LONDON: Muttahida Qaumi Movement head Altaf Hussain on Sunday strongly condemned police raids on offices of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) on the eve of Dr. Tahir ul Qadri’s arrival in Pakistan. “It is a dictatorial act and highly condemnable. It should be stopped and Pakistan Awami Tehreek’s leaders and workers should be released,” said Hussain in a statement from London. read more...
LONDON: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief and leader of Minhaj-ul-Quran Dr Tahirul Qadri claimed on Sunday that his anti-corruption campaign would not harm the government. Speaking to media here, the PAT chief urged the judiciary to take notice of the government’s action against his party workers. “There is no threat to constitution, democracy and the PML-N government by the campaign”, he told media. read more...
LONDON: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr. Tahirul Qadri Sunday said that if the government takes recourse to violence on his arrival in Islamabad, it would only hasten revolution, however, he assured there was no threat to democracy, Geo News reported. read more...
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Tahirul Qadri on Sunday said he would stage protests outside the PM house in Islamabad and hold Nawaz Sharif responsible if any of his workers are killed during protests, Express News reported on Sunday. Qadri said peaceful workers were being arrested and tortured under an ‘undemocratic’ PML-N government. “If I am killed upon my arrival, my workers should remain calm,” he added. read more...
Saturday, June 21, 2014 - Abbottabad—Baba Haider Zaman Chairman Tehrik-e-Sooba Hazara (TSH) has announced all out support to Pakistan Awami Tehrik (PAT) at the difficult hours and will fully participate in the reception of Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri at Islamabad airport on June 23. 2014. Chief of Tehrik-e-Sooba Hazara (TSH) Sardar Haider Zaman while addressing a press conference at his residence here on Friday has strongly condemned the Lahore incident on June 17th , resultantly killing at least 7 innocent people including 2 women and termed it an act of brutality and barbarism. read more...
The central leadership of the Pakistan Muslim League – Quaid left for Dubai on Friday to welcome Pakistan Awami Tehreek chief Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri and will accompany him to Islamabad on June 23. Haleem Adil Sheikh, the party’s provincial president, had flown out to Dubai a day earlier and in a telephonic conversation informed The News that the entire PML-Q leadership planned to accord a major welcome to Qadri and then head directly to the federal capital. read more...
An informal consultative meeting attended by the representatives of seven political and religious parties at the International Secretariat of Minhajul Quran on Friday demanded the government set up a judicial commission comprising three senior judges of the Supreme Court to probe into the Model Town tragedy. This was also the main point of declaration adopted by the leaders of several political parties attending the meeting, presided over by Dr Tahirul Qadri’s son Hasan Mohiuddin, to express solidarity with the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT). read more...
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Tahir-ul-Qadri on Friday refused to accept Law Minister Rana Sanaullah’s removal saying that it is not sufficient, Dunya News reported. PAT chief said that provincial law minister Rana Sanaullah’s removal is insufficient, expressing his fears that a single member commission will term every one not guilty. He said that the allegation of illegal weapons is false. read more...
LAHORE: Pakistan Awami Tehrik Chief Tahirul Qadri on Friday said an investigation team comprising representatives of the ISI, MI, and IB and a judicial commission of three Supreme Court (SC) judges should probe the Tuesday carnage in Model Town. Addressing a press conference through video-link from Canada, Qadri said a joint investigation team and a