The long march announced by Tahir ul Qadri has taken a questionable turn as reports of people being bribed to join the march have been looming large in the twin cities.
“What difference would it make to the bulging pockets of a religio-political party if I am paid Rs 2,000 to attend its trumpeted procession in the name of reforms?” asked Jamil Ahmad, a citizen who was being chided by others for receiving payment to join the long march.
Muhammad Kashif, a student, said, “Yes we have been paid Rs 2,000 to take part in this march, it is easy to just buy a congregation nowadays you see.” “Loot sale is rampant in this country, why would it bother anyone if we harvest some of its fruits?” said Allah Ditta, a labourer, while pocketing Rs 4,000 with a smile. “I have been paid Rs 1,000 for hoisting a flag for the long march organisers, I’m not the only one taking money for this, all my friends are,” said Muhammad Shakoor, a taxi driver. With a procession that has been paid for, Qadri’s ‘revolution’ seems to have joined the ranks of the regular political drivel fed to the populace in abundance.
Oh really you people at the Pakistan Today are really taking the biscuit. Why don't your monitoring desk also report such matters of payment for Kashmir, all political parties and of course the Army! People with real lives just get on with it and are happy so leave it out.
Poverty is one of main reasons for people not coming to streets. They care more about their daily income than system of this country. It is good that Minhaj-ul-Quran is taking care of this so that people dont have to make a decision between daily income and protest…………Good decision
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