Long March News & Views...!!!

ISLAMABAD- Politicians belonging to different parties have welcomed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s offer, of constituting a judicial commission, to investigate the alleged rigging in 2013 general elections.

Opposition leader Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah said all the political parties believe in the independence of the judiciary. He hoped that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan would also consider the proposal in order to steer the nation out of the prevailing confusion.

Dr. Farid Ahmed Paracha representing JI said that this initiative by the Prime Minister was a positive step in the right direction.

Senator Mir Hasil Khan Bizenjo urged PTI chief Imran Khan to trust the higher judiciary and cancel his march. The PML-N government needs to complete its tenure to ensure political and economic stability in the country, he added.

Awami National Party leader Mian Iftikhar Hussain said the Prime Minister has given a positive message to the agitating parties.

Ahead of Imran Khan and Tahirul Qadri’s long marches, different options are being discussed in the Capital and some Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leaders say that powerful lobbies want the Minus-1 formula to be implemented. Altaf Hussain of MQM has already hinted about the Minus-1 formula but who has tossed this term amid the crisis is yet to be known. Every time there is a crisis in the country, the only term which is tossed is the Minus-1 formula as in the past the same term was tossed for Justice (retd) Iftikhar Chaudhry and ex-president Asif Ali Zardari.

Although, the timely action and decision of contacting the political parties having representation in parliament by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif have isolated Imran Khan for the time being yet political pundits predict that the political turmoil will continue even after August 14 as some powerful lobbies want a government minus Nawaz Sharif.

A well-placed source in the ruling party informed this scribe that some powerful lobbies, nationally and internationally, wanted a government minus Nawaz Sharif and even if August 14 passed peacefully, the same lobbies would continue creating problems for the PML-N-led

government. The main reason apparently is Nawaz Sharif’s stand on the Musharraf issue, the sources added.

The sources further said that the next challenge for the government is rehabilitation of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) as the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has directed to vacate the schools after August 14. This is going to be another problem for the federal government as it is the responsibility of the government and if the IDPs have no place, then there are chances of chaos, the sources maintained.

Political pundits having an eye on the current scenario have given credit to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for playing his cards wisely and have suggested to the government to face Imran Khan’s challenge politically instead of using force.

Nawaz Sharif succeeded to unite all the political parties having representation in parliament on a one-point agenda of continuation of democracy at any cost has isolated Imran Khan in parliament as the Chaudhry brothers and Sheikh Rashid are the only figures who are endorsing Imran Khan. On the other hand, all the major political parties, including Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam-Fazal (JUI-F), Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) and Qaumi Watan Party have assured the prime minister of upholding the sanctity of Constitution.

The political pundits have suggested that if the government continues playing its cards wisely and did not act as it did on Dr Tahirul Qadri’s issue, then Imran Khan’s long march would automatically be defused as the PTI leadership has no proper objective. But the situation could reverse in Imran Khan’s favour if the government made a single foul in the whole game, the pundits believe.

