Govt Crackdown on the Islamabad protesters | Updates & Discussions

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

This guy Shahzeb Khanzada is a TRAITOR he was smiling when the shelling started , while talking to PTI representatives and enjoying the predicament face by people facing tear gas , he has no MORAL right to change his stance now

I was watching the show live when this guy was smiling and in good mood as the people from Location were reporting on Police brutality and illegal crack down

 

[Hulk]

Imran khan is anarchist like Arvind Kejiriwal in India. He is stupid in protesting against elected government. If there was any rigging the solution is only through legal means. These kind of protest are not good hurting Pakistan even more.

Some journalist have tweeted that this is stage managers by PA to get more say using their proxies. Not sure what truth really is.

 

[Amaa'n]

Lol - the so called Liberals should switchover to Dunya News and Samaa --- Police beat the shit out of their engineers and Media person --- so much for " Justifyable Force "

 

[Asian.Century]

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resolves not to accept 'unconstitutional' demands of Imran Khan and Dr Tahirul Qadri.



No question of giving in to Khan and Qadri’s ‘unacceptable’ demands, says Sharif

Sharif said he would be happy to negotiate but that the conditions set by Khan...

PAKISTANTODAY.COM.PK

 

[iPhone]

He has everything in Life. He left U.K for Pakistan. His all assets are in Pakistan. He is doing protest for Pakistan and azadi from gullu butts and injustice. He fought with Shells whole night, Even after death threats from gullu butts & reports of snipers.

Yeah, all for the sake of power, the premiership of the country. And no man EVER has everything in life.

 

[ajpirzada]

Do they still have enuf ppl to resist the police on their way to pm house?

 

[Amaa'n]

Is this a real pic anyone?

Unfortunately - yes

Do they still have enuf ppl to resist the police on their way to pm house?

Nope ---but i think it will get ugly by daytime when people from out of cuty start gathering back

 

[Peaceful Civilian]

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Pakistan is enslaved Nation , and the Police Barbarity is proof that we are not free

Every single of these GULU butt police men need to be put in prison !



SAMMA TV channel Team also attacked by GULU butt and 20-40 police OR GULY BUTTS attacked a cameraman who was just holding a camera

Presently being shown @ SAMAA TV

The man was , wearing a Red Mask on his face when he began his brutal unprovoked attack



Charge List Against Nawaz Sharif and Chaudry Nissar and CO

2013 - Rigged Elections
2013 - Failure to Open probe in Election Rigging
2013 - Failure to Open recount and verification of all ballots to check signs of rigging
2013- Illegal haste process of taking IMF loans, instead of local solution
2013 - Illegal haste process of privitization, with no focus on trying to revive economy
2013 - Illegal promises made to fix electricity crisis in 30-60 days
2013 - No Decision to finish gas pipeline
2013- Proven that few election areas turned out to be rigged , no reaction to apologize
2014 - Illegally stopping Emirates airlines plane causing diplomatic row with UAE
2014 - Visiting Enemy state when it was against Pakistani Interest
2014- Authorizing military operations with out proper planning in north Pakistan
2014- Starting political vendeta against , Mushraf ex army head of Pakistan and ex President of Pakistan
2014 - Illegal detention of Qadri and his workers causing deaths 15-18 people , act worthy of death as capital punishment
2014 - Not allowing FIR (Police complaint) by force and use of power
2014 - Illegal act of puting containers on Pakistani Highways disrupting trade and economy and right to protest
2014 - Damage to Highways due to illegal containers usage
2014 - Not stepping down , from government !!!! By Massive Protest
2014 - Hiring Gangsters to attack the demonstrators going to Islamabad
2014 - Criminal Act of attacking Pakistani Citizens with Police force , reports of gangsters dressed as police force
2014 - 300-400 People injured due to attacks , and unknown number of deaths {10-20 people} , act worthy of death as capital punishment
2014 - Closing out escape route for women and children , by placing containers again endangering the lives of Pakistanis
2014 - Taking 1 Billion Dollars from Another country without telling people where that money is used ?
2014 - Paying $$$ to TV anchors , for biased reporting and trying to close channels which
report against government , anti freedom of press movement \
2014 - Attack on Dunya TV camera crew
2014 - Attack on SAMA TV camera crew, masked police men



THIS GOVERNMENT IS NOT GOVERNMENT OF PEOPLE !!! We need to put charges against the government !!!

