Islamabd, Jan 16: Pakistani cleric Maulana Tahirul Qadri has invited Tehreek-i-Insaaf party chief Imran Khan to join his indefinite sit-in in Islamabad demanding dissolution of National Assembly and provincial assemblies.
In an interview to Express News, Dr Qadri said, Tehreek-i-Insaaf was like his party as they wanted change . "I invite Imran Khan to join long march so the forces wanting change can unite."
“If the change does not come now, it will not come after the election either,” said Qadri.
Dr Qadri further said that the Supreme Court verdict had justified his movement, adding that the rulers would have to surrender in a day or two.
He was referring to the SC order for arrest all 16 persons, including Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, in the rental power plants case.
The cleric said that if it were any country other than Pakistan, the prime minister would have resigned even before the court's decision.
He further said that his struggle was against “fraud democracy”. “People of our nation have been slaughtered as if they were goats or sheep,” he said.
The Minhaj-ul-Quran International chief said that his workers were fired upon when they tried to remove containers from the roads and called for those responsible to be arrested.
“When our long march is peaceful, why they are erecting barriers?” he asked.
Dr Qadri claimed people who had come to support his agitation had come out of free will.
