Is Qadri starting to wind up?
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Exhausted and frustrated, Pakistani protesters want to go home
(Reuters) - Arshad Shah, a Pakistani protester, feels trapped: worn out after weeks of street demonstrations against the government, he wants to go home but protest organizers will not let him.
Like many other protesters led by cleric Tahir ul-Qadri, Shah said organizers had taken away his national identification card to prevent him from leaving the protest site outsidegovernment
offices in the center of the Pakistani capital.
"Some (organizers) will make up excuses for why they can't return out cards yet, others will just say directly that we can't leave until the sit-in is over," said Shah who joined the rallies from the central Pakistani city of Sargodha.
"I just want our cards back so we can leave."
Others said they were instructed to turn in their cards on a daily basis, get paid to spend the day at the rally and claim the card back at the end of the day.
"I come in the morning and submit my CNIC (Computerised National Identity Card) to Qadri's people who then give us our daily wages of 300-400 rupees ($3-$4). We then sit around here all day," said Niaz Ahmed, a daily wage labourer.
"After Dr Qadri makes his speech in the evening, we get our ID cards back and off we go. The next day we come back again. I'm making almost the same money sitting around here all day as I did working hard all day."Anti-government demonstrations erupted in Pakistanlast month, with protest organizers saying their supporters will not leave until Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resigns - a month-long standoff which has destabilized the South Asian nation.
Several attempts by Sharif's aides to find a negotiated solution have failed, with protest organizers refusing to back down from their demand for his resignation.
The confrontation briefly turned violent at the end of last month, with thousands trying to storm Sharif's house.
But since then, the protests have dragged on listlessly, with weary protesters huddling inside their tents or sleeping on the grass verges of the capital's grandest avenues.
SORRY STATE
Qadri's camp categorically denied allegations that it was paying its activists or taking their identity cards away.
"Dr Qadri has openly allowed people to leave if they have to. He announced this in public as well," said Shahid Mursaleen, a spokesman for Qadri's party.
"I strongly reject this accusation. This is untrue and those who are saying this are probably not Dr Qadri's protesters."
Qadri's activists have rallied alongside protesters led by another opposition politician, former cricket hero Imran Khan.
Unlike Khan's supporters who tend to gather in the evening, Qadri's protesters are camped out outside government offices all day, sleeping and sheltering from the scorching sun or monsoon downpours in tents.
The protest site, within walking distance of many embassies and ministries, is in a sorry state, littered with rubbish, with the stench of human waste hanging in the air.
On the edge of the protest site, men line up every day near a burst pipe and take showers one by one. Women complain that they have hardly showered more than a few times in the last month. Some fear an outbreak of mosquito-borne dengue fever among the protesters.
"The disease can rapidly spread," said Dengue Expert Committee Chairman Javed Akram. "There is no proper sewerage facility in the area. The vulnerability of the sit-in participants has increased because of the unavailability of a waste management system."
At least three women protesters, all of them domestic workers, said they had been paid to come to the rallies when they were first launched. One of them, with three children under the age of six, said mothers were paid 2,500 rupees ($25) more.
"You got paid more if you have a child," said Rukhsana Bibi, one of the women. "They wanted more women with children to join the rallies so the pay for that was higher."
Exhausted and frustrated, Pakistani protesters want to go home| Reuters
(Reuters) - Arshad Shah, a Pakistani protester, feels trapped: worn out after weeks of street demonstrations against the government, he wants to go home but protest organizers will not let him.
Like many other protesters led by cleric Tahir ul-Qadri, Shah said organizers had taken away his national identification card to prevent him from leaving the protest site outsidegovernment
"Some (organizers) will make up excuses for why they can't return out cards yet, others will just say directly that we can't leave until the sit-in is over," said Shah who joined the rallies from the central Pakistani city of Sargodha.
"I just want our cards back so we can leave."
Others said they were instructed to turn in their cards on a daily basis, get paid to spend the day at the rally and claim the card back at the end of the day.
"I come in the morning and submit my CNIC (Computerised National Identity Card) to Qadri's people who then give us our daily wages of 300-400 rupees ($3-$4). We then sit around here all day," said Niaz Ahmed, a daily wage labourer.
"After Dr Qadri makes his speech in the evening, we get our ID cards back and off we go. The next day we come back again. I'm making almost the same money sitting around here all day as I did working hard all day."Anti-government demonstrations erupted in Pakistanlast month, with protest organizers saying their supporters will not leave until Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resigns - a month-long standoff which has destabilized the South Asian nation.
Several attempts by Sharif's aides to find a negotiated solution have failed, with protest organizers refusing to back down from their demand for his resignation.
The confrontation briefly turned violent at the end of last month, with thousands trying to storm Sharif's house.
But since then, the protests have dragged on listlessly, with weary protesters huddling inside their tents or sleeping on the grass verges of the capital's grandest avenues.
