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Change through ballot, not sit-ins: Kaira
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira on Friday said that any change in the country could only be brought through ballot not through sit-ins or protest demonstrations.
Addressing the concluding session of a week-long journalists training workshop at the National Press Club (NPC) here, Kaira said, "The people, who want to bring revolution, should contest elections and seek vote from the people as nothing can be changed through sit-ins and protests".
He called upon Chief of Minhajul Quran Dr Tahirul Qadri to follow the democratic and constitutional course for his reforms agenda.
Kaira said if Dr Tahirul Qadri believed in democracy, he should get the public mandate and change the system through the Parliament.
He said that the Minhajul Quran was a religious NGO (non-governmental organization) and not a political party, so Dr Qadri should better join the politics and get his party registered with the Election Commission to participate in the elections.
He wondered how Dr Qadri could bring change if he did not want to contest the elections and get the people's mandate.
Replying to a question, he said that Interior Minister Rehman Malik met with Tahirul Qadri to share with him the information about terror threats.
Answering another question, he said there were concerns in different quarters about the long march of Tahirul Qadri as questions were being raised that from where he was getting funds for the purpose.
About the new wave of terrorism, he said that some elements wanted to delay the electoral process, but they would not succeed in their nefarious designs.
The Information Minister said that the policy of reconciliation had strengthened the Federation and the country was put back on the path of prosperity and progress.
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