...and Khan and Qadri are no exceptions... :)
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Oct 16, 2014 06:57am
Well...it seems like these days everybody has some kind of agenda...and Khan and Qadri are no exceptions... :)
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Oct 16, 2014 07:00am
Where does your funding come from captain sahib? And HRCP is externally funded because you and your ilk would never fund any organization that promotes human rights anywhere in the world. Only IK rights.
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Oct 16, 2014 07:06am
@Mansoor And you are the smartest person alive....go get a life.
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Oct 16, 2014 07:23am
I agree with IK there are certain elements in our country who are defaming Pakistan and nobody is taking a stance to it
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Oct 16, 2014 07:29am
A truly bitter person that is highly complexed.
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Oct 16, 2014 07:33am
@bilawal You are confused by your leader! think for yourself .
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Oct 16, 2014 07:39am
No matter what people / PMLN say about IK----- he is telling the truth about money laundering and electric defaulters and NS and Zardaris assets etc.
the more it's lingering on -- people will keep on hearing the same over and over again and even if election happens 3 years from now -- people will remember this. Zardari is in the middle -- he knows NS is done ( ATLEAST next election) so he is starting to concentrate against IK in the hope raft his turn is next, soon to come . Lol.
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Oct 16, 2014 07:48am
"Mr Khan accused the HRCP of receiving funds from abroad to promote the agenda of foreign countries to defame Pakistan."
Protests against PM of Pakistan in foreign countries elevates status of Pakistan ? When PM is in foreign country, he is not Nawaz Sharif, he is PM of Pakistan representing all of us. I hope PTI followers realize that IK is a demagogue and hypocrite like any other politician-may be even more.
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Oct 16, 2014 07:50am
@Mansoor
Imran may be out of mind. Can you deny the facts he puts forth!
Read a few couplets of Habib Jalib valid even today
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Oct 16, 2014 07:53am
What is going on in Pakistan, Imran Khan has problems with entire system, with tons of accusations against PM Nawaz, political, and government machinery.
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Oct 16, 2014 08:01am
Khan Sb. blame the West, India, Israel and NGOs for all your problems. The educated people are becoming sick and tired of the same conspiracy theories. The time has come for you to think out of the BOX.
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Oct 16, 2014 08:03am
"because the rulers don’t pay their bills and taxes"
Yeah. You are one of those rulers. You don't pay your bills and you do much worse than that. An insider talking like an outsider is a much worn out political tactic.
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Oct 16, 2014 08:06am
he speaks what every common paki thinks..salute to kaptaan
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Oct 16, 2014 08:07am
He is right why only poor and the middle class has to pay the bills why not the thieves sitting in the parliament.
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Oct 16, 2014 08:12am
I fully agree with Ahmed USA, but I have no doubt that HRCP is working for foreign powers. Somebody has to see from where they are getting funds. Also somebody has to see the office bearers lifestyle and their bank accounts.
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Oct 16, 2014 08:14am
@amer IK himself is acting on some foreign elements to defame our Country and he is doing it that is why he points at others. He knows how it works.
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Oct 16, 2014 08:18am
Thanx to IK, we all have been very well informed about the source of funding for PML( N) and PPP, now I want to know the source of funding of PTI, that is a mystery to me. Kia yeh bhi uper waley ka karam hai:)))
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Oct 16, 2014 08:26am
@amer Him being at the top of the list.
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Oct 16, 2014 08:37am
@Mansoor
Your comment : "He is really out of his mind."
Response: He has helped his people in the past and is doing everything possible to help them and that includes ' being out of his mind'.
Have you done anything for your people so far? If yes, then you deserve to make such a comment.
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Oct 16, 2014 08:38am
@Ahmed USA
Your comment: Well...it seems like these days everybody has some kind of agenda...and Khan and Qadri are no exceptions... :)
Response: What is yours?
