Gujranwala gives the verdict

Sunday 23^rd November 2014, PTI led by Imran Khan hit tsunami at the heart of Noon League political Citadel of Gujranwala despite heavy opposition of sitting Nawaz/Shahbaz Sharif Government. Noon league supporters had prepared themselves to bash this Jalsa by throwing eggs, tomatoes and shoes. (Which their own Zaeem Qadri discredited on news channels) Noon league had to witness yet again a mass of people joining the PTI Jalsa right before their eyes.

So what is this phenomenon of people joining the Jalsa in every city that Khan gives a call for? (Mind you the call for these jalsas is only days apart)According to Noon league and its other statuesque parties, it is just music and fun that people divert to get minds off their stressful lives. Really? If that was the case, one can see the spirit/charged up both men and women enclosures in support of Khan. If it was only an escape from stress, there are better alternatives for people to divert their energies. Noon league cannot comprehend that being in power for the past almost seven years straight now; it has failed to deliver what it promised to their voters. They have disappointed their voters to the point that now people have taken the decision into their own hands.

What is even more comical is the way Federal Ministers start their press conferences with reference to Khan and PTI. Today one such ludicrous “comedy show” was conducted by the Minister of Information Pervez Rasheed. (Only God knows what his disinformation is based upon everytime he calls up a press conf) According to his allegations Khan was misusing “Plane of a Public Limited Company for political purposes through public funds.” Well Mr. Rasheed, if PTI led Government in KP of just 17 months and few days old are alleged of this information you could take out against Khan then Pakistani’s are most happy about it. Thank God there aren’t any Gazillions of rupees of kick backs involved in this, thank God, the PTI led by Imran Khan is not charged with money laundering, thank God, the PTI led Government of Imran Khan is not leeching public money for creating personal properties off shore. In short, thank God, this is all you could dig out! As for the public funds, those refer tax payers’ money; one can see there is no tax payers money involved in this allegation since the said plane is always paid through the party fund. In response Jahangir Khan Tareen of PTI tweeted that “Jahangir Khan Tareen @JahangirKTareen
All payments for plane use are fully documented. Pervaiz Rasheed should expect a legal notice from JDW for defamation.”

Fact of the matter is; Minister Rasheed of Noon league was termed by Mr. Asad Umer of PTI as the “Geobbels of the status quo.” (Pronounced GOBELZ) What does Asad Umer mean by Geobbels? Through history we find out that “Joseph Goebbels was one of Hitler's closest associates and Minister of Propaganda in Germany. Geobbels was a cool, sarcastic & an orator; often humorous. During the World War two, Goebbels tried to boost German morale by writing innumerable speeches, promising wonder weapons and providing projections of a final victory that he knew were pure fantasy. Right until the end of the war he worked to encourage the German people to resist the Allies with all their strength. At the same time he knew that defeat would have dire consequences for Hitler.” By showing the sunny side up, Mr. Rasheed is taking his leader slowly towards doom as the history shows.

This press conference was timed to disrupt the Jalsa coverage by media which was a hopeless attempt by Mr. Rasheed. Neither the media stopped its coverage nor did his press conference leave any impact on the viewers. Instead, one felt sorry for this 70 plus year old gentleman, at his respectable age, and political experience he has one expected a wise, humble elderly who would have guided the young nation to truth instead of falsehood. Todays press conference only showed one thing; that this Government is nervous, scared and beyond confidence. The term “Rigging” haunts them day and night and such powerful jalsa’s are taking away their left sanity.
So while the above mentioned press conference took place, Khan on the other hand, explained the number of deaths in Tharparkar due to the negligence of Sindh Government and the numerous deaths of children in Sargodha Government hospitals due to the negligence of the Punjab Government. His emphasis was again on people’s power, on the right of people to question their governments misdoing, on people knowing all facts, on justice, equality, nepotism, corruption.

The growing number of people attending the PTI jalsas vindicates that they are fed up of false hopes and promises of the present statuesque parties, they want to see and witness change in this corrupted system. Imran Khan is not their relative whom they favor by showing their presence, they want to secure the future of their children, they want this system to take an exit forever, and that is why they chant #GoNawazGo!

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