Source: Govt Crackdown on the Islamabad protesters | Updates & Discussions | Page 114

 

[Asian.Century]

PAT to stage sit-in outside PM House

ISLAMABAD: At least two protestors including a woman were reportedly killed and hundreds others were injured in a violent riot control operation to disperse the marchers of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf outside Prime Minister House, Samaa reported.

“Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets on the protesters attempting to stage a sit-in in front of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's official residence”, an official said.

The clashes broke out when protesters who have been camped outside parliament for two weeks tried to storm the prime minister's house, using cranes to remove barricades.

Protesters of both the parties had been camped outside parliament since August 15 demanding Sharif quit, claiming the election which swept him to power last year was rigged.

"The police are continuing to fire tear gas to disperse them," an eyewitness at the scene said, adding that the shelling began when the protestors tried to remove some barricades located in front of the residences of the prime minister and president using cranes.

Hundreds Of Casualties

The injured were rushed to Islamabad's two main hospitals, and the number of casualties is expected to rise as clashes continue.

Dr Ayesha, a spokesperson for the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) hospital in Islamabad, said that 189 injured people have been brought to his hospital, while the Poly Clinic hospital said it had received 124 wounded so far.

A second doctor at PIMS said 114 men, 33 women, five minors, and seven police officials were among were the wounded.

"At least two injured are critical. One of them is on ventilator while the other with a penetration wound in the operation theater", she added.

According to spokesperson, most of the victims had been injured by rubber bullets, and that that 17 of them were women

"There are 20 women among them and most have been affected by tear gas, but they all are in stable condition," Khurram Ghuman, a spokesman at Islamabad's Poly Clinic hospital (PCH) said.

"Also there are at least six children among the injured with one of them apparently lost as there was no one to claim him", sources in the PCH told Samaa.

Television pictures showed police in riot gear and some bloodied protesters being carried to ambulances.

According to latest reports the number of injured has risen up to 320.

Let's March On PM House

Earlier, both the parties decided to move their protest sit-ins from outside Parliament building to in front of Prime Minister House.

Ordering his workers to march towards PM House, Dr Qadri said," Move ahead to your next stopover peacefully. There should not be any violence, any militancy, any unconstitutional act. God be with you."

Later PTI leader, Imran Khan also gave his workers a similar call after which his followers started hotfooting towards the PM House.

Govt's Defiant Note

The state-owned Pakistan Television quoted defence minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif as saying: "No one would be allowed to enter inside the sensitive buildings."

"There are 1,600 to 2,000 trained terrorists. They have 200 women who are trained in the use of firearms and they have come with the intention of occupying state buildings," defence minister Khawaja Asif said.

"These are buildings that are symbols of the state," he said. "Their attempts are being resisted. And we will resist these with full force."

According to sources on the ground, thousands of riot police stood between the incoming marchers and the prime minister house.

PM Orders Restraint?

It was reported that Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif had directed the security personnel not to use brute force against the protestors.

"Securitymen have been officially told to exercise utmost restraint until further orders", sources told Samaa.

There was no word on the last-resort orders for the cops, paramilitary troops, or soldiers if a flashpoint was reached.

Teargas, Rubber Bullets

In a violent turn of events, police shot rubber bullets and teargassed the protestors as soon as they reached the PM house.

"The protestors resorted to throwing stones after the riot police unleashed the crackdown", sources told Samaa.

The tear gas shelling began when the protestors tried to remove some barricades in front of the building as well as other key government buildings.

"Many women, children, and elderly were lying unconscious at the scene of the clash. There was mayhem after the imported teargas started stinging protestors' eyes/skin", eyewitnesses told Samaa.

According to sources, panic ensued following the shelling and a resulting stampede also led to many casualties..

Paramilitary troops and soldiers standing guard to protect the PM's house as well as other sensitive installations have not yet been called into action.

PTI Woman Protestor Dies

A latest report says a protesting woman has died most probably owing to asphyxia caused by inhalation of too much poisonous teargas.

"A Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf woman protestor was killed by the firing of Islamabad police", Chairman PTI Imran Khan told Samaa.

Protestors Vs Protectors

After keeping running back and forth from the shelling zone and a safe zone, the protestors ultimately succeeded in overcoming the last shipping container standing between them and Pakistan Secretariat. They are now gathering outside the Pakistan Secretariat.

On the other hand a large number of protestors are also resting on the lush green lawns of Parliament House where paramilitary troops and soldiers are standing guard to protect it.

