THREAD RULES:
- No Personal Attacks. Respect and Morality should be kept in check at all times.
- No lashing out in anger
- Logical, healthy arguments are encouraged.
- ... Go nuts ... in a controlled fashion -.- Plss
Get the popcorns ready everyone. The upcoming 14th of August will be see processions of mainly two political parties marching into Islamabad and staging a sit-in till their demands are met.
Background:
1. PTI had rejected the 2013 General Elections on grounds of wide-spread rigging. They have been demanding recount of votes in a number of constituencies for the past few months. With the threat of launching a Tsunami March in case govt. doesn't accede to their demands.
Reports have emerged in the media that ECP is directly involved in manipulating votes in constituencies where vote recounting is under way. Election tribunals delaying decisions on contested results has only added fuel to the situation.
2. Tahir ul Qadri is back from Canada with more demands after he was pacified into submission by the shrewd Zardari. In June this year, his supporters was fired upon outside Minhaj-ul-Quran HQ in Lahore after they resisted the police in removing barricades. Many were killed and scores injured.
PAT claims Punjab Police has killed 38 of its workers since June. What could have been a peaceful demonstration has now turned ugly with frequent clashes in recent days between PAT workers and Police.
PAT demands:
- Government resign
- Completely revamp the system of governance
PTI demands:
- Government resign
- Reformed Election Commission
- Mid-term elections.
- more to follow
Army has been called-in at Lahore and Islamabad. Section 144 has been implemented in the Federal Capital which disallows a gathering of more than five people. Cargo containers are being parked at various routes in Lahore and Islamabad. Motorcycles forcibly taken and fuel supplies reduced in Punjab and KPK to jam transport.
Here's for hoping August 14 doesn't turn out to be Will Smith's Independence Day.
- No Personal Attacks. Respect and Morality should be kept in check at all times.
- No lashing out in anger
- Logical, healthy arguments are encouraged.
- ... Go nuts ... in a controlled fashion -.- Plss
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Get the popcorns ready everyone. The upcoming 14th of August will be see processions of mainly two political parties marching into Islamabad and staging a sit-in till their demands are met.
Background:
1. PTI had rejected the 2013 General Elections on grounds of wide-spread rigging. They have been demanding recount of votes in a number of constituencies for the past few months. With the threat of launching a Tsunami March in case govt. doesn't accede to their demands.
Reports have emerged in the media that ECP is directly involved in manipulating votes in constituencies where vote recounting is under way. Election tribunals delaying decisions on contested results has only added fuel to the situation.
2. Tahir ul Qadri is back from Canada with more demands after he was pacified into submission by the shrewd Zardari. In June this year, his supporters was fired upon outside Minhaj-ul-Quran HQ in Lahore after they resisted the police in removing barricades. Many were killed and scores injured.
PAT claims Punjab Police has killed 38 of its workers since June. What could have been a peaceful demonstration has now turned ugly with frequent clashes in recent days between PAT workers and Police.
PAT demands:
- Government resign
- Completely revamp the system of governance
PTI demands:
- Government resign
- Reformed Election Commission
- Mid-term elections.
- more to follow
Army has been called-in at Lahore and Islamabad. Section 144 has been implemented in the Federal Capital which disallows a gathering of more than five people. Cargo containers are being parked at various routes in Lahore and Islamabad. Motorcycles forcibly taken and fuel supplies reduced in Punjab and KPK to jam transport.
Here's for hoping August 14 doesn't turn out to be Will Smith's Independence Day.
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