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ISLAMABAD:
Minhaj-ul-Quran International (MQI) chief Tahirul Qadri, who led tens of thousands of people into the federal capital, demanded dissolution of all assemblies before 11am on Tuesday (today) or else the people will take their own decisions on Tuesday.
“The long march has ended. Now, it’s the beginning of revolution,” Dr Qadri told his supporters at Jinnah Avenue in Islamabad late Monday. “I give you until 11am to dissolve all assemblies, including the National Assembly and provincial assemblies,” he said.
Hitting out at the critics who disputed Dr Qadri’s claim of leading a “million-man march”, the MQI chief said, “I invite all political leaders, including Asif Ali Zardari, Raja Pervaiz Ashraf and Asfandyar Wali to see with their eyes this surging sea of people.”
Dr Qadri sought an oath from his supporters that they would stay put till the success of the revolution. MQI activists, including men, women and even children, promised that they would not move from outside the Parliament House.
Accusing Interior Minister Rehman Malik of backing out on his promise, Dr Qadri convinced his supporters to move the stage to D-Chowk outside the Parliament House.
How it all began
A historic freezing Monday night saw a scholar, accused of trying to sow political chaos ahead of elections, enter in the capital territory, with tens of thousands behind him in a long march — a demonstration that reeked of revolution.
Thousands of fluttering green and white national flags blanked the Jinnah Avenue. The long marchers’ leader, Dr Tahirul Qadri, in a twitter statement and later while talking to the media, asserted, “The time for negotiations is over”. He then pledged that he and his followers will continue the sit-in till the incumbent government leaves.
