Health of a patient destabilized onboard a plane carrying Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) leader Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri when the religious party chief refused to get off the plane at Lahore airport.
Passengers, including media persons and PAT workers, in the flight were stranded as none was being allowed to leave.
Amid the drama, health of a heart patient deteriorated. He was provided with oxygen mask.
Qadri spoke to media persons on board the plane and criticized Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif.
Qadri’s followers armed with sticks and bricks clashed with baton-wielding police at Islamabad airport upon receiving the news that flight of the PAT chief has been diverted to Lahore.
Earlier in the morning, police fired teargas during clash with PAT protestors in Islamabad ahead of Qadri’s return to Pakistan.
PAT workers, including a large number of women, had managed to breach police cordons to arrive at the Islamabad airport overnight.
Qadri says he is coming back to lead an anti-government “revolution”.
