Summary Seven people including two women were killed during violent clash between police and PAT workers.
LAHORE (Web Desk) - Condemning the police high-handedness and removal of barricades from the approaches leading to central secretariat of Minhaj-ul-Quran International, Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) leader Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri has said that the government, gripped by fear of his arrival, is harassing his workers.
He said that police was doing illegal things as a mark of revenge, adding that such terrorist acts could not stop revolution. He said we were peaceful people and still wanted to stay peaceful but the rulers, nonplussed as they were, had resorted to devious tactic.
Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri said that barriers around secretariat of MQI had been erected on the orders of the Lahore High Court in the presence of the Model Town Police four years ago.
He said that it was the time when the Taliban had threatened to burn Lahore. He said that by removing these barriers, the government was giving an opportunity to the terrorists and cutting down the security presence instead of increasing it.
PAT chief said that this action made it clear that after the removal of barriers, they intended to get a terrorist act perpetrated there. He said that this attack on the peaceful workers had put a seal of approval on his prior FIR.
Dr said that oppressive step taken by the government would pave the way for promotion of terrorism. He said that struck by bewilderment the likes of Nawaz, Shahbaz and Rana Sanaullah wanted to undermine the law and order of this country.
Dr Qadri said that it was our first test, adding that we would not give in to these people. He said that a few days were left before the coming of revolution.
Addressing rulers, he said that they could not stop the revolution from coming. He said that they were showing their true colours. He stated that revolutionaries could sacrifices their lives but not bow down before the oppression of the dishonest rulers.
He paid homage to his workers who foiled this attack of the corrupt rulers despite presence of heavy machinery. He said that the police did a provocative act to intimidate workers and killed innocent and arm-less citizens but failed in their designs. He said that the corrupt rulers could go to any length in their revenge but our workers would defeat them by staying peaceful.
At least seven people including two women were killed during violent clash between police and Pakistan Awami Tehreek workers on Tuesday.
The clash began last night when supporters of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) tried to stop police from removing hurdles outside their leader’s house in Lahore’s Model Town area.
Early morning, roads in various areas turned into battle field when police resorted to aerial firing and tear gas shelling to disperse the protestors. The situation turned worse when protestors began to hurl rocks at them. Sources told that straight shots were fired by elite force personnel.
More than fifty people including 11 police personnel have been injured in the incident. The injured have been shifted to nearby hospitals.
Earlier, the protesters blocked Metro Bus at Ravi Toll Plaza and Chongi Amar Sadhu where citizens were facing problem due to traffic jam. A large number of police force reached the scene.
Meanwhile, Pakistan Awami Tehreek workers thronged Faizabad and staged sit-in by blocking Rawalpindi-Islamabad Expressway. A large number of women also participated in the protest while traffic from Rawalpindi to Lahore also blocked.
In Faisalabad, the workers rushed to District Council Chowk and blocked Millat Chowk and Narwala Chowk. The angry PAT workers held protest outside Bahawalpur Press Club. They staged sit-in and blocked traffic while workers in Layyah also held protest and blocked traffic at Multan-Mianwali Road.
The Awaim Tehreek workers in Bhakkar also held protest to express solidarity with their party chief. The protesters blocked Mianwali-Rawalpindi Road.
