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[Rick Halperin]

Sept. 19


PAKISTAN:

Qadri demands death penalty for corrupt, foreign-funded people


Chief of Pakistan Awami Tehrek (PAT), Dr Tahirul Qadri has said that a peaceful 
protest by the oppressed people of the country has shaken all the power 
corridors, ARY News reported. Addressing his workers and followers at the 
D-Chowk, Dr Tahirul Qadri said, "Your peaceful protest has shaken the power 
corridors and the rulers are afraid of this awareness among the oppressed 
people".

He said that the announcement of death penalty to opium-addicts revolutionized 
the Chinese nation and demanded the same penalty for 2 sorts of people here in 
Pakistan. Explaining his demand, the PAT chief said a person who is ever funded 
by a foreign country, internal or external secret agency in order to spread 
unrest in Pakistan should be hanged to death, while he demanded the same for 
the one who is involved in any kind of corruption.

He said that when China can execute its masses over the use of drugs and the 
United States (US) can impose a death sentence over those involved in 
terrorism, then why can't Pakistan do so.

Qadri said that widespread corruption in Pakistan has weakened the basis of the 
country and it is the biggest terrorism here. Drawing comparison between China 
and Pakistan, he said that people are addicted to corruption in Pakistan like 
the way Chinese were addicted to opium, before a revolution there.

He said, "Whoever was funded in the name of religion or politics, whether by an 
Arab or Persian state, or by any foreign state from East to West, he should be 
executed".

Dr Tahirul Qadri said, "We present ourselves first of all and challenge the 
rulers to prove any foreign funding as they allege, even about the Minhaj ul 
Quran International and this sit-in".

He said that an unbiased commission should be formed to hold the trial of all 
the people involved in corruption or who acquired funding for any campaign to 
spread chaos in the country, since 1980 to the date.

(source: arynews)