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Oct 16, 2014 08:58am
IK's approach is to defaming whoever criticizes him and not to respond to his criticism. He should first tell his and PTI's sources of funds particularly for the ongoing dharnas and jalsas. He doesn't see any other person in the country killed or affected by anything else but Drones (who are terrorists by a big proportion by all witnesses) - it says a lot about his affiliation and source of funds.
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Oct 16, 2014 09:01am
@rw Thanks for letting me know.
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Oct 16, 2014 09:04am
He has really run out of ideas and topics to talk about. He has wasted his chance for next time.
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Oct 16, 2014 09:10am
IK is Pakistan's common men's voice.
HRCP is Indian and Western agent.
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Oct 16, 2014 09:20am
Khan is 100% right.
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Oct 16, 2014 09:26am
Dull man. Can't even leave HRCP.
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Oct 16, 2014 09:28am
Ik, you are such a loser, and surrounded by losers..
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Oct 16, 2014 09:42am
@Mansoor - how can you say he is out of his mind? Any proofs? If HRCP is so clean, then they should declare the funding source, nothing wrong in this.
PML-N is an ethnic party and is only supported by the people of Punjab and it has no representation outside of Punjab. Once Punjab wakes up, that'll be the end of Nawaz and his cronies.
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Oct 16, 2014 09:47am
Asking for UN intervention on one hand and blaming the UNHRCP on the other. Weird.
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Oct 16, 2014 09:59am
As IK is raising the human rights issues and HRCP is also working in the similar area. However, I see that IK take on almost holistic way and HRCP are choosy and have constraints what to speak and what not to speak.
So HRCP interests are partially inflicted by IK movement in Pakistan.
Mark my words that if IK or any sincere Govt eliminates these issues in a holistic way, HRCP and their network won't have any job and justification in Pakistan. Not sure if this is about survival of HRCP in Pakistan.
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Oct 16, 2014 10:04am
It seems all are corrupt except this man on the planet earth.
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Oct 16, 2014 10:04am
Can somebody tells any good these human rights NGOs did in Pakistan? Statements are supposed to be judged on merit.
Seems like beneficiaries are swarmed in for comments.
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Oct 16, 2014 10:16am
He is sitting on dharna with 20,000 plus people for over two months. Thats a lot of money per day, did he show where he gets his funds from?
Charity starts at home Mr Khan, and please also tell how can you afford a chartered plane?
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Oct 16, 2014 10:21am
Here is Imran Khan's rhetoric, everyone else other than people of PTI is on a foreign payroll to either defame Pakistan or to support corrupt people. And only PTI is corruption free everyone else is wrong .
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Oct 16, 2014 10:24am
HRCP had stated that due to sit ins human rights violations have increased in Pakistan. Can a person in the right frame of his mind believe this? (Unless only the two ruling families are considered "humans" while the rest of us are animals.
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Oct 16, 2014 10:29am
Wow! I am truly impressed with this guy. Indeed, Imran is a true leader in making, for he is honest and bold delivering his precise and clear message about an organization which supposed to be impartial and working towards protecting human rights and documenting all human rights violations regardless of religion, political affiliation and ethnicity, but no, not the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), it is too busy mingling in country's politics instead of doing what it supposed to do. Just look at the recent Dawn articles written by one Mr. I.A. Rehman, the director of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), and you will appreciate
Imran’s concerns about the usefulness and purpose of this organization in Pakistan – not sure who has been funding this organization, but the current and past attitude of the leadership makes you wonder about their true agenda in Pakistan.
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Oct 16, 2014 10:30am
So, Mr. Khan thinks, all the world is conspiring against Pakistan and any funding if backed by western countries has an agenda to defame Pakistan! Hmm..What a logic! Where should we awam bang our heads against? :(
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Oct 16, 2014 10:31am
I agree with Imran Khan that HRCP is following a foreign agenda to malign Pakistan. Most of all they have become the spokesman for the militants in Balochistan and try to project a bad image of the security forces by levelling baseless allegations while conniving at the target killings, kidnappings and bombings done by the militants. All such organizations are run by western intelligence agencies to pry into the matters of weaker countries. Anyone needing lessons in humanity are these western countries on a killing spree in the Middle East for the last ten years on one pretext or the other. Somebody should take responsibility for all the botched military adventures from Iraq to Afghanistan which only made matters worse.
