Who would have thought that among all the bombings and threats and the recent attack on Sri Lankan team, such a huge mass would come out on roads in Lahore. People aren't afraid. Literate masses/middle class people might be, who sit in their homes and watch it all on TV but illiterate ones aren't. And it was certainly this huge crowd that made the government give up. One can just hope and pray now that every thing goes well.
Honestly, I don't think the things are going to change much. The people running the government are incompetent. There will be more such clashes and I doubt the fact that the government will complete its five years. For starters, PM has announced the restoring of CJ Iftikhar. OK, but how? Will he take a fresh oath or be restored as such? Why is the government waiting for the tenure of CJ Doggar to end? Secondly I don't think they will declare the steps taken on 3rd November invalid neither will they restore the constitution to its pre-3rd November state. This is an NRO government which itself is the biggest injustice, injustice to the 160 million people of Pakistan. But I'm still hopeful.
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At least the illegal plaza owning man near Kalma chowk be perspiring with fear. Ramaday's back.
Our sociology sir who has been a journalist, now finishing his PhD, knows well the perceptions of a just SC. Perceptions alone present the state of affairs. I see hope.
And mind you, some of my friends, with their families, travelled through Kalma chowk route till the Ravi bridge and beyond witnessed men, people like you and me, from all walks of level, poor and rich, so-called middle class and else. He says it was a fine blend of people, also their massive size, that played the trick so well.
Really??? I thought they were just the party workers and those who were paid to participate. Perhaps its just the front line people that the media shows who are usually party workers. Well, good to know that. Thats quite an incentive :-)
Yup!
And today I came to know that some of our university hostel guys also joined the march. The hostel lies on Hall Road, close to where the march was passing. Soft revolution! :-D
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