Source: Dawn.com
TWO slogans in Pakistan’s two largest cities — both emphasising the leader. In Lahore the stage is being prepared for the return of Allama Dr Tahirul Qadri. In Karachi, wall chalkings of the MQM’s earlier slogan, ‘Manzil nahin rehnuma chahiye’ (leader not destination) have cropped up once again. The catchphrase for Dr Qadri’s Dec 23 rally is ‘Siyasat nahin, riyasat bachao’. Literally, this means ‘save the state, not politics’ but a clearer translation would be ‘discredit old politics to create room for your own’. This is so typical of born-again tehriks. Politics and the Pakistan Awami Tehrik have somehow not combined well, even though Dr Qadri has a large following and despite his past attempts.