LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has urged Imran Khan and Tahirul Qadri to take pity on the women and children participating in their respective sit-ins for the last 12 days and let them go to their homes.

In a statement on Tuesday, Information Secretary Mushahidullah Khan said as the government had accepted all demands of both the parties which were within the constitutional bounds, they should end their protests allowing the participants, particularly women and children, to go home instead of using them as human shield.

He said the economy had so far suffered a loss of Rs900 billion because of the protest as foreign investors were losing their confidence.

He said the elements which see their future bleak in a stable democratic set-up were keeping Khan and Qadri entangled in the current political imbroglio.

Published in Dawn, August 27th, 2014