Lawyer/rights activist Asma Jahangir tweets: Only a nave person will think that there's no connection between order for PM's arrest and TuQ's protest. The connection is very clear - the boots are behind this.

Journalist AndrewBuncombe: In Sri Lanka, the executive has forced out the chief justice. In Pakistan the chief justice wants to force out the executive.

And this is what Canadian-Pakistani cleric-politician Tahir-ul Qadri tweeted after his just-concluded speech: Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri:‏ Congrats to Pak nation! Half speech delivered & half goal achieved. Tomorrow, I'll deliver second half & you'll achieve remaining goals.