Pakistan's fiery anti-government cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri addresses his supporters in Islamabad on Sunday. Pakistan's cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan and Qadri led massive rallies in Pakistan’s capital, demanding Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif step down over alleged fraud in last year’s election in front of thousands of protesters. read more...
Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) Chief Dr Tahir ul Qadri has said that the Nawaz Sharif government will be over with next few hours. He said that Nawaz Sharif has already left Prime Minister House for his residence in Jati Umra, Lahore. Talking to the sit-in in Islamabad, Dr. Qadri said that under current system, neither can corruption be eradicated nor can the people get their rights. read more...
Pakistan Awami Tehreek leader Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri has said that it appears that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif wants to run his government for a few hours or days while stationed in Jati Umra. He said that he was a big supporter of democracy and that martial law was not acceptable to him under any circumstance. He said that if anyone was interested in holding a dialogue, he should do so with the participants of revolution march. He warned that if the Sharif brothers remained in power, the survival of the country would be in danger. read more...
(ISLAMABAD) — Thousands of Pakistani opposition supporters were on the road for a second day Friday, heading in two separate convoys to the capital, Islamabad, for a massive rally meant to pressure the country’s prime minister to resign over allegations of rigging last year’s parliamentary elections. read more...
Thousands of protesters have gathered in Pakistan's capital Islamabad after arriving in big convoys from Lahore. Rally leaders Imran Khan and Tahirul Qadri demanded that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif step down, alleging rigging in the 2013 elections. Mr Qadri, an anti-government cleric, told his supporters in a midday speech to continue protesting until they bring a "peaceful revolution". read more...
ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan and Tahirul Qadri have demanded that the government resign and that their ‘long marches’ will stay in the capital till their demands are met. While PTI chief Imran Khan warned that unless their demands are not met within a certain time period, his ‘tsunami’ would cross into the Red Zone and protest in front of Parliament and Prime Minister Houses. read more...
ISLAMABAD - Dr Tahirul Qadri has given a deadline of 48 hours to meet his demands including dissolution of federal and provincial governments, issuing a veiled threat that he will not be able to control his supporters if PM Nawaz Sharif does not surrender after resigning from his post by the end of the deadline. read more...
Despite having differences over their charters of demand from the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri on Saturday separately reiterated their demand for immediate resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, with the PAT chief giving the government 48 hours to accept his demands. The PAT chief made the announcement while addressing his supporters at Khayaban-e-Suharwardy at midnight. read more...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) Chief Tahirul Qadri has formally demanded of the prime minister, the Punjab chief minister and their cabinets to step down immediately. Addressing the participants of ‘Inqilab March,’ Qadri said that federal and provincial government’s top-notch should be arrested as he added that session court in Lahore ordered police to register a case “against the prime minister and the chief minister” over Model Town tragedy. read more...
