ISLAMABAD (AP) - 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...
Just hours before thousands of Pakistani protesters reached Islamabad Saturday, fierce clashes erupted after an attack on a convoy led by opposition politician Imran Khan and fiery Canadian imam Tahir-ul-Qadri. Clashes erupt as Pakistan opposition leader’s rally heads to capital read more...
ISLAMABAD — A fiery anti-government cleric on Saturday led a massive rally of thousands of protesters in Pakistan’s capital who defied pouring rain to demand the prime minister step down over alleged fraud in last year’s election. Cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri, along with famous cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan, have drawn tens of thousands of demonstrators to dual protests that have disrupted life across Islamabad. read more...
In his keynote address to the hundreds of thousands of participants of the revolution march at Khayaban-e-Suharwardi on August 16, PAT leader Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri put forward his charter of demands and reforms. Before formally starting his speech, he made two important announcements. One, he said that an Additional District and Session Judge in Lahore ordered the registration of FIR against the 21 accused of Model Town incident including the Sharif brothers. He asked the police to implement the court order immediately, failing which police will be held responsible. read more...
Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri said in his address to the ‘revolution march’ participants that the justice and revenge of martyrs of Model Town tragedy warrants ‘revolution’, Dunya News reported. Presenting his ‘charter of demands/revolution’, he demanded Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif to step down immediately. He demanded law enforcement to take them into custody and try them as per the law and charges. He demanded Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to put Sharif brothers on Exit Control List (ECL). read more...
LAHORE: A sessions court has ordered that cases be registered against 22 people, including Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, over the June 17 Model Town clashes, Express News reported. Around 14 PAT supporters were killed and over 80 were injured in the deadly clashes between the police and PAT workers. read more...
Lahore: A Pakistani court on Saturday ordered framing of murder charges against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his brother and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz and 19 others over the June violence near Canada-based cleric Tahirul Qadri’s headquarters here that killed 14 of his supporters. read more...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A fiery anti-government cleric led a massive rally Saturday in Pakistan's capital, demanding the country's prime minister step down over alleged fraud in last year's election in front of thousands of protesters. Cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri, along with famous cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan, have drawn tens of thousands of demonstrators to dual protests that have disrupted life across Islamabad. read more...
Imran Khan and Tahir ul-Qadri threaten to keep protests alive in Islamabad until Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif steps down. The leaders of two Pakistani protest movements have vowed to keep their protests alive until Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resigns, after thousands entered the country's capital in the biggest challenge yet to the 15-month-old civilian government. read more...
PAT chief Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri has said that he will announce his charter of demands and reforms in his address at 4 p.m. He said that he would spell out his sketch of revolution in his speech. He said that he had just come to salute his workers, comrades, brothers, sisters, sons and daughters who had all the way to Islamabad after facing many hardships. read more...
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