Tahir ul Qadri Return to Pakistan
By Sameer Shaharyar • Dec 19th, 2012 • Category: Lead Story, Politics, Worth A Second Look • 13 CommentsHas establishment turned it’s eyes towards Tahir ul Qadri as alternate option of Imran Khan or they will patch up both Tahir and Imran to combat the PPP and PML-N come next elections? Things are as murky as they can be already, and with the upcoming return of chief of Minhaj-ul-Quran International and political party Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT), crazy conspiracies are circulating in chilly Islamabad.
Tahir ul Qadri’s personality is quite ambiguous. Not in any suspicious sense, but masses in Pakistan are not clear about his motive. For instance, why he left Pakistan and lived in West for years? And more importantly why all of a sudden he is so upbeat and returning to Pakistan and chanting slogans like ‘Politics or State’?
Tahir ul Qadri has remained in power corridors in different governments. He has held some portfolios over the years in country and has denied some. He has addressed some huge gatherings in India and in UK, but still has yet to make any thudding and resounding impact in Pakistan and that is what he intends to do this time as he returns in few days time.
What’s his program? What’s his agenda? When he rebukes politics and says to save the state, what exactly he means? Is he paving the way for a dictatorial regime or Khilafat or some election-less presidential system? Or he just wants to become a caretaker premier and wants to enjoy a temporary glory?
Yes there are lots of question marks. With a disappointing performance of Imran Khan, there may be a chance that Tahir ul Qadri wants to exploit this gap. But like Imran Khan he knows that he would never be able to get majority or even considerable seats in the assembly, and so that is why he is hoping that he would be able to display some unrest in Punjab and Islamabad through his public gatherings and then malign politicians and call for a long term cleansing setup. I wouldn’t be surprised if Tsunami also supports this Tahir onslaught and they both become frontmen of establishment for the new unelected set up.
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I dont know why before hearing him, before knowing his plan we start blaming establishment?
Establishment phobia must end now. In last four years, establishment fully support PPP, like a democratic way they follow the rulling government, Rather than blindly bashing,we should appreciate this.
In Imran case, most of people blame Pasha,but Imran did successful gathering, especially Quetta Jalsa and Peace march against drone after the General pasha.
PTI popularity decrease because of media bias behavior, especially bias behavior like Iraf Sadiqui and ata ul haq qasmi who always wrote against Imran. and Out english press is full of blogs and articles against Imran khan, even bases on one or two “miss-quoted” statment.
Yes Qadri is not here to do politics, he is here to rule without politics.
If Ata Qasmi and Irfan Siddiqui are writing against IK, then Haroon Rasheed, Hassan Nisar are writing in his complete favor.
Ignore this whirling crackpot Tahir ul Qadri , he has no vision no plan whatsoever. He’s only here to get two bit of fame. He was a former buddy of Nawaz Sharif. He’s more likely to join hands with PML-N than any other party. These days he’s darling of Western powers who have bestowed him with honorary canadian citizenship. No surprise, he’s a scholar for dollars ever ready to give fatwa in support of U.S./NATO.
””Has establishment turned it’s eyes towards Tahir ul Qadri as alternate option of Imran Khan””
The argument that establishment is behind IK is based on the conjecture that IK is like Zardari and Nawaz — the crooks who made compromises to grab power. Imran is not like them and establishment knows that very well. He can’t be dictated or controlled. He’s neither Zardari nor is he Nawaz.
””Is he paving the way for a dictatorial regime or Khilafat or some election-less presidential system?””’
First off, Kilafat is not “election-less”. In Khilafat, caliph is elected on the views of representatives of people. Second, instead of worshipping democracy we should try any alternative system that works for Pakistan. Third, Tahir ul Qadri is not here to change any system as he’s part of status quo forces. He’s a sajada nasheen remnant of british raj. These sajada nasheen fraudsters have never resisted status quo forces. They’ve never fought against injustice. Qadri has got canadian citizenship so his mission is achieved. All he wants is bit of fame and power on his return. That’s about it.
””But like Imran Khan he knows that he would never be able to get majority or even considerable seats in the assembly””’
Imran Khan won’t be able to win although he’s better than the rest. The reason is not that his performance is failure but because he relies on colonial constituency system to bring change. No honest and principled leader can win in this system. Even Quaid e Azam failed to win there so how can IK win?
””If Ata Qasmi and Irfan Siddiqui are writing against IK, then Haroon Rasheed, Hassan Nisar are writing in his complete favor.””
What’s strange about that?? Every journalist has affiliation with one party or the other. IMO, it’s better to favor someone honest than to favor crooks like Nawaz and Zardari.
TBP, you still consider IK a crook too, or have changed your mind as always?
He talks about peace which is good. I really am not sure, though, as why he remained outside of Pakistan for such a long time.
@J3w Raiz
What are you smoking? crack or hash? The answer to your blurb is crystal clear from my posts above. Open your eyes and go back reading them.
Proceed with caution.
Tahir Qadri owns big estate in Canada and his own TV channel. Who is funding him. He used to live in a small house in Shadman, Lahore.
true_blue_pakistani
I can show you allot of Hasan nisar articles and Haron rasheed article against IK policies. Show me a single Nawaz from Atta Ul Haq qasmi and Irfan sadiqui..
Plus Atta Ul Haq Qasmi is a Punjab gvt employee!!!
@Hamza Baloch
You didn’t get the point. Whether Haroon Rasheed writes in IK’s favor or Qasmi writes in Nawaz’s favor should not be an issue. Everyone in the media has to be someone’s b!tch. It’s part of their job. I’m talking not only about our country but the whole world. Media is for sale everywhere and it should not be a surprise — they’re a business.
PML-N supporters points fingers at Haroon Rasheed , Hssan Nisar but they never talk about their own bought and paid for shills like Qasmi. This is hypocrisy of munafiq league. That’s what I pointed out.
true_blue_pakistani
Sir, let me clear one thing about me, I am a PTI supporter but I dont like Haroon rasheed and Hasan Nisar.But it is fact that as compared to Irafan and Qasmi these ppl some time write against IK steps.
I dont like “analyst” become famous bkz of their biased behavior . From left wings writers to right wing writer as see this behavior.