Long march: Next stop Islamabad!

[Leader]

I can think of a few things the US did...don't know if I am right here.

1. Threatened to support Baluchistan Freedom movement.
2. Threatened indirectly to support GB freedom movement.
3. Stopped US money to Pakistan.
4. Increased drone strikes.
and,
5. Threatened to name Haqqani Network and LeT as terrorist organisations and indirectly naming Pakistan as a Terrorist sponsor.

...I think the last one did it for them.

looks like Americans were asking the indian wish list

I can think of a few things the US did...don't know if I am right here.

1. Threatened to support Baluchistan Freedom movement.
2. Threatened indirectly to support GB freedom movement.
3. Stopped US money to Pakistan.
4. Increased drone strikes.
and,
5. Threatened to name Haqqani Network and LeT as terrorist organisations and indirectly naming Pakistan as a Terrorist sponsor.

...I think the last one did it for them.

looks like Americans were asking the indian wish list

 

[mjnaushad]

The game of chicken was getting out of hand. At the end of the day, the US is a superpower and the Pakistani government has to think rationally rather than emotionally. The US offered an olive branch with Hillary's apology and it was right for Pakistan to reciprocate and resume the relationship. The decision to drop the NATO fees was also smart; otherwise Pakistan would have been portrayed as a sellout.

This way Pakistan stood firm, got the apology and, like a gentleman keeping his word, kept its part of the bargain.

Nailed it.....

 

[K-Xeroid]

The list of civilian victims is a good starting point. It's not even confrontational. What's the US going to say? Don't talk about the victims? That will make the US look bad.

The only caveat is to be on guard against sabotage. The list of victims must NEVER include any terrorists or questionable characters. Every name must be 100% clean.

Still ! its reminds me that Raymond Davis case, Where instead of using it diplomatically our government has paid money to victim's family and made them shut, where watever we have done diplomatically is ended up as blunders. (specifically where ever U.S intervened or whereever matter comes b\w of us). But still this strategy may works If establishment shows some political will.

 

[Rank]

Mark my word... Pakistan Army have "ZERO Credibility" in front of people of Pakistan... seriously i can't explain what people in fact what 10 - 15 years old children using word about this Army...

 

[regular]

You Dam, Burn all the Trucks and Block this Supply and then Let us see what happens further.

Hey! then we gonna see a lot of fun afterwardz.......

 

[batmannow]

Mark my word... Pakistan Army have "ZERO Credibility" in front of people of Pakistan... seriously i can't explain what people in fact what 10 - 15 years old children using word about this Army...

I guss history repeating itself!
1971 a losted war begaining of bhutto popularity!
1977 end of bhutto,s popularity, asghar khan tehreek-e-istaqlal,s allianice with religious political parties, against bhutto.
End game GEN.zia-ul-haq marshall law.

Its the dam politicians , who leading this nation against its own army, but still people of pakistan comming with candles , to remember their maryters of giyari sector ?
We havnt seen , a single pakiStani protesting against it army, it the dam mullahs who want power by hook & by crook, pakistan has allready learnt its lessons from. , mullha,s dream land once swat hve became , & there is no point making whole. Pakistan becoming swat?

 

[illusion8]

looks like Americans were asking the indian wish list

‘US move result of Baloch struggle’ | DAWN.COM
Gilgit-Baltistan representatives seek US support
US lawmakers want Haqqani network named 'terrorist' group - The Times of India
The Hindu : News : U.S. designates two LET militants

 

[AHMED85]

How many ways the infant take feed of milk...
There are two way
1) From Mother
&
2) Bottle
so America face no more problem but gain good Assessment in strategic division...

 

[pak-marine]

JI announces 'dharna' against Nato supply routes reopening


By Web Desk
Published: July 8, 2012

Workers of Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) protest in Karachi against the reopening of Nato supply routes. PHOTO: ONLINE


PESHAWAR: The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) will hold a protest (dharna) against the reopening of Nato supply routes in the Hayatabad area of Peshawar on July 16, Express News reported.
Addressing the media on Sunday at the Islamic Center in Peshawar, JI leader and senator Professor Ibrahim said that by reopening the supply routes, the government had bypassed the Parliamentary resolution.
Referring to the proposed decision in this regard, he added that it was decided that the US would apologise over the Salala attack, which resulted in the loss of 24 Pakistan soldiers, and stop drone attacks in Pakistan. Instead, the US simply said ‘sorry’, which does not equate to an apology and drone attacks have not stopped either, he argued.
Professor Ibrahim said that the JI would force the government into withdrawing their decision to reopen Nato supply routes.
The JI will also hold a long march on July 17 from Bagh-e-Naran to Khyber Pass.
Recently the JI held a protest in Karachi too, in this regard.

