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.
this guy is a patriot Pakistani has built a hospital for the poor!!!!
I am ashamed for being called a Pakistani today!!!!
I dont agree with evry thing Imran says but I respect him whole heartedly for what he has done for our Country.
Jamiat Talaba should be sent to Gitmo and executed!!!
I condemned the manhandling case of of Imran Khan in Punjab Univeristy by the student body. I think this is pre-planned mischief against Imran Khan and to malign the crediblilty of Punjab Univeristy. You can say that that was the struggle to create/produce another political organization in Punjb University rather than IJT.
Imran Khan on hunger strike in jail.Demands free judiciary
Jamat Islami and jamiat talba both agar sharam or haya ha to choolo bhar pani lao or doob kar maro tumari bagarati ki waja say aaj aik dictator pori qoum per zulam kar raha ha
According to newspaper Daily Express dated 18/11/07 police station Dara Ismail Khan where they kept Imran Khan without any facilities, Mosquitos and harsh behaviour of present dictator and officils can not stop Imran khan from his way. Because his way is way of truth, honesty, rule and regulation,justic and love to his nation and homeland. We condemn all these foolish threat. Be remember Mushraf truth is truth Nalson Mindala prove this at te cost of 27 years Jail. Be remember Imran khan is person who can do this because he accept the given challenge he also prove. You mushraff and ur companion be remember do but which u ca n face in future “Makafata Amal” very soon be started