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3.36pm: Police launched baton charge on miscreants in Kakhar Mandi.
3.35pm: Police requested Imran Khan to get off his container for security reasons. He has been shifted in a car.
3.20pm: Pomi Butt is being supported by the police, he hurled stones from a police van. - Imran Khan
2.44pm: Pomi Butt, the younger brother of MPA Imran Khalid Butt, was encouraging PML-N workers to hurl stones on PTI Azadi March.
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2.02pm: Inqilaab March spans over 30 miles. - Tahir-ul-Qadri
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2.00pm: Inqilaab March is entering Jehlum. - Tahir-ul-Qadri
1.57pm: One police officer injured as stoning resumes on Pindi bypass.
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1:55 pm: PMl-N's office on G.T road attacked.
1.40pm: I will deal with these elements when I reach Islamabad. - Imran Khan
1.39pm: This was intentional, police was involved in the incident, we have their footage. - Imran Khan
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1.35pm: I was hit by stones as well. - Imran Khan
1.34pm: Everything was peaceful when I saw police talking to another group and immediately Sheikh Rashid felt something was about to happen. - Imran Khan
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1.33pm: Sheikh Rashid himself saw people firing on my container. - Imran Khan
1.32pm: Imran Khan live on Samaa TV.
1.31pm: No one is exempted from law. - Shahbaz Sharif
1.22pm: Stones were thrown on Azadi March at Pindi bypass as well.
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1.20pm: Police launches baton charge on miscreants pelting stones on Azadi March.
1.16pm: Gujranwala incident is condemnable. - Khurram Dastageer
1.13pm: I advised the government not to install containers. - Aitzaz Ahsan
1.11pm: The behavior of the government is inappropriate. - Aitzaz Ahsan
1.09pm: This is the fifth time we have been attacked. - Sheikh Rashid
1.08pm: Container carrying Imran Khan. his family and children was attacked. - Sheikh Rashid
1.04pm: If any of our worker is hurt we will go to courts. - Imran Khan
1.02pm: CM Punjab had instructed workers to remain peaceful.
1.01pm: PAT insists that permission be given to stage protest on Fazal Haq road, administration refuses.
1.00pm: Deadlock in negotiations between PAT and administration.
12.59pm: We have arrested some of those involved in stoning. - SP City
12.57pm: Nawaz Sharif will be responsible for any damage. - Imran Khan
12.51pm: PML-N pelting stones on Azadi March, shattering windows of Imran Khan's container.
15th August 2014
10.02pm: PTI Azadi March reaches GPO Chowk, Lahore.
10.02pm: PAT Inqilab March reaches Lahore Railway Station.
9.32pm: Pervez Khattak and his rally succeed in entering Islamabad. Participants of rally removed containers that were blocking the way.
9.29pm: Mobile phone services will be shut off in areas where protesters and participants of the rally gather.
9.24pm: PTI to stage sit-in protest on Kashmir Road.
9.09pm: Rally led by KPK CM Pervez Khattak has been denied entry in capital at Islamabad interchange.
9.08pm: Participants of Azadi March reach Data Darbar.
8.30pm: Khawaja Saad Rafique and Qamar-u-Zaman Kaira talk about Azadi March and Inqilaab March with Nadeem Malik on Samaa TV.
7.53pm: People from Balochistan, Waziristan are coming to attend Long March. - Imran Khan
7.49pm: Election Commisssion should resign before I reach Islamabad. - Imran Khan.
7.48pm: I am heading to Islamabad for a new Pakistan, for Jinnah's Pakistan. - Imran Khan
7.47pm: Long March is our democratic right. - Imran Khan
7.44pm: We demand Nawaz Sharif's resignation. - Imran Khan
7.43pm: Imran Khan address his workers and participants of Azadi March.
7.39pm: We want Nawaz Sharif to resign. - Ch Pervez Elahi, talking about Tahir-ul-Qadri and Inqilaab March.
7.21pm: It's unlikely for the March to reach Islamabad today. - Samaa senior reporter
7.12pm: PTI supporters removed containers from Faizabad.
7.08pm: Allama Tahir-ul-Qadri has been shifted into his container, he will address his supporters in a while.
7.05pm: A gang of theives, who were part of Azadi March was caught by PTI supporters.
6.59pm: PTI supporters head to Islamabad March in 300 cars from Charsadda.
6.57pm: Angry PTI supporters clash with police officers.
6.55pm: PTI supporters on their way to join Azadi March on zero point stopped by police on Khana bridge.
6.49pm: Vehicles of the Azadi March will be parked near Faizabad.
6.48pm: PTI march reaches Laurence Road, Lahore.
4:16 pm: Qadri’s 10-point agenda for ‘green revolution’
4:08 pm: Lahore High-court declares the demand for PM's resignation unconstitutional.
3:32 pm: Azadi and Inquilab March run into each other on Kalma Chowk Flyover, 1 PTI worker injured.
3:30 pm: Road Mishap during 'Inqilab March'......