10 Days of Tahir ul Qadri in Pakistan:
- Punjab Government wanted to remove barriers in front of Minhaj ul Quran.
- Police was there to make sure the process is smooth.
- The operation was done at 2AM (to avoid court stay orders).
- People from Minhaj ul Quran protested as expected.
- Over 10 hours the police tried to control the people but in the end someone opened fired.
- As a result, 10 innocent people lost their lives, and number of them were injured.
- “Gullu Butt” – Is not a NA MALOOM AFRAD this time. What he did is clearly seen in the footage by media. He was on the side of police, rather in some footage it seems like he was leading the police.
- RESULT: The nation was divided. More than half of us say that no matter what, police should not have opened direct fire. Less than half say that, people were getting out of control and law enforcement had to do it because there were firing from Minhaj ul Quran side first.
- Tahir ul Qadri (TUQ) decided to come to Pakistan.
- To bring REVOLUTION in the country for common man (in the first-class seat of Emirate Airline).
- His plane was diverted from Islamabad to Lahore.
- Interior Minister said it was done due to the security of TUQ.
- As a fact, 100+ policemen were injured by the people in Islamabad/Rawalpindi by TUQ workers and the situation was out of control.
- Policemen were strictly told not to carry weapons and no such mistake should be made again as in Lahore.
- Again the nation was divided: Half say, who the f*** is TUQ and why is he even considered as someone very important? And half blamed the government that why they diverted the plane to Lahore for no reason?
- It seems to be the right decision that Islamabad was not safe for TUQ because the police were told to use the minimum resistance and the crowd was uncontrollable.
- TUQ said that he will not come out of the Airplane.
- TUQ demanded that Pakistan Army should come to take him home in safety.
- Funny part: TUQ said that he is not afraid of dying, but requires security because his life is in danger.
- Emirates Airline was going to lodge a complaint of Hijacking against TUQ for not leaving the plane.
- After 5 hours of drama TUQ agreed to come out and went away with Governor Punjab in his car.
Conclusion in my point of view:
- Incident in Lahore was unfortunate and I condemn the killing of innocent people in every strong possible word.
- Unfortunately people were not aware about the initial situation at Minhaj ul Quran (starting of the operation). The only story we all know is that the media told us, and obviously media reached there only when the things escalated and become a story.
- An operation was going on (for 12 hours) with huge number of policemen involved and Chief Minister of Punjab Shahbaz Sharif was unaware of it? Ok That’s Impossible!
- SP or IG Police would have definitely informed the CM. If people were getting out of control, police should have withdrawn or taken alternate measures. What made them stay there remains a mystery to me and others. Almost every follower of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI – political party led by Imran Khan) and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT – political party led by Tahir ul Qadri) believes that it was the intention of CM Punjab Shahbaz Sharif to take over the institute and was behind all the crack down movement.
- I personally don’t believe that Shahbaz Sharif was interested in taking over the institute. What will he get from it? Seems like a fake built up story.
- But! We see clear media footage in which the policemen said to take over the institute.
- Gullu Butt: A huge majority of people and the media believes that he is a die-hard worker of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN, a political party led by Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif). Is he or is he not? I have no idea, and I cannot comment on it.
- In my honest opinion, the government should not have taken any brutal step, knowing the history of General Pervaiz Musharaff’s Lal Masjid incident. But unfortunately it looks like someone didn’t took the lesson from history. If the government was actually involved then it’s for sure is going to bounce back and shake their roots roughly.
- TUQ is known for playing with emotions and sentiments of people.
- TUQ’s history is known by everyone and no one believes in him except his followers.
- TUQ again played a game to destabilize the government and created chaos among people.
- Some people believe that it was an entire game plan (Minhaj ul Quran, Model Town incident) set up by TUQ to destabilize the government and portray them evil in front of everyone. If that is true, then surely TUQ succeeded.
- Seriously? TUQ asked the army to take him home? That was a ridiculous demand and a huge majority of the people agreed that who the hell is he to call the army? And is the army that free to come for him?
- Most important fact, our Army is busy in an operation right now. TUQs demands and games are to divert the attention of our Army.
Anyway, I cannot and should not comment more about this critical topic because it has emotions and sentiments of people attached to it. Whatever happened was not good and as a common citizen of Pakistan my heart cried for those souls lost in this unforeseen incident. The current or any future government should and must avoid all possible forceful actions against any individual or mob. And the people of Pakistan should also realize that everything must be handled and dealt with table talk. People get furious too, as I mentioned earlier that emotions and sentiments are hurt, but we forget the teaching of our Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) to have patience.
