What Tahirul Qadri really wants from Pakistan?

Speculations regarding the postponement of elections became rife after Tahirul Qadri announced a long march on Islamabad at the head of four million people, seeking electoral reforms to stop corrupt elements from contesting elections.

His abrupt appearance and the demand of changes are certainly very confusing. He is hardly the ideal of virtue and righteousness that he is being made out to be. He appeared at a time when elections were due in about four months.

What’s his program? What’s his agenda? When he rebukes politics and says to save the state, what exactly he means? Is he paving the way for a dictatorial regime or Khilafat or some election-less presidential system? Or he just wants to become a caretaker premier and wants to enjoy a temporary glory?

No one knows what he really wants from this country at a critical time if he doesn’t want to delay the general elections and derail the democratic system. A report of a judge can better describe credibility of Shaikhul Islam Dr Muhammed Tahirul Qadri.

Many years ago, a high court judge, Justice Akhtar Hussain, heading an enquiry commission investigating Qadri’s (false) accusations in 1990 that the Jamaat-e-Islami and IJI had tried to kill him had some damning words for Qadri. He said Qadri was fond of dreaming and then exploiting such dreams. The judge characterized his mental condition as ailing, adding anything can be expected from such a person. (The News Dec 25, 2012).

He, ironically at this crucial juncture, has emerged as the spoiler. Although he has denied that the establishment has launched him, his timing stinks. After spending five years in Canada to escape the wrath of the Taliban, and by his own admission having a Canadian passport, he emerges from the deadwood to lecture the nation about electoral reforms.

If Tahirul Qadri is really interested in bringing change in the country, as he claims, he should renounce his Canadian citizenship and asked pardon for supporting a dictator in the past.

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Posted by Faisal Farooq on Jan 2 2013. Filed under Opinion. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.