Finally, the Qadri show in Islamabad is
over amidst suggestions of an underhand deal with the government.
This
will leave Imran Khan high and dry with pressure mounting on him from
workers to call off his sit-in too. The positive side of the affair is
that the tension and uncertainty prevailing in the country would be
considerably reduced.
What began as a
bang has ended with a whimper. For over two months one saw a grand
display of histrionics at the venue of PAT’s sit-in. Qadri issued
ultimatums with short deadlines and threatened of dire consequences if
his demands were not accepted forthwith. “I give 48-hour ultimatum to
the government. Dissolve assemblies, register FIR and hand yourself over
to the law. I will not be responsible for what happens after that.”
Another day he was seen with a burial shroud declaring that he had taken
the last bath of his life with the intention of martyrdom “for the
rights of the oppressed and downtrodden people”. He put up impossible
demands like the immediate resignation of an elected PM and his
subsequent arrest and the dissolution of the national and provincial
assemblies. While he kept his gullible followers spell-bound, none of
his demands were accepted. It is ironic that while he ranted about
participatory democracy, he did not care to consult hundreds of men and
women who had faced hardships and suffered economic losses before
announcing the end of the sit-in. That many left the venue in tears
rather than making a V sign underlined the hollowness of his claim to
have achieved a victory.
The leaders
who planned the march on Islamabad hoped that the army would intervene
in their support. This turned out be a miscalculation as Ch Shujaat
Hussain has admitted. The country had to bear the cost of their
misadventure in the form of political uncertainty, economic losses and
bad international image. Politicians like Imran Khan need to learn a
lesson from this. It is time the PTI legislators withdrew resignations
and played the role of a responsible opposition
Lets wait for another illusionist...till then...
Love...
DiL
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