According to sources the troops have warned the marchers to stay as away from the parliament building as possible for their own safety.

The troops deployed to safeguard the sensitive installations in the Red Zone have not yet been called into action, despite the violence

Women & Children

Women and children have been prominent among both protest groups, and the rising number of casualties is set to further polarise the already embittered political atmosphere.

But government officials defended the use of force. "The demonstrators attacked first. They wanted to occupy the prime minister's house and stage a sit-in there," said Asif Kirmani, an aide of Sharif.

Qadri, however, said the government began the violence.

"The march is heading to its destination, we were peaceful but government began the bloodshed," he said.

Khan told Samaa during the violence that he was inside a shipping container in front of the prime minister's house. Qadri was in a bullet-proof car close to the scene, according television images.

The government earlier struck a defiant note, issuing a statement saying that Sharif would not be stepping down.

"There is no question of resignation or proceeding on leave by Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, nor any member from the government side has made such suggestion," the statement said.

Sharif had earlier dismissed the two-week old impasse as a "tiny storm" that would end soon.

Countrywide Protests

Riots broke out in the major cities of Pakistan after police cracked down on protestors in 'Red Zone.'

Protestors in Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Multan, Faisalabad, and other cities have launched protest demonstrations.

In Karachi, PTI and Majlis Wahdatul Muslimeen are staging a sit-in at Numaish Chorangi, while Insafians also blocked the road by setting tyres on fire at Boat Basin. PTI workers are also protesting in the middle of Shara-e-Faisal, one of the major thoroughfares of metropolis. Another protest demo has started at Five Star Chowrangi.

On the other hand, angry PTI workers are also protesting in Lahore's Liberty Chowk. According to latest reports, riot police are following Islamabad suit in Lahore.

Storm In A Teacup?

Earlier Saturday, Sharif dismissed a political crisis triggered by protests aimed at unseating his government as "a tiny storm" that would be ended soon.

Thousands of supporters of opposition leader Imran Khan and populist cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri had been camped outside parliament since August 15 demanding Sharif quit, claiming the election which swept him to power last year was rigged.

"This is just a tiny storm, a tumult, which would be ended in a few days," Sharif told reporters in the eastern city of Lahore.

However, the "protest sit-in has caused massive loss to Pakistan's economy," he said, "we will retrieve that but they must realise that protests have affected the development projects."

More than a week of government efforts to negotiate an end to the standoff made little headway, with cricketer-turned-politician Khan being adamant that Sharif must resign.

But Sharif said all the demands had already been accepted.

"We have already accepted all their demands, of electoral reforms and establishment of a commission," Sharif said, referring to the judicial commission to investigate rigging claims.

Sharif added the findings of the judicial commission would be made public and would be acceptable to his government, but Khan again on Saturday rejected this and reiterated his demand of Sharif's resignation.

Sharif's government is also under fire since Thursday for asking army to mediate to end the two-week political crisis but Interior Minister Chaudhry Ali Nisar Khan told parliament on Friday the protesters' unwillingness to trust anyone had left no alternative but army mediation.

The country's powerful army chief General Raheel Sharif on Thursday held talks with Qadri and Khan in the standoff between the government and protesters.

The move has raised fears of increased military dominance over the civilian government in a country ruled for more than half its life by the army.

Khan alleges the 2013 general election that swept Sharif to power in a landslide was rigged, though international observers said the vote was largely free and fair.

Qadri has demanded wholesale changes to Pakistan's political system and called for an interim "unity government" while they are implemented.

The leaders have drawn thousands to the streets in Islamabad but their call has not mobilised mass support in a country of 180 million people.--SAMAA/Agencies

 

[EagleEyes]

Geo News: Police took control, nothing happened.

AKA Pakistans Fox News bought out by industrialists.

 

[Norwegian]

Lol - the so called Liberals should switchover to Dunya News and Samaa --- Police beat the shit out of their engineers and Media person --- so much for " Justifyable Force "

These are Gullu Butts.

 

[Abingdonboy]

Unfortunately - yes

Wow, I thought it would be a fake for sure

That truly is shameful- the highest court in your land degraded like that.

 

[Norwegian]

That truly is shameful- the highest court in your land degraded like that.

LOL. No its just a building of stones and concrete. What's shameful is that last night hundreds of innocent protesters were injured by police brutality and nothing happened from Supreme Court. LOL.

 

[Peaceful Civilian]