By Naveed Baloch, TwoCircles.net,
Lahore/Islamabad: Pakistan’s Punjab Police registered a case in Lahore violence against 3,000 workers of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT), including PAT chief Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri’s son, Dr. Hassan Mohiudin on Wednesday.
Dr Hussain Mohiudin Qadri has been named as the main suspect in the three-page FIR, which was registered on the complaint of SHO Faisal Town Rizwan Qadir. Sections of murder, attempted murder and terrorism have been included in the FIR.
Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri’
PAT chief Dr. Tahir-Ul-Qadri has denounced Punjab government over registration of F.I.R against party workers. He said the Police killed innocent civilians and now it haslodged F.I.R against the victims of Police brutality.
Addressing Party workers and Minhajians through video-link from Canada, Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri rejected the investigation and Judicial Commission formed by Punjab government and called upon people not to appear before the Commission for recording evidences into the incident. “Our grievances are against authorities and Punjab rulers and we cannot get justice under any inquiry conducted by CM Punjab Shabaz Sharif and his aides’, he added.
Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri pledged to nominate Sharif Brothers, Federal Ministers Khawaja Asif, Khawaja Saad Rafique, State Minister Abid Sher Ali, I.G Punjab, D.I.G Operation Lahore and several others in F.I.R over deaths of PAT workers in Model Town, Lahore tragedy on Tuesday.
“Our case is against the chief minister and his cabinet … we will bring the whole country along to get the FIR registered,” he said.
Dr. Qadri lauded the role of media for bringing facts before the nation when the assault was underway against unarmed, peaceful and innocent civilians at his mission’s central secretariat and his residence in Model Town Lahore. Had the media not run marathon coverage of the whole situation, nation would have not seen the true face of ‘tyrant’ rulers, he added.
Rejecting the police allegations of seizing weapons from Minhaj-Ul-Quran Secretariat during the operation, Dr. Qadri said that if there would have been some arms, the Punjab government would have offered for dialogue. He said PML-N leadership backs those who possess heavy arms and carry out terrorist activities and win power by terrorists’ support.
“I am strictly against any violence and had suspended my party’s student wing Mustafvi Students Movement (MSM) for almost five years as the students were continuously asking for my permission to let them keep arms for purpose of self defense,” Dr. Qadri said, adding that his party’s mission was purely for the sake of justice and rights of the people and he always rejected any armed movement and terrorist activity even if there was rule of infidels in the country.
Thanking the leadership of various political parties who visited the injured workers. He said that the PPP, MQM, PML (Q) and PTI had repeated the demands as called by PAT.
It is pertinent to mention here that at least 11 people have been killed while 97 others including 24 policemen were injured in a Punjab police led 15 hour long operation against ‘encroachments’ at Minhaj-Ul-Quran Secretariat in Model Town Lahore on Tuesday.
Police has registered an F.I.R against Awami Tehreek workers and Hassan Mohai-Ud-Din, son of Dr. Tahir-Ul-Qadri leveling charges of murder, attempted murder and vandalism.
(Naveed Baloch is an Islamabad based journalist, he tweets as @Naveed_Qamar)