Sir: According to a petition filed in the Lahore High Court – which was subsequently dismissed – the PML-N had officials make sure that “female students” were transported via buses to its rally held in Faisalabad some days ago.

These students were directed to sing the national anthem and spend their entire day at the rally. This may have been done to jack up the numbers or even to add to the youth demographic the PML-N seems to desperately want now that Imran Khan has sent shivers down the Sharif brothers’ spines.

However, if the issue brought forth in this petition is true, it points at the alarm that the PML-N is feeling and the desperate attempts it is making to save face and present to the public a false army of young supporters. It is a shame that those who actually suffer are the poor students who have no other choice than to follow directives and do as they are told.
SAIQA KHAN
Lahore

Source: Daily Times

Date:11/28/2011