Faisalabad: Police arrest Hamid Raza’s brother, Hussain Raza

• August 9, 2014

FAISALABAD: Police have arrested the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) leader, Sahibzada Hussain Raza, who is also the brother of chairman SIC, Sahibzada Hamid Raza, after attending a demonstration staged by Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) here on Saturday, ARY News reported. According to details, Sahibzada Hussain participated in a demonstration staged PAT, however the police arrested him after the event. Since then, there is no clue of him as to in which police station he has been detained. read more...

Govt’s secret letter leaked: ARY News, PAT and PTI on the target

• August 10, 2014

LAHORE: The government has released a secret memo to its law enforcement agencies, levelling allegations against ARY News as well as Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT). The copy of the secret memo has been received to the ARY News. The letter says that a conspiracy is being hatched to broadcast police baton-charge and shelling on protesters. read more...

Simmering cauldron calms down as IGP orders barricades’ removal

• August 10, 2014

LAHORE: Seething cauldron of clashing temperatures between police and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) seems to have slightly calmed down on Saturday as compared to the last two days after Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mushtaq Sukhera ordered removal of barricades. However, police continue to have security beefed up in Model Town and its surrounding areas to maintain the law and order. read more...

Right to protest: Bailiff appointed to recover PAT workers

• August 9, 2014

LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge on Saturday directed a bailiff to produce nearly 11,000 activists of Pakistan Awami Tehreek in the court after recovering them from police detention. The order was passed on a petition filed by PAT general secretary Mian Amjad who said nearly 11,000 PAT activists were being held at various police stations. read more...

Qadri’s arrest plan dropped because of fear of dozen of casualties

• August 9, 2014

(Pak Destiny) The PML-N government has been advised not to try to arrest Dr Tahirul Qadri as it may cause dozens of casualties. Highly placed sources told Pak Destiny that the Punjab government had planned to arrest Qadri yesterday night but on the reports of intelligence agencies the government changed its mind last minute. read more...

Altaf concerned over ‘victimisation’ of PAT leadership

• August 9, 2014

KARACHI: Founder leader of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) Altaf Hussain has called Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) Nazim-e-Ala Dr Raheeq Abbasi and expressed his deep concern over the siege of Dr Tahirul Qadri’s home and PAT Secretariat. MQM Chief showed his concern over media reports the PAT chief’s house was besieged and no one, including media persons was not allowed to enter into the house. read more...

Pakistani cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri put under virtual house arrest

• August 9, 2014

Canada-based Pakistani cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri, who has vowed to lead a “revolution” against the Nawaz Sharif government, was on Thursday virtually placed under house arrest by Lahore police to stop him from leading any anti-government protest. Police have blocked all roads leading to his Model Town residence with containers and are not even allowing opposition leaders’ vehicles near his house. read more...

Dr. Qadri’s PAT to observe Yaum-e-Shuhada today

• August 10, 2014

LAHORE: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) will observe Yaum-e-Shuhada today to commemorate the martyrs of Model Town Tragedy and Pakistan Army’s Operation Zarb-e-Azb in North Waziristan Agency. The main ceremony would be organized in front of Minhaj-ul-Quran International Secretariat. Several parties including announced Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League-Q will attend the ceremony, where the holy Quran and durood shareef will be recited for the eternal peace of the martyrs. read more...

Deadly Clashes With Police Erupt at Pakistan Protests

• August 9, 2014

SLAMABAD, Pakistan — Violent clashes between the police and opponents of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif swept across Pakistan’s Punjab Province on Saturday, leaving at least two people dead and more than 100 injured as Mr. Sharif’s 14-month-old government sought to forestall a series of planned street protests aimed at ousting it. For the second consecutive day, the Pakistani police confronted supporters of Muhammad Tahir-ul Qadri, a firebrand preacher who has vowed to topple Mr. Sharif through a “peaceful revolution.” read more...

Tahir ul Qadri: Youm-e-Shuhada in every city of Pakistan

• August 9, 2014

“Party activists should start observing Youm-e-Shuhada in the very place where they are stopped”, says Pakistan Awami Tehreek chief Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri. Eight more activists including two women have been killed in recent clashes with police, bringing the overall death toll of PAT activists to 22, said Qadri. The flamboyant cleric while invoking God’s curse on the Federal and Punjab governments said that on two different occasions 300 and 150 buses carrying his followers were stopped by polices. read more...