SORRY STATE
Qadri's camp categorically denied allegations that it was paying its activists or taking their identity cards away.
"Dr Qadri has openly allowed people to leave if they have to. He announced this in public as well," said Shahid Mursaleen, a spokesman for Qadri's party
"I strongly reject this accusation. This is untrue and those who are saying this are probably not Dr Qadri's protesters."
Qadri's activists have rallied alongside protesters led by another opposition politician, former cricket hero Imran Khan.
Unlike Khan's supporters who tend to gather in the evening, Qadri's protesters are camped out outside government offices all day, sleeping and sheltering from the scorching sun or monsoon downpours in tents.
The protest site, within walking distance of many embassies and ministries, is in a sorry state, littered with rubbish, with the stench of human waste hanging in the air.
On the edge of the protest site, men line up every day near a burst pipe and take showers one by one. Women complain that they have hardly showered more than a few times in the last month. Some fear an outbreak of mosquito-borne dengue fever among the protesters.
"The disease can rapidly spread," said Dengue Expert Committee Chairman Javed Akram. "There is no proper sewerage facility in the area. The vulnerability of the sit-in participants has increased because of the unavailability of a waste management
At least three women protesters, all of them domestic workers, said they had been paid to come to the rallies when they were first launched. One of them, with three children under the age of six, said mothers were paid 2,500 rupees ($25) more.
"You got paid more if you have a child," said Rukhsana Bibi, one of the women. "They wanted more women with children to join the rallies so the pay for that was higher."
Exhausted and frustrated, Pakistani protesters want to go home| Reuters
A relative of mine said, some people went there 4-5 family members, for 4k a day. Now they want extend this to get more money. So no they will not leave once TuQ himself go back.
Some of the followers were told, if they go to dharna they will get janah. So obivously, they will not leave, until TuQ decide how much more they have to sit, to get jabah.
Last, TuQ cause is dead any.. now he is sitting there for face saving. Imran Khan already betray him and left back to D-Chowk
Some of the followers were told, if they go to dharna they will get janah. So obivously, they will not leave, until TuQ decide how much more they have to sit, to get jabah.
Last, TuQ cause is dead any.. now he is sitting there for face saving. Imran Khan already betray him and left back to D-Chowk
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Ideological wave will turn into storm in 2, 3 days: Tahirul Qadri
ISLAMABAD: (Dunya News) – Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr. Tahirul Qadri has said that the sit-ins have raised an ideological wave in the hearts and minds of the people and this wave will turn into a storm within next 2 to 3 days. He said that Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has admitted in its review report that there were mass level irregularities during the Election 2013.
Speaking at the sit-in today (Monday) in Islamabad, Tahirul Qadri said that a massive crackdown against PAT workers is expected tomorrow. He said ECP has admitted in its review report that institutions did not cooperate with the ECP. He alleged that the ECP kept the review report concealed and now put the report on the website in dark of the night.
Dr. Qadri told that Islamabad High Court has suspended Section 144 till September 29. He said that the workers belonging to Islamabad and Rawalpindi to go anywhere they wanted to. He said that the job of the assemblies is to provide basic rights to the people instead of snatching them.
Ideological wave will turn into storm in 2, 3 days: Tahirul Qadri | Pakistan | Dunya News
ISLAMABAD: (Dunya News) – Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr. Tahirul Qadri has said that the sit-ins have raised an ideological wave in the hearts and minds of the people and this wave will turn into a storm within next 2 to 3 days. He said that Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has admitted in its review report that there were mass level irregularities during the Election 2013.
Speaking at the sit-in today (Monday) in Islamabad, Tahirul Qadri said that a massive crackdown against PAT workers is expected tomorrow. He said ECP has admitted in its review report that institutions did not cooperate with the ECP. He alleged that the ECP kept the review report concealed and now put the report on the website in dark of the night.
Dr. Qadri told that Islamabad High Court has suspended Section 144 till September 29. He said that the workers belonging to Islamabad and Rawalpindi to go anywhere they wanted to. He said that the job of the assemblies is to provide basic rights to the people instead of snatching them.
Ideological wave will turn into storm in 2, 3 days: Tahirul Qadri | Pakistan | Dunya News
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But for that change why did he travel to Iran for meeting and "seeking the blessings" of a senior Iranian cleric?
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And why the hell protesters need his permission before leaving this protests and going home? Are they his dumb slave or vwhat?
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Mureedens.....
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Old man who lost his senses and should go back to canada..if he wanted to genuinely change the nation towards betterment then why left it in the first place? Took escape route for himself and changing it for othrrs lol
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no idea...lots of JI leader travel Iran too....why they go..have no idea..my concern is Pakistan..not Suadis or Iranian..if you are award of some inside info please enlighten us..
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These mureed dont have mind of their own to think amd make decisions for themselves?
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