 

[Areesh]

‘US move result of Baloch struggle’ | DAWN.COM
Gilgit-Baltistan representatives seek US support
US lawmakers want Haqqani network named 'terrorist' group - The Times of India
The Hindu : News : U.S. designates two LET militants

Oh bhai these are totally irrelevant to the reopening of supply line. As I said it is related with dollars.

 

[Thorough Pro]

You Dam, Burn all the Trucks and Block this Supply and then Let us see what happens further.

Indians can only wait and see through their ever-lasting painfull constipation.

 

[Awesome]

The march is making the usual biased headlines in the west. But Pakistanis thanday parhay huay hain, because "bohot hogaya, ab wapis ghulami pe ajana chahiye".

No matter who is doing the march, the march has a good reason behind it and its working out... Might as well show some real patriotism and fight the Wadera in Chief in Islamabad.

Islamists march against Pakistan supply routes - Washington Times

LAHORE, Pakistan — Thousands of hard-line Islamists streamed toward Pakistan’s capital in a massive convoy of vehicles Sunday to protest the government’s decision to allow the U.S. and other NATO countries to resume shipping troop supplies through the country to Afghanistan.

The demonstration, which started in the eastern city of Lahore, was organized by the Difah-e-Pakistan Council (Defense of Pakistan Council), a group of politicians and religious leaders who have been the most vocal opponents of the supply line.

Pakistan closed the route in November in retaliation for American airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistani troops. After months of negotiations, Islamabad finally agreed to reopen the route last week after Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton apologized for the deaths.

Mrs. Clinton met Sunday with Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar for the first time since the apology on the sidelines of an Afghan aid conference in Tokyo, and expressed hope that resolution of the supply-line conflict would lead to better relations between the troubled allies.

One of the reasons Pakistan waited so long to resolve the conflict is that the government was worried about domestic backlash in a country where anti-American sentiment is rampant despite billions of dollars in U.S. aid over the last decade.

The protest started Sunday in the center of Lahore, where several thousand people assembled with scores of buses, cars and motorbikes. They linked up with thousands more supporters waiting on the city’s edge and drove toward Islamabad in a so-called “long march” against the supply line.

The convoy included about 200 vehicles carrying some 8,000 people when it left Lahore, said police official Babar Bakht.

After completing the four-hour journey to Islamabad, they plan to hold a protest in front of the parliament building Monday.

“By coming out on the streets, the Pakistani nation has shown its hatred for America,” one of the Difah-e-Pakistan leaders, Maulana Samiul Haq, known as the father of the Taliban, said in a speech on the outskirts of Lahore.

Supporters showered Mr. Haq with rose petals as he rode through Lahore in the back of a truck with other Difah-e-Pakistan leaders, including Hafiz Saeed, founder of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group; Hamid Gul, a retired Pakistani intelligence chief with a long history of militant support; and Syed Munawar Hasan, leader of Pakistan’s most powerful Islamist party, Jamaat-e-Islami.

The crowd was dominated by members of Jamaat-ud-Dawa, widely believed to be a front group for Lashkar-e-Taiba, which is blamed for the attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai in 2008 that killed more than 160 people. Jamaat-ud-Dawa is led by the group’s founder, Mr. Saeed.

BBC News - Pakistan's Nato supply route drivers fear attacks

Islamist groups in Pakistan are converging on Islamabad, for what they say is a "long march" against the government's decision to lift its ban on Nato military convoys travelling into Afghanistan.

Police say around 8,000 people left the city of Lahore in a convoy heading to the capital, where further protests are planned on Monday.

There are some groups in Pakistan who welcome the re-opening of the supply route, in particular the lorry drivers who've been standing idle while it remained closed.

But as the BBC's Mehvish Hussain reports, they are increasingly worried about the dangers of attack by militant groups on the road to Afghanistan.

DPC long march streams to Islamabad | The Nation

These guys should be camped right outside President house and try to barge in at an opportune time.

LAHORE – Thousands of people, mainly activists of religious and religio-political parties constituting Defense of Pakistan Council (DPC), kicked off long march from Lahore towards Islamabad on Sunday to protest resumption of Nato supplies through land route.

Leaders addressed the participants of long march in various cities and reached Gujrat at night from where they would proceed to Islamabad in the morning on Monday (today).

Amid elaborate security arrangements made by Jamaat-ud-Dawa workers and police, thousands of activists, riding hundreds of vehicles including two wheelers, marched towards Islamabad via GT Road under the leadership of heads of DPC component parties to raise a strong voice against restoration of Nato supplies, drone attacks and ever-increasing US influence in the region. Highly charged participants, waving flags of their parties, vent their anger by raising full throat slogans against the US and rulers in Islamabad. In the morning, the religious leaders gathered at Masjid-e-Shuhada and offered prayer (nawafil).

