LAHORE: Pakistan Awami Tehreek chief Dr Tahirul Qadri says his agenda is different from that of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan.

Talking to reporters here on Monday, Mr Qadri said election rigging in ‘four constituencies’ was not an issue for him, a reference to Imran Khan’s demand for verifying thumb impressions of voters in four National Assembly constituencies. Rather, he was working for ridding the masses of the ‘exploitative system’ in vogue in the country.

He said as ‘mullahism’ had damaged the country the most there would be no room for extremism, militancy and terrorism in the ‘post-revolution Pakistan’.

He said those who were crying that “the country is passing through a critical phase” were themselves responsible for the ills Pakistan was faced with and they plundered the country instead of developing it.

The PAT chief said he was ready to offer any sacrifice to eliminate the corruption culture from the country as “revolutions always demand sacrifices”.

Published in Dawn, July 8th , 2014

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