I am confused on all what's happening, this is to say the least....this young policeman was talking to me in front of the Saver foods; after my live program ending at 11pm, I had gone home but came back at 1am to have another look at the crowd, Dr. Qadri and his Long March had yet not arrived; I circled the entire road from the Jinnah Overhead bridge over the Faisal Avenue and calculated that there must have been around 20,000 people there, some advanced parties of the actual jaloos had arrived and more were coming but the magical maulana was still far away...anyway the policeman said to me: "Dr. Saab, will they go towards the parliament?" I said: "No, No, they are going to stay put here for next 2-3 or 4 days; they have agreed with Rehman Malik and the Capital Administration to stay here..." but Dr. Saab, I have heard from some boys that they will go to D-Chowk, where the parliament is....Policeman was from Quetta; we then talked about the massacre, and the Governor Raj of Zulfiqar Magsi. He was not hopeful that Magsi will make any difference, except that he will stay serious in-front of media and the media is going to miss that joker: Raisani.
I walked back; I had parked my car close to where the Centaurus Hotel is, on Nazimuddin Road. On my way back, I saw dozens of buses moving onto the Faisal Avenue. Men and women and children emitting from them and walking towards the venue opposite the Saudi Pak Tower. Back home I again switched GEO, and realized that Qadri had arrived; and then he suddenly announced that government stands dissolved, ministers are not ministers any more; he then told the crowd to pack up in five minutes and head towards the D-Chowk and sleep there, after the Fajar Prayers; and then "we will start our revolution from 11am"...God! what's happening? Will Police fight back? I had seen hundreds of well armed policemen standing on all sides, every where, with dozens of sharp shooters atop buildings; are we going to witness a crowd versus police adventure at 3am in this cold night of 14th Jan and 15th Morning?
then I heard that negotiations are happening ....after about 20-25 minutes the crowd starting pushing away the containers....and off they go, towards the D-Chowk...what is happening here? .....
Whose show is this? Is this military playing up against the Zardari government? Is this the first step towards bringing in a technocratic interim setup for the next several months? or is this Rehman Malik and President acting in collusion with Dr. Qadri against PMLN? all kinds of theories come to mind...I am confused but something "strange" is happening here...could Police not resist? Why Police did not resist? I fail to find answer to this....