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.
JI will be rewarded for this in the next elections just like they were in the past for their support to the dictator. JI are the scum of the earth, supporting every dictator since Yahya Kahn and in turn rewarded handsomely by the dictators. These Mullahs are the best money can buy.
Meanwhile 17 members of IJT sacked. Alligator
Yeah he decided to get kicked punched assaulted arrested and charged under the anti-terrorist act so he could increase his popularity and then his sisters decided to get slapped dragged beaten and arrested by the bayghairat policewalas to enhance their popularity….
Think before you write.
@ Rafay Kashmiri…
It’s all on video dear chap…its all there…for all of the Muslims to see the latest blossoming gift of the Jamat-e-Jahili :)
just how are you defending them? on what grounds? every institution they have touched has almost withered and died..case in point being UET Lhr…
arent these the same jhonnies who were stopping Muslim Shia students at PU from use of the university mosque…DAWN gave the rather longish stand off good coverage but didnt do a good follow up….
Its amazing how one Mullah lover will defend another Mullah(s) even if he is caught ON VIDEO spreading his shar..
this is not a conspiracy against the Jamat-e-Jahili…
It’s Jamat-e-Jahili who’s working to a conspiracy against Muslims of Pakistan..
Thanks for reminding me again of what exactly is wrong with Pakistan…
@ Syed Ali Raza…
as you were asked previously…your post about Imran Khan made about as much sense as going on a tableeghi ijtema with a stars and stripes T shirt!!!!
please furnish specific and credited incidents where Imran Khan has engaged in hate mongering on the ethenic Mohajir community of Karachi? and no you are not allowed to quote sources from Fox News…
please provide the above otherwise I shall be forced to file your post under ‘bunk’…
this gentlemen…is not a time for lies and to push personal petty agenda’s…
We need better from you Syed Sahab if we are to somehow extract ourselves from this mess which is not of my making….
I see this incident from a different angle. Looks like Pakistani government pay no attention to Imran Khan and ignored him properly even though he tried his best to give an impression of being “Renegade”. At last he he became frustrated and to gain popularity, he and JI staged a drama so he can be arrested ( a new fad in Pakistani politics) and get some media attention.
RJ
http://tinyurl.com/27m2tr
Police torture on Imran Khan’s Family Members…