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Resign in 48 hours: Pakistan cleric to Imran Khan at Azadi March
A mass protest in Pakistan against Imran Khan
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Less than 10% of Pakis care a damn about Kashmir!! But the politicians out there make it as though all Pakis think eat and sleep Kashmir!!
Resign in 48 hours: Pakistan cleric to Imran Khan at Azadi March
A mass protest in Pakistan against Imran Khan
- Rumblings in Pak: Tens of thousands of Pakistani opposition supporters, spearheaded by the controversial Fazl-ur-Rehman, rallied in Islamabad on Friday, demanding the ouster of what they say is the illegitimate government of Prime Minister Imran Khan. The protests are the first major political threat to Khan since he swept to power in August 2018. The protesters say Khan's government is propped up by the military and claim there is an "undeclared martial law" in place in Pakistan, reports news agency Reuters. Khan and his party have long been accused of being managed by Pakistan's military establishment. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan People's Party (PPP) has also supported the demonstration.
- Excitement in India: The protests have caused some section of people in India to rejoice, with many taking to social media to speak of "common Pakistanis" rising against Khan. Surendra Poonia, whose Twitter (@MajorPoonia) bio states he is a BJP member, tweeted: "Islamabad is LOCKED down. Million Pakistanis joined #AzadiMarch & moving towards capital with slogans #GoNiaziGo. Common Pakistani is fed up of their Kashmir Jihad Lollipop & asking Roti & Rozi for their families." Niazi is the little-used surname of Imran Khan — his full name is Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi — as it brings to memory the 1971 war that led to the creation of Bangladesh and Lieutenant General Ameer Abdullah Khan Niazi, who surrendered his weapon to the Indian army commander, Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Aurora, on December 16, 1971.
- But.... while the schadenfreude over Khan's troubles is understandable, considering his statements over Kashmir, perhaps lost in this is who Fazl-ur-Rehman is. The leader of the hardline Deobandi group Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl, was at the vanguard of the first violent demonstration against Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses in 1989. He is also the chairman of the Special Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir, and a vocal critic of the Indian army. Last October, he said: "International human rights organisations should raise voice against Indian atrocities on innocent people in occupied Kashmir," and called the Indian army a blatant aggressor.
- Yet he has been accused of downplaying the Kashmir issue in Pakistan as he highlights the issues in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the stronghold of his party. He had gained attention in India in 2016 when he said Pakistan was "obsessed" with Kashmir, at the cost of the Federally-Administered Tribal Areas (which later became Khyber Pakhtunkhwa). He is also a critic of the Pak army.
- But it is not that Imran Khan has done any good for the people of Pakistan. A recent Gallup and Gilani Pakistan opinion poll showed economy rather than Kashmir is a bigger concern of the people — inflation is at 11.4%, economic growth is projected to fall to 2.4%, and national deficit is 8.9% of the GDP.
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Less than 10% of Pakis care a damn about Kashmir!! But the politicians out there make it as though all Pakis think eat and sleep Kashmir!!
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