ISLAMABAD: Even amidst chaotic scenes in Faisalabad, scenes of a lone woman fighting off an angry and advancing mob were the most dramatic.
Surrounded by government supporters in Faisalabad on Monday, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Lubna Malik truly did fight like a cornered tiger.
Workers of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz surrounded and began advancing on Malik, the lone woman, at Ghanta Ghar chowk, after she raised PTI’s ‘Go Nawaz Go’ slogan during an interview with a television channel.
But Malik was not intimidated. Malik recalled the ordeal while speaking to The Express Tribune.
“I was in the middle of an interview with some TV channels when I raised the Go Nawaz Go slogan in response to PML-N workers’ Ro Imran Ro slogan and they started gathering around me.
“They (PML-N workers) started using abusive language, picked up their sticks and started marching towards me,” she added.
Malik who reached the venue for the address at 11:15 am says she managed to get her hands on a stick too. “I managed to get one stick with which I tried to stop them, at first, and then started beating them up to push them back.”
Responding to a question, she said, “The police was deployed there but they did not come forward to rescue me,” adding, “The police did not cooperate because it was taking PML-N’s side.”
The PTI leader who was seen swinging at the PML-N supporters with her stick as they gathered around her, claimed, “PML-N workers were following me wherever I was going, I had almost taken a complete round of Ghanta Ghar Chowk in a bid to reach my car, but they followed me.”
The scene lasted for around four to six minutes but Malik boldly faced the rowdy PML-N workers, unflinching and determined.
The PML-N workers continued to gather her till PTI supporters and passers-by intervened and asked to let her go.
“It was then that the police came forward and joined the rescuers, including members of civil society and the PTI youth wing,” she said.
Shifting her focus to the deadly clash which erupted between her party and PML-N workers, which claimed the life of one PTI activist, Malik said, “The government has taken the collusion course.”
“This does not happen anywhere else in the world that the government starts protesting along with the opposition,” she added.
Ironically enough, not only does the gritty Malik hail from a political family historically associated with the PML-N and the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid in Sargodha, she is also the first female politician from her family.
Having studied Art at the National College of Arts, with a degree in ceramics, she has been a part of PTI for the past nine years. Previously, Malik was the district president of the party but is currently officiating as the party’s Punjab Women Wing joint secretary.
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Lubna Malik Comes Face to Face With PML-N... by amalik150
ملک کی اس حالت پر عمران خان ہی نہیں ہر با ضمیر پاکستانی ہی رو رہا ہے
منیر بلوچ کا زبر دست کالم
Chairman Imran Khan's exclusive message for November 30, 2014 Dharna in Islamabad.
"Hum Sab Ko Sochna Chahye ke 11 Crore Pakistan Gurbat ki Lakeer se Neechay Hain. Humari Tarah ke loug, jinhay Allah ne kuch diya hai, humari zimme'daari hai ke hum mazloom tabqay ke saath kharay houn.
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Chairman Imran Khan's exclusive message for... by amalik150
I am a 16 year old girl from Islamabad and my dream is to bring change in my country in any way possible. I want to be in army but my dream of making change to this country may not be fulfilled by getting into army right away. First I want to work for PTI and wake the people of Pakistan up. And maybe my dream of making change is going to be fulfilled like this, Working for PTI has always been my ambition (it was actually like this : first work for PTI then go to army) because in the Chairman of PTI, I see a true leader who actually wants something good for his nation and for the next generation. A leader who has left everything for his country. His life revolves around Pakistan.
Unlike our most of the leaders he never craves for money ... what he craves for is success of this nation, the rising of the nation and its people. A leader whose mission is not just to make the PM resign but to unite the people of Pakistan and make them stand as ONE. A leader who is known by rich, poor, old, young, literate, illiterate, and even by non muslims from around the world. And a leader who treats everyone equally. My leader is IMRAN KHAN, a Khan who has taken the name of Khans and the nation to the next level. "Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem", these three words are not just Imran Khan's goal but now these three words and the meaning and the reason behind them is now my goal too. Spread these three words and infuse their meaning in every Pakistanis heart is now my goal too. Just like my leader now i also have to work hard and struggle to unite this nation and make it stand as ONE.
I think what my leader is doing is exemplary for those who can't raise their voices for their rights because they are slaves to their rulers and to money their rulers are feeding them with. Pakistan is the country that was supposed to be known for its beauties, united people, and especially for its PEACE. But the Pakistan we live in or should i say the Pakistan the is represented by our leaders os the Pakistan that is full of terrorism and violence... This is not Pakistan.
But Allah has given us another opportunity to make Pakistan a country that our Quaid wanted it to be. Allah has blessed us with a leader like Quaid, who actually wants good for the country and he is Imran Khan. I was never into politics and actually hated it but the day Imran Khan started his Azadi March, that was the day my political awareness activated. I now search for the truth. I will work for PTI and my country till me last breath and will definitely bring change to my beloved nation. Because that time is not far when we will be living in a Naya Pakistan and will be breathing air of freedom. And in the end there is one thing for my Kaptaan "THERE ARE MANY WHO ARE PROUD TO BE PAKISTANIS, BUT A VERY FEW THAT PAKISTAN IS PROUD OF" And you my Kaptaan are one those who Pakistan is proud of.
Pakistan Zindabad!
Fikr-e-Iqbal, Naya Pakistan
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