Political parties reject Tahirul Qadri’s demands

Leaders of different political parties have rejected the demands of Chief of Minhajul Quran Tahirul Qadri as unconstitutional and undemocratic.

Begum Naseem Akhtar of Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) while speaking to Radio Pakistan said that assemblies cannot be dissolved on the dictation one person. 180 million people have given mandate to the present government and the will of a few thousand people cannot be imposed on the majority.

She said the term of the present government is ending on March 18 following which assemblies will be dissolved and caretaker setup will be installed.  She said Tahirul Qadri is a religious figure but there is lot of contradiction in his sayings and deeds.

Ahsan Iqbal of Pakistan Muslim League (N) said Tahirul Qadri ‚ who has lost the mental balance‚ has no authority to issue decrees. He said majority of Pakistani people want rule of law and continuation of democratic dispensation.

Demands of Tahirul Qadri are tantamount to subversion of the constitution. He hoped that the government will initiate necessary action against the chief of Minhajul Quran. He said Tahirul Qadri is staging drama for the postponement of elections ‚ which the 180 million people of Pakistan‚ will not tolerate.

Deputy Speaker National Assembly Faisal Karim Kundi said there are a lot of contradictions in the statements and agenda of Tahirul Qadri. He is reading out a written script on the dictation of somebody. Such kinds of actors come and go but they can no longer enter the corridors of power through back door channels.

He said if Tahirul Qadri has the support of four or five million people‚ then why is he scared of contesting the elections. He said he should get his party registered with the election commission and contest the elections to execute his reforms agenda through the parliament.

An independent election commission has been constituted in consensus with all the political parties. No party has objections on the election commission besides the Supreme Court has also called for holding of elections on time.

Liaquat Baloch of Jamaat-e- Islami mocked the posture of Tahirul Qadri saying he is expert of seeing dreams.  He would have seen the dream regarding the dissolution of the assemblies but the fact is that the governments are still intact.

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