PTI lauded for giving ticket to Mehr Abdul Sattar of Okara Military Farms fame

Lahore: The Okara heavyweight and the Secretary General of Anjuman Mazareen Punjab [peasant movement] Mehr Abdul Sattar has been given the ticket for Punjab Assembly.

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf was praised for awarding ticket to Sattar by most of its critics including Iman Zainab Mazari, anchor Kamran Yousuf and several others.

Anjuman Mazareen Punjab (AMP) leader Mehr Abdul Sattar is popular for leading a mass campaign for the ownership rights of farmers and peasants, whereas, he had also spent years in jail for raising voice for the peasants’ rights.
He had joined the PTI in October last year.

مہر عبدالستار پاکستان تحریک انصاف کے اوکاڑہ PP-186 سے امیدوار ہوں گے

یہ پاکستان میں انسانی حقوق کے اصل علمبردار ہیں جنہوں نے قید و بند کی صعوبتیں برداشت کیں لیکن مزارعین کے حقوق کا سودا نہیں کیا https://t.co/OrqlMimdH5

— Azhar Mashwani (@MashwaniAzhar) April 20, 2023

If it is true, it is a big thing. Mehr Abdul Sattar, a leader of Anjuman Mazareen Punjab, led a military farms’ peasants movement to win ownership rights in 2001. He spent jail for 4 years (2016-2020) after being arrested for taking out a labor day rally. https://t.co/OiZWAkrtKc

— Zia Ur Rehman (@zalmayzia) April 20, 2023

اب میں نے سب کچھ دیکھ لیا ہے😳 pic.twitter.com/l6Trp2LJwq

— Waqar Malik (@RealWaqarMaliks) April 21, 2023

Sattar had been arrested on April 16, 2016 during a raid on his house at the military farms after he announced holding a big rally at his village, Chak 4/4-L, on the eve of International Farmers’ Day.

A Sahiwal anti-terrorism court had sentenced him to 10 years in jail in 2018.

He was leading a military farms’ peasants movement to win ownership rights since 2001