Tech-savvy ‘Azadi’ marchers set up camp with gadgets and solar panels – Pakistan

It is not easy to camp outdoors, that too for an indefinite period, so the participants of the & # 39; March Azadi & # 39; They came prepared with solar panels to the H-9 area of ​​Islamabad.

The team ensures that your stay in the dharna Stay comfortable without having to ask the government for any machinery to keep your devices charged.

Supporters of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Fazl (JUI-F), many of whom have arrived from other cities, have brought solar panels to charge their cell phones and turn on emergency lights at night. Several people in the & # 39; Maradi Azadi & # 39; they came from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in teams of 10 members, similar to the pattern of Tableeghi Jamaat and brought enough gadgets and necessary items to spend more than three to seven days in the sitting.

Each team has its own solar panel. Those participants who did not bring one can borrow the panels of other teams.

"We arrived from Bannu and it will be easy for us to charge our team's mobile phone," said Muhammad Hanif, a sitting participant from JUI-F.

He said the solar panel could charge five cell phones at once.

"We do not charge any fees from others for charging participants' cell phones when we came here for a cause: to obtain the resignation of the government that had been formed through fraudulent elections," he said.

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Sajjad Khan, a participant from Peshawar, said he and his companions brought the solar panels as there were reports that the government would not provide electricity to the participants of the "Azadi March". The leaders of the JUI-F had also ordered the workers and supporters to make arrangements in this regard.

Khan said cell phones were important for keeping in touch with family and family members. However, participants were unable to access the Internet, since services in the area have been suspended.

He said the Internet was available when participants arrived in the capital on Thursday night. But then, he said, the government suspended internet services in the area so that people would not upload videos or photos of the public meeting on social networks.

Mohammad Tayyab, another participant, said: "We are peaceful and brought our own gadgets; [we] did not steal any electricity from the government. "

He said it was an old perception that seminary students or academics did not know how to use modern technology or that they were reluctant to their applications and explained: "We are against the use of technology for evil purposes."