Tag: Azadi March

Last evening after Tahir-ul-Qadri and Imran Khan had announced going forward peacefully, Police started shelling on them and started firing the rubber bullets. Without even considering the existence of women, children and elders in the protestors, police used tear gas shells on them. During the shelling and bullets firing by police, first causality was a woman and then at least seven people were killed. More than 200 people were injured long ago and count going up as we speak. Even on some occasions its reported that police fired real bullets which played the role in killing seven people. The plan of people was to peacefully move to the Prime Minister House, even just on a highway which goes to Prime […]

After Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri had announced that Inqilab March participants will not sit idle at D-Chowk now and had extended the deadline to today, lots happened today. PTI’s Azadi March was also at a deadlock situation with government.  Fearing the violence at end of Inqilab March deadline today, Govt of Pakistan today finally registered the FIR against 21 Govt officials and Govt leaders regarding the June 2014 killings out side of Qadri’s residence in Lahore. However, as it was demanded by Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) of Dr. Qadri that FIR must be registered under Anti-Terrorism act, government have denied doing that and have excluded the anti-terror aspect from the FIR. According to a news channel, if govt would have registered the […]

Its now m0re than a week after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) have launched their Marches/Rallies against the current governing party in Pakistan on charges of rigging in 2013 elections. The rallies had started on 14th August from Lahore and Marched all the way to Islamabad. Both involved parties including PTI of Imran Khan and PAT of Dr. Qadri are demanding resignations from Shehbaz Sharif (Chief Minister Punjab) and his brother Nawaz Sharif who happens to be current prime minister of the country. The reason is both parties want in details investigations about rigged 2013 general elections in Pakistan as well as recounting in different territories of country, however according to both parties Nawaz Sharif and Shehbaz […]