Islamabad—The “pathetic protests” of Imran Khan and Dr Tahirul Qadri
have resulted in crippling the government’s machinery, slacken ongoing
projects, and caused a sharp fall in economy, the Gulf News has
reported. The leading daily of United Arab Emirates in its article
‘Politics on containers’ says that everyone inside and outside of
Pakistan has been watching the chaos pervading Islamabad, that has
stagnated all projected plans. The article said Pakistan, a few weeks
ago, was lucky enough to run on a democratic track and was on its road
to progress. However, such development turned to standstill when Imran
Khan and Tahir-ul-Qadri brought their agenda.
“It disrupted the current developments and created a chaotic situation, first in Lahore and then in Islamabad, starting with the independence day of Pakistan,” the writer says. “It is ridiculous when Imran says that he wants to create a new Pakistan, what type of new Pakistan is he thinking of?,” he adds. The protests having entered fifth week, have resulted in postponement of visits of three foreign presidents including the Chinese president. These visits were considered to be highly important for Pakistan to support its flagging economy and trade, the writer says. Moreover, calamity added up when the country faced heavy rains and flooding that just added to the existing havoc.
“This is the time when Imran and Qadri must stop such unlawful and unconstitutional protests and get down from their podiums to help the flood victims, that is if they are actually patriotic and loyal to the poor as they claim to be.” The writer said it was enough for the people who were sick of hearing the speeches of protesting leaders every day, and suggested that instead they should join hands with the government to work for a better Pakistan. Another article titled ‘Pakistan in ferment’ published in daily The Statesman by Arun Kumar Banerji said it is against a grim background that one has to examine the sit-in demonstration launched by Imran Khan, Qadri and their respective supporters. The writer says that a realistic assessment of the performance of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s government over the last one year is not bereft of positive features. He mentions that since the present government took over, the stock market crossed the 30,000 mark; the rupee gained against the dollar; and after much delay, a military operation had been launched in North Waziristan.
“So not such a terrible record that the government needs to be changed four years before it’s tenure is up,” he adds. He said after all, the problems that Pakistan is facing now - sectarian clashes, terrorism, poverty - were not created by the present government nor can these be solved overnight. “So what is the larger agenda of Imran Khan and Qadri? They started their sit-ins with a one-point programme - resignation of the Prime Minister on charges of electoral fraud, though this claim is not supported by independent observers,” he said. The writer said had Imran Khan been serious about his allegations, he should have exhausted all legal avenues to unseat the Prime Minister before launching his undemocratic `movement’, which was criticised even by one of his senior party functionaries. Terming Imran Khan’s movement as “undemocratic”, he suggested that with 35 members of his party in the National Assembly, Imran should have sought the support of other Opposition parties.—APP
“It disrupted the current developments and created a chaotic situation, first in Lahore and then in Islamabad, starting with the independence day of Pakistan,” the writer says. “It is ridiculous when Imran says that he wants to create a new Pakistan, what type of new Pakistan is he thinking of?,” he adds. The protests having entered fifth week, have resulted in postponement of visits of three foreign presidents including the Chinese president. These visits were considered to be highly important for Pakistan to support its flagging economy and trade, the writer says. Moreover, calamity added up when the country faced heavy rains and flooding that just added to the existing havoc.
“This is the time when Imran and Qadri must stop such unlawful and unconstitutional protests and get down from their podiums to help the flood victims, that is if they are actually patriotic and loyal to the poor as they claim to be.” The writer said it was enough for the people who were sick of hearing the speeches of protesting leaders every day, and suggested that instead they should join hands with the government to work for a better Pakistan. Another article titled ‘Pakistan in ferment’ published in daily The Statesman by Arun Kumar Banerji said it is against a grim background that one has to examine the sit-in demonstration launched by Imran Khan, Qadri and their respective supporters. The writer says that a realistic assessment of the performance of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s government over the last one year is not bereft of positive features. He mentions that since the present government took over, the stock market crossed the 30,000 mark; the rupee gained against the dollar; and after much delay, a military operation had been launched in North Waziristan.
“So not such a terrible record that the government needs to be changed four years before it’s tenure is up,” he adds. He said after all, the problems that Pakistan is facing now - sectarian clashes, terrorism, poverty - were not created by the present government nor can these be solved overnight. “So what is the larger agenda of Imran Khan and Qadri? They started their sit-ins with a one-point programme - resignation of the Prime Minister on charges of electoral fraud, though this claim is not supported by independent observers,” he said. The writer said had Imran Khan been serious about his allegations, he should have exhausted all legal avenues to unseat the Prime Minister before launching his undemocratic `movement’, which was criticised even by one of his senior party functionaries. Terming Imran Khan’s movement as “undemocratic”, he suggested that with 35 members of his party in the National Assembly, Imran should have sought the support of other Opposition parties.—APP
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