Qadri’s sacrifice won’t go in vain
WE are all relieved that Dr Tahirul Qadri’s long march ended without any untoward incident either in Islamabad or on the way to or back from Islamabad.
What is even better is that he managed to achieve the main objectives and, hopefully, a better crop of parliamentarians will emerge after the forthcoming elections.
We must give credit to Dr Qadri for securing an agreement signed by the prime minister, which promises adequate powers and time for the Election Commission to stop undesirable elements from sneaking into the parliament again, and ensures dissolution of the assemblies before the end of their tenure, thus ruling out their extension for another year or so, while talks for further electoral reforms will continue.
These are spectacular achievements for a person who has been away from Pakistan for some years.
Dr Qadri has done the difficult task of securing the agreement.
Now, I am sure, his followers and other political parties like the Muttahidda Quami Movement, Pakistan Tehrik-Insaaf and others will complete the relatively simpler task of ensuring that the agreement is implemented in full, thus giving us a capable team of parliamentarians who will run the government solely for the benefit of the country and the people.
S.R.H. HASHMI
Karachi
Qadri is a big fraud. He has done injustice to his loyal followers (that are only just a sect of Muslims) by doing things he has done especially recently. He acted as puppet of some powerful forces that want to muddy the waters and possibly impose another technocrat rule in Pakistan.
Did he sacrifice a black goat in his five star luxury container? After all he gained the promise of elections to be held on time, which were scheduled five years ago.
Accept all hardships as the pathway to a glorious future.
What sacrifice?
Let’s hope against hope for good results of the long march and the subsequent agreement with the govt led delegation of parties. However, all possible hurdles will be created to nullify the good results of the agreement as many, if not most, parties are not interested in bringing change to present corrupt system of governance, but would rather prefer the present system to continue as it suits them.