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Oct 16, 2014 10:33am
where was HRCP in Zardari tenure, all human rights violations committed in Karachi and across Pakistan went unnoticed. And now when somebody stands up for people's right to vote, HRCP is concerned, what hypocrisy! They are more concerned of all the attention and donation IK has been receiving from Pakistani's, as they would rather have these for themselves, than the people of Pakistan. What we all should understand whether you like it or not represents a significant chunk of our population.
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Oct 16, 2014 10:33am
Advice: HRCP should be aware of giving any political statement, if it wanna sustain any little respect in our conspiracy driven country.
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Oct 16, 2014 10:36am
@ChitralToday you are absolutely right, I totally agree with you
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Oct 16, 2014 10:43am
There are millions of Pakistanis killed by terrorists. Do you have the courage to name the terrorists or you would blame HRCP if they highlight those murders by your supporters in last elections. And now you want electricity connection without paying bill. Shameful
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Oct 16, 2014 10:49am
can someone confirm what HRCP actually do for the ordinary Pakistani??? apart from fulfilling their hidden agenda
source of funding is crucial as well!!
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Oct 16, 2014 10:54am
Khan is absolutely right. All stakeholders of the corrupt system support each other. How is HRCP distracted from its work because of these sit ins? They are acting like a political wing. No doubt Khan has created an environment where everybody is getting exposed with time.
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Oct 16, 2014 10:56am
I am truly impressed with this guy. Indeed, Imran is a true leader in making, for he is honest and bold delivering his precise and clear message about an organization which supposed to be impartial and working towards protecting human rights and documenting all human rights violations regardless of religion, political affiliation and ethnicity, but no, not the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), it is too busy mingling in country's politics instead of doing what it supposed to do. Just look at the recent Dawn articles written by one Mr. I.A. Rehman, the director of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), and you will appreciate
Imran’s concerns about the usefulness and purpose of this organization in Pakistan – not sure who has been funding this organization, but the current and past attitude of the leadership makes you wonder about their true agenda in Pakistan.
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Oct 16, 2014 11:01am
i completely agree with IK. Undoubtedly, there are two rules of law in our society, one is for poor and another is for rich.
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Oct 16, 2014 11:01am
@Mansoor how? we need to think out of emotions.
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Oct 16, 2014 11:03am
@rhj nonsense argument! nowadays nearly every house has a back-up for electricity including generators.
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Oct 16, 2014 11:03am
@Mustafa J. are you NS?
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Oct 16, 2014 11:05am
@rw are you elite but dysfunctional parliamentarian?
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Oct 16, 2014 11:07am
@rhj The Prime Minister house hasn't paid its electricity dues worth 6.5 million and the presidency owes something around 10 million to the national exchequer under the same head. Now please elaborate, with your infinite wisdom, who is fooling and robbing this nation?
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Oct 16, 2014 11:08am
“Can anybody tell me if the HRCP has ever highlighted the sufferings of the victims of US drone strikes in Fata,” Yes Mr. Khan, in fact HRCP has; you may please view their 2012 annual report in which they condemned the drone strikes in FATA. You are quite misinformed, I must say.
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Oct 16, 2014 11:23am
He is there because we do not have any other substitute leadership in the country. He was mandated to bring change and deliver in KPK but he is interested only in failing PMLN in Punjab.
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Oct 16, 2014 11:51am
Mr khan.do you even have the right to ask about the sources.have you ever provided a credible source till now for the claims you have made.
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Oct 16, 2014 12:01pm
Think before you speak, Mr. U-TURN.
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Oct 16, 2014 12:01pm
His statements are getting more and more bizarre.
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Oct 16, 2014 12:10pm
Mr. Imran Khan I am your die hard supporter, but don't accuse HRCP of promoting foreign agenda as a means to silence rightful crticism.That is critical voice which is very healthy for a democracy and the country.
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Oct 16, 2014 12:25pm
Bravo Captain! HRCP is nothing but a foreign agenda promoter. They will pick up every issue which has the potential to defame Pakistan but are tight lipped on the issues of gross human rights violations.
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Oct 16, 2014 12:30pm
I see some people are criticizing Khan for set in and says this tarnish the image of Pakistan. Being a Pakistan in Europe, i feel proud to share the story of set ins in Pakistan to anyone as it shows we are on the streets against tyranny and injustice. As for set ins, it happens every where in the world, it's a democratic practice and practiced by civilized people around the world.
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Oct 16, 2014 12:32pm
Mr Imran Khan whay are you waisting your time and eneragy on us, we want to live our life the way we are living for centuries and we don't understand what are you talking about to fight against the injustice,operssion,corupption, inequality,insecurity,inhumanity so on, these are only talks from the west and they don't work here in Pakistan only thing what works here is survival of the strong I mean jis key lathy aus key beence, we are still liviing in a jungel and civiliaztion has yet to come.
If I was you I would never have involeved in this mace I would have lived my royal life and blind fold my eyes just like all the other politician are doing, Forget about this Dharna go back to your house and live relaxe life bcause life is short and you have it for only once.
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Oct 16, 2014 12:37pm
@Abid Bro...I like your ingenuity and intrigue...more fascinating is your copying people's comment while replying...not knowing what "reply" button is for...have a great day... :)
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Oct 16, 2014 12:43pm
@Natasha That assumes that he is capable of any thought at all...other than what is put in his mind by the masters of whatever agenda he follows
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Oct 16, 2014 12:47pm
@Rajab Ali Of course they can be denied...each and every one of the half-truths and outright fabrications he continues to repeat ad nauseum...and, even worse than these utterances, is the appalling set of reactionary attitudes that lies behind them
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Oct 16, 2014 12:51pm
@iqbal Malik Right on!...concur with you as well my friend...have a wonderful day... :)
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Oct 16, 2014 12:55pm
@Aftab Thank you. It was high time somebody pointed this out. Mr. Khan must enlighten us as to, between the extremists and Pakistani citizens, which side is he on?
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Oct 16, 2014 01:18pm
I love this Khan who considers that human right is a conspiracy hatched by west. What about democracy, secular education, computer, internet, Television and even cricket. Come on Khan i don't think you are that naive to believe such nonsense.
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Oct 16, 2014 01:20pm
@Mansoor Could you please tell me who has his head on his shoulders in Pakistan except for IK. He is right what has the HRCP achieved in Pakistan and from where do they get their funds.
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Oct 16, 2014 01:28pm
Right on. These foreign funded NGOs - regardless of their names and aims - are the silent means for promotion and advancement of foreign agendas.
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Oct 16, 2014 01:56pm
How come IK is right in everything and rest of all are wrong? He has spared no one yet. Does he consider him some sort of angle? He can use expensive generators to lit his 70 acre lavish house after not paying bill, but can an ordinary person follow him and do the same?
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Oct 16, 2014 01:59pm
@saad sawed how do you know all this have you seen the facts????
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Oct 16, 2014 02:29pm
@shoaib niazi - True. He does not have the vision of a leader ( just like other politicians in Pakistan ) and he is behaving like an ordinary Pakistani
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Oct 16, 2014 03:11pm
Stop on!
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Oct 16, 2014 03:25pm
@Cynical PTI USA Shabana Feryal has already answered your queries. Kindly take out time to read her TL.
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Oct 16, 2014 03:27pm
@Spock Ms. Shabana Feryal from PTI USA already answered ur querries!
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Oct 16, 2014 07:34pm
finally someone with courage questions these traitors. Why human right activists are myopic?
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