Dunya News - Pervaiz Rashid hints at law taking course against Qadri
- 10 years ago
Federal Minister for Information Pervaiz Rashid has said the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Tahirul Qadri came to Pakistan at will but could only leave if law permits. He alleged PAT workers ruthlessly beat the cops and now law would take its own course.
Pervaiz Rashid was talking to media after inquiring after the injured cops at Jinnah Hospital Rawalpindi on Tuesday. He said torture on police on the behest of Tahirul Qadri was shameful. The arms of around 100 police were fractured while many have been paralyzed, he alleged.
The minister said that the PAT chief was trying to divert people’s attention from ongoing military operation in North Waziristan. He further alleged Qadri was also trying to introduce new kind of terrorism to the country.
Earlier on Tuesday, a case had been registered against three thousand supporters of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr. Tahirul Qadri at the Airport police station in Rawalpindi, Dunya News reported.
The PAT workers have been booked on charges of terrorism, torturing police, damaging public property, robbery and intervention in state affair.
The First Information Report (FIR) has been lodged on the behalf of DSP CIA Farhan Aslam. On the other hand, around 500 PAT workers were nominated in FIR at five police stations in Islamabad.
At least 49 policemen in Rawalpindi and 36 policemen including DSP were injured during clash with Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) workers in Islamabad on Monday. Three of the injured policemen are said to be in critical condition.
On Monday, PAT workers became angry after police blocked roads, preventing them from reaching Islamabad’s Benazir Bhutto International Airport, where Tahirul Qadri s flight was expected to land. Mobile phone networks were jammed, stopping them communicating with each other.
Quadri s plane was eventually diverted to Lahore where he refused to get off and demanded to fly it back to Islamabad but later he conditionally get off the plane after the government accepted his demand that the Punjab governor would accompany him to his Model Town residence.
Pervaiz Rashid was talking to media after inquiring after the injured cops at Jinnah Hospital Rawalpindi on Tuesday. He said torture on police on the behest of Tahirul Qadri was shameful. The arms of around 100 police were fractured while many have been paralyzed, he alleged.
The minister said that the PAT chief was trying to divert people’s attention from ongoing military operation in North Waziristan. He further alleged Qadri was also trying to introduce new kind of terrorism to the country.
Earlier on Tuesday, a case had been registered against three thousand supporters of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr. Tahirul Qadri at the Airport police station in Rawalpindi, Dunya News reported.
The PAT workers have been booked on charges of terrorism, torturing police, damaging public property, robbery and intervention in state affair.
The First Information Report (FIR) has been lodged on the behalf of DSP CIA Farhan Aslam. On the other hand, around 500 PAT workers were nominated in FIR at five police stations in Islamabad.
At least 49 policemen in Rawalpindi and 36 policemen including DSP were injured during clash with Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) workers in Islamabad on Monday. Three of the injured policemen are said to be in critical condition.
On Monday, PAT workers became angry after police blocked roads, preventing them from reaching Islamabad’s Benazir Bhutto International Airport, where Tahirul Qadri s flight was expected to land. Mobile phone networks were jammed, stopping them communicating with each other.
Quadri s plane was eventually diverted to Lahore where he refused to get off and demanded to fly it back to Islamabad but later he conditionally get off the plane after the government accepted his demand that the Punjab governor would accompany him to his Model Town residence.