Qadri wins if compared with other marches
Let facts and facts alone be the judge as I have no personal interest with him or anyone else so it will be purely and strictly unbiased assessment as to whose long march or sit-in had been the most successful and attended by thousands and or millions wherein men, women, children and old people have participated.
Without going into numerical gimmicks because none of the figures are telling us the true figure which cannot be counted numerically in any case but I will say with full conviction, confidence and authority that number itself is not the only scale to judge as to who is the biggest, when and where. The logical and the simplest standard of judging the above is that in earlier marches whether conducted by the rulers like Musharraf, Nawaz, Benazir, Zardari or opposition like Imran, Maulana Fazal etc is concerned all of them had just 1 day repeat 1 day life life as people came, heard the speech of the leader and then they dispersed and went back to their houses but in case of Dr Qadri is altogether very much different simply because it started from Lahore and came to Islamabad where all the participants are staying back in open sky which is unprecedented at least in Pakistan history. Figure wise Imran or for that matter Maulana Fazalur or even Benazir, Niawaz and Zardari etc may had attracted more than Dr Qadri but what about the actual life of the long march.
Which long march crowd had so committed participants alike to stay back for indefinite period? Which long march had countless mothers with infant children repeat infant children than Qadri can rightly boast of? Which long march participants had come in such large numbers at their own expense without any aid or assistance from any person, society or organization? Which long march participants had been exposed to open sky and that too nearing freezing point temperature which shivers you inside your house what to talk of open to sky? Which long march, let me be very specific, has lasted so long period except this one?
Qadri has very categorically outclassed all those who had loudly and proudly boated of conducting long marches from day one till today. Who opposes me but why and how?
Iqbal Hadi Zaidi / Kuwait
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