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Hina Rabbani: Qadri's 'million march' just 30,000
January 16, 2013
And this is what Pakistan foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar had to say on the 'Million Man March'.
Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has termed Minhajul Quran
International (MQI) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri's demands "preposterous and
unconstitutional" and said the cleric means "no good".
Khar, who is in New York to attend an Asia Society meet, said Qadri was a
dual national which bars him from contesting provincial or national
assembly elections, reports The Express Tribune.
She said Qadri has only come to derail the system, and that he happens
to be someone who constitutionally cannot contest a single provincial or
national assembly seat. She said it is preposterous that Qadri wants a
role of the military and judiciary in the politics of Pakistan.
She
added that he could also be arrested for it.
Commenting on Qadri's ongoing long march in Islamabad, Khar said that
the participants of the rally were around 30,000 in number by all
accounts.
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