PAT chief says he will unite Sunni and Shia sects in the country if masses voted him to power
90-day sit-in and sacrifices have awakened people

BHAKKAR: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Tahirul Qadri, on Sunday, promised to bring change if the people gave him two-thirds majority in parliament.

Qadri has said that he would unite Sunnis and Shias in the country if the masses voted him to power. Addressing the participants of a rally in Bhakkar, the cleric claimed that he would change the system if people voted him to power with two-thirds majority. He introduced PAT candidate Nazar Abbas for by-polls on November 29 and said he wants to make society a “Hussaini society”, referring to Imam Hussain (RA). He said that his 90-day sit-in and “sacrifices have awakened the sleeping people”, and that after Islamabad he was launching “Inqilab” from Bkakkar.

Qadri lauded the role of those killed in this movement and said two of them belonged to Bhakkar. He asked people to vote for the PAT candidate in the by-elections. The PAT chief said he was fighting the “war of poor people” for the sake of God. He said that terrorism and sectarianism would be eliminated from Pakistan under PAT rule. “Poor will get health facilities free of cost. Discrimination against women will end. Poor farmers will be given 10 acres of cultivable land absolutely free. Entrepreneurs will be given small loans. Disparity between salaries will be minimised. Free houses will be provided to the homeless. House loans for 25 years will be provided. Petroleum products’ prices will be brought down,” said Qadri.

He stated that a war has started between the rich and poor of Pakistan, adding that he wanted to channelise the awareness that has been given to the people of Pakistan through the recent sit-ins and protest movement. The cleric said that the first test will be on November 29. He asked the people to vote for the PAT candidate.

“The sacrifices of the sit-in gave hope to the hopeless, courage to the fearful and awareness to the unconscious. … I want to serve the poor people of Pakistan and put a smile on their faces,” he added. Qadri had on Thursday said that he would himself offer his arrest whenever the prime minister and Punjab chief minister, both of whom have been nominated in the FIR of Model Town killings, are arrested. Speaking to media at his Model Town residence, he refused to accept the legality of the Joint Investigation Team formed by Punjab government to probe Model Town firing incident, saying the it was constituted with a purpose to let real culprits go scot free. Qadri claimed that the PML-N government has violated rules and regulations in the formation of the JIT.

Source: www.dailytimes.com.pk