No more negotiation, 'revolution' starts today after lunch: Tahirul Qadri
We will not go further than tomorrow, Pakistan's history will be altered, he said.
LAHORE (Dunya News, Web Desk) – Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri concluded the negotiations today after terming it a complete failure, and announced ‘revolution’ will start after lunch at 3 pm while fervently calling upon local and foreign supporters to join ‘youm-e-inqilaab’.
Qadri refused further negotiation until the government accepted these two demands:
1 – Case registration against nominated accused of Model Town tragedy.
2 – Resignations of Chief Minister (CM) Punjab Shahbaz Sharif and provincial ministers.
Qadri blamed the government for having a non-serious attitude to resolve the political crisis, and said that representatives from the government do not need to come back if these two demands were not accepted.
PAT chief said that Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif’s resignation is a distant reality but the government is not even registering a First Information Report (FIR) against the 21 accused people in the Model Town tragedy. The 21 accused include the CM, PM and police officers. Qadri added that the government is responsible for the 14 people killed and 90 injured in the Model Town tragedy.
While grieving over the Model Town tragedy, Qadri said that an Additional Sessions judge had sanctioned the registration of the FIR, and even after the government’s appeal, the Lahore High court upheld the lower court’s decision but still the government refused to implement it.
Qadri concluded the session by saying that today’s (Thursday) ‘historic address’ would be the last address, and then ‘Inqilab’ would begin after lunch at 3 pm because the government has negotiated with ‘ill-intentions’. He added that if the government accepts those two demands as a confidence-building measure only then he would extend the ultimatum.