The participants, led by DPC Chairman Maulana Sami-ul-Haq, started marching from Masjid-e-Shuhada at 11:15 am and reached Nasser Bagh in about one hour due to huge rush and long convoy of vehicles. After brief speeches of the top DPC leadership at Nasser Bagh, the convoy started marching towards Islamabad via GT Road. Dozens of Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation, a sister organisation of Dawa, ambulances were also part of the convoy. As many as 40 doctors and hundreds of support staff were accompanying the participants to provide emergency medical treatment. Dawa men closely monitored the entire convoy through CCTV cameras installed on various vehicles to avoid any untoward incident. People welcomed participants of long march in various cities by showering rose petals. Dawa workers and people from various walks of life established sabeels on the route to ensure provision of cold drinking water to the participants.

Addressing the participants in various cities on way to Islamabad and talking to the newsmen after offering Nawafil at Masjid-e-Shuhada, leadership of component parties asked people to join the long march to express anger over the restoration of Nato supply line. They vowed to stage sit in on route of Nato supplies and free the country from the US influence. They said that it was a pity that rulers in Islamabad were facilitating the US instead of taking decisions as per the public aspirations. They expressed sorrow over resumption of Nato supplies in violation of Parliament resolutions.

Addressing the participants, Maulana Sami-ul-Haq said the DPC had no political motive and it had launched long march to take the country out of the US influence. He said forcing the US out of Afghanistan was necessary and in the interest of the country and entire region. He said lakhs of innocent Muslims have so far been killed in the so called war on terror and even greater in numbers were crippled. He said that the rulers in Islamabad were equally responsible for these killings as they were facilitating the US by allowing Nato supplies and drone attacks. He said war on terror was in reality a conspiracy to eliminate Muslims which was evident from the statement of the then US President Bush which termed aggression a Crusade. He said that coming generation would not forgive if ‘we fail to end US influence in Pakistan’. He vowed to fail the conspiracy of putting the country under UC control with the public support. He said the country was passing through a critical phase and it was responsibility of every citizen to come out to save Pakistan. He said that it was a pity that the rulers were following policies of Musharraf regime. He deplored that the US was openly flouting the security and autonomy of Pakistan through drone strikes in Waziristan. He strongly reacted to the statement of Rehman Malik, saying the government itself never obeyed any law. He announced to hold long march from Queta to Chaman, Karachi to Hyderabad, Multan to Dera Ghazi Khan, Sargodha to Mianwali, Peshawar to Khyber, Rawalpindi to Chakwal and Faisalabad to Sargodha and stage sit ins on Nato supplies route if the decision was not taken back.

Jamaat-ud-Dawa ameer Hafiz Muhammad Saeed said historic long march has proved that the nation was not ready to accept resumption of Nato supplies. He said that the rulers have given a breathing space to the US which was losing war in Afghanistan. He said the DPC had come out to protect integrity and solidarity of the country. Saeed said DPC had a major role in stopping of Nato supplies for eight months. He said DPC was working to fail conspiracies both from the within and outside the country. He appealed to masses to get united to transform Pakistan into a real autonomous and sovereign country. He expressed hope that the long march would bring the nation back to the ideology on which Pakistan was created.

Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Syed Munawar Hasan said that DPC long march was not only for Defence of Pakistan but for the entire Muslim Ummah. He said that this long march would prove a fresh and pleasant breeze for Ummah. Munawar said that the rulers in Islamabad and Kabul were acting as US slaves. He said that the US was capturing resources of Islamic countries with the support of such rulers. He said that people against resumption of Nato supplies, drone attacks and Salala like incidents should come out and join DPC long march.

Convener DPC Coordination Committee Gen (r) Hameed Gull said that the rulers were allowing the US to use Pakistani soil for aggression against another Islamic country. He said the rulers mislead the nation by raising issue of apology. He said the US was trying to give important role to India in Afghanistan which was against interests of Pakistan.

Awami Muslim League Chief Sh Rasheed Ahmed said that DPC would continue struggle till end of the US influence in the country. He said that people would have to come out against dearness and loadshedding like they did against resumption of Nato supplies. He said that people could not even sleep due to massive loadshedding while it was also wasting precious study time of coming generation.

Maulana Fazlur Rehman Khalil, Khadim Hussain Dhilon, Hafiz Abdul Rehman Makki, Liaqat Baloch, Ibtesam Elahi Zaheer, Abdul Ghaffar ropri, Maulana Amir Hamza, Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi, Qari Yaqoob Sh, Abdul Rauf Farooqi, Khalid Waleed and others also addressed the participants of long march.

Till date long march has not reached Islamabad. Pehle hi U-turn hojata hai.

 

[jha]

Laang March on Bus ...?

Interesting development... A complex game being played in Pakistan...

 

[W.11]

POLLITICAL GIMIC, where was long march against inflation, corruption bad economic situation etc?

 

[Awesome]

POLLITICAL GIMIC, where was long march against inflation, corruption bad economic situation etc?

The same person is at fault for all those three things.

Political gimmick or not, the people joining in are coming in for a sentiment against subservience to America. People are sick and tired of living as a slave nation.