Not my favourite Topic by a Long chalk, but an inescapable one at this point in time. So where are we at exactly? One: the Supreme Court has held a hearing on a consitutional petition against the march. We now await a verdict on their part.
SC moved against Qadri’s long march
January 08, 2013
ISLAMABAD: A constitutional petition was moved in the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday against the January 14 long march to be orchestrated by Minhajul Quran chief Dr Tahirul Qadri.
The petitioner, advocate Arshad Mehmood pleaded the apex court to call off the proposed long-march alleging that Tahir-ul-Qadri was attempting to establish a parallel system and imposing his own ideology on the populace.
Arshad said that Qadri's long march was against the laws and constitution of the country. He said that articles 62, 63 and 218 do not decree any such uprising, adding that the government should not allow anybody to transform Islamabad into Tehrir-Squire.
Arshad argued "any attempt to establish a parallel legislative body seeking to overrule and overthrow the parliament would be a direct challenge to the sovereignty of Pakistan which this court is duty bound to defend".
http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-82962 ... long-march
Criss-crossing one another, we have news items of the following kind:
- Govt will be responsible for any chaos’
- TTP refutes threatening Qadri long march
- Meeting reviews Qadri rally security
- Qadri sees clash if long march cut short
- KPK Assembly condemns Qadri’s ‘plan’
- Qadri warns against stopping long-march
- Malik warns of attack on Qadri march
It's incredible the lengths we go to to make a topi drama sound plausible.