In an uncivilized turn of events, the chief of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Imran Khan was manhandled at the Punjab University Campus today. He was later arrested by the police. A group of students kept him detained on the campus and later turned him over to the police. According to Dawn’s Report:
Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf chairman Imran Khan was arrested from outside the Punjab University’s new campus on Wednesday after he had been manhandled and detained in the campus allegedly by activists of the Islami Jamiat Talaba. Imran Khan had gone to the university at the invitation of a joint action committee of students.
The visit had been approved by Qazi Hussain Ahmed, chief of Jamaat-i-Islami, to which the IJT is affiliated. On his arrival at the campus, the PTI chief was confronted reportedly by a group of IJT activists who kicked him around and punched him. They took him to a room in the Centre for High Energy Physics and detained him there for about 45 minutes.
This is an interesting (and sad) turn of events. Imran Khan’s party and the mother party of IJT are both partners in APDM. Imran and Qazi have been seen together in many media photo shoots for the past year or so. Will today’s action by IJT guys will cause long term bad-blood between the two parties? It is left to be seen.
We strongly believe that inspite of political differences, no person deserves physical bashing and humiliation as was met out to Imran. Political differences should never be taken to such extreme where people use force to get their point across. It is wrong. Shame on those who manhandled him. I was recently reading an article on political bashing in the Wall Street Journal. It had a punch line which just kept resonating with me. It read:
Our politics suffer when passions overcome reason and vitriol becomes virtue.
Details on Imran’s manhandling can be read here, here, here and here.
It’s all happened due to not followed the Quaid’s Farman “Ittahad, Tanzeem, Yaqeen-e-Muhkum”. It seems to me that we are no more a nation.
Shame on those JI goons, they have done a deal with the devil.
Imran Khan Zindabad
Feimanallah
Wasim
kha kay ju teer dekha kameen kee taraf tu dostoon say mulaqat ho gai
…or something like this.
Imran Khan comes closest to what an ideal politician we can get in our morally defunct apathetic society. Brave, determined, sincere and incorruptible, he deserves better than that. Let’s not lose our way if the Marshal law regime has imprisoned him. Let’s unite and redouble our efforts for our rights, as Imran wants us to.
On what I can proud on my self. We are really wicked.
Im shocked and disturbed when I heard this. He is a true leader and I strongly believe he should be elected as the next prime-minister of the country.
He speaks the truths and take stand for the right causes. Case in point is his stand against MQM where as the current govt. has formed and alliance with them (MQM). Check out his interview at Geo about his charges on MQM.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIKkxR5hcIs
If u r wondering what happened to this case… I heard UK asked Paki govt. for some docs which (not surprisingly) they refused. Now he (and his lawyers) r preparing a case which does not require govt. support.
Allah Imran Khan to salamat rakhay.
Kadam barhao Imran Khan… Hum tumharay saath hain.
Hi
I was member of IJT during my student life, and never feels ashamed of this till today.
I have no words to express stupid, shameless behaviour of IJT peopeles against Imran.
I believe nothing less then resigantion of Nazim - E - Ala could rectictify the sitution now. And should do it immidiately to proctect Jamiat name (which i was associate with pride and still has fond memories).
My advice to imran khan is please leave this dirt politics,nothing will change …another ruthless dictator will come after mush…BB,Chaudries,MQM ,NS & MMA will enjoy the power sharing cake in future…IK is simply wasting his time on useless nation enjoy the luxurious life in UK he has everything in his life which one common Pakistani dream for ,fame,money everything ..news is he has been arrested by police so sad if Imran khan is in UK or Australia he definetly would awarded by so many awards…pity for him that he born in pakistan.