PESHAWAR - People belonging to different walks of life have criticized the long march led by Tehreek-e-Minhajul Quran Chief Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri and termed it a failed attempt to declare himself a revolutionary personality in the history of Pakistan.
In a survey conducted by this scribe, most of the Pakistani people including doctors, lawyer, social workers, students and ordinary citizens declared Qadri a mentally unfit man who without having a solid agenda invited the poor masses across the country in this chilly weather to befooled them while sitting in a well decorated and well secure bulletproof containers.
Talking to TheNation, a practicing lawyer, Arshad Saeed, told that thousand of people who gathered in Jinnah Avenue were not aware that what they have gained and what they lost, nothingelse but a chilly weather and severe flow.
He said that it was a strange long march as in the early stage he managed the march very well but the great claimer of revolution, turner of D-Square to Tahrir Square and dissolver of Assemblies put a dramatic end to this long march. Most of his points in his six-point agenda were already covered in the constitution of Pakistan and in rules regulation of the election commission of country.
He said that one does not know that how he did agree to hold dialogue with the government which he termed “Yazeed”. Whatever, it was unique in nature, full of amusement containing huge claims and trifling actions, he remarked.
Ali Khan, a doctor in Khyber Teaching Hospital, termed it a march of the foolish people who came to the avenue without having proper motive while the so-called champion of revolution not only tortured the poor people but also minor kids who found nothing but only chill and its diseases.
An activist of Pakistan People’s Party and leader of People’s Lawyers Forum, Letafat Khan Advocate, termed it a diplomacy of Pakistan People’s Party under the leadership of President Asif Ali Zardari who without heeding any solid demand of Qadri succeeded to disperse the marcher along with their leader Tahir-ul-Qadri.
He mentioned that PPP could handle any difficult situation in case of crisis and public agitation.
He termed it a great victory of democratic forces, who succeeded to fulfill the demands of Tahir-ul-Qadri in an amicable manner.
“The political opposition had prepared themselves for any unconstitutional change and demonstrated a strong strategy to avert any conspiracy against democracy that was the reason Qadri backtracked from his position and invited government for dialogue despite of his earlier demands to dissolve National Assembly,” he maintained.
Zafar Ali, a student of Qauid Azam University, remarked that the demands of Tahir-ul-Qadri were beyond understanding and there was nothing concrete in his charter of demands.
He said that it was a personal drama of Dr Qadri because why he was not demanding halting of drone attacks in Pakistan and why Qadri was not demanding release of Dr Afia Saddiqi from US captivity.
“Qadri was an angel from the sky and disappeared without achieving some thing; either he was soul of General Zia-ul-Haq, appeared to derail democracy but he could not achieve his goal,” he uttered.
Another student of Peshawar University Tariq Saeed told this scribe that the follower of Qadri found nothing but total loss as several of them purchased their cattle, motorbikes and other valuables to participate in Qadri march. He said that Tahir-ul-Qadri now should compensate those poor people who had accompanied him.
The aimless long march was not only criticized by the educated segment of the country but also cursed by the uneducated viewers of television who termed the so-called reform agenda of Dr Qadri a failed attempt to get popularity among the masses.