So, he is not only holding country hostage, but his own people too. What a fraud this man has turned out to be.
Paid protesters not allowed to return home - thenews.com.pk
ISLAMABAD: Due to prolonged Inqilab March of Pakistan Awami Tahreek (PAT), protesters reportedly hired are now eager to go back to their homes but they have not been allowed to do so, BBC Urdu reported.
Naved of Bahawalpur is among such hundreds of protesters. He said he is from Tamewali, a village near Bahawalpur, and a student of Class 10.
He said local PAT leader Tanweer Abbasi had told his family that he will be back in three days after the Inqilab March in Islamabad. He said his family was given Rs6,000, adding that some 300 other youngsters of his area were also brought to Islamabad on the same conditions.
He said groups comprising 20-30 boys have been formed and in charge of each group informs the march organisers of the attendance of his group members in the march daily. He said the boys injured in skirmishes with the police were also not allowed to go back to their homes and they have been put in the nearby areas.
Muhammad Aslam of Gujranwala said announcements were made on loudspeakers in a village near Gujranwala, encouraging women to participate in the march and it was made clear that they would be paid an additional Rs3,000-5,000 if they bring with them infants and children age less than 10 years.
He said when they tell the organisers that they want to go back home, they are issued dire threats. He said the organisers also told them that their men are at bus stands of Rawalpindi and Islamabad who will kill them instead of sending them to their homes and their families would be told that they have been killed in skirmishes with the police.
Before the Inqilab March, Dr Tahirul Qadri had said that whosoever would come back from the revolution would be killed. However, he then explained that his statement was a joke. According to reports, about 100 women, most of them domestic workers, have been bought to Islamabad from Gujranwala and their families are paid Rs10,000 per month per head.
Umer Riaz Abbasi, PAT Deputy Secretary Information, said all those sitting in the protest are here of their own will and they have neither been forced nor paid. He said with the permission of Dr Qadri, 800 protesters had gone back to their homes as they had to appear in exams or were facing job or business issues.
Reports sent to the Interior Ministry indicate that about 4,000-5,000 people are participating in the protest, most of them belonging to Minhaj-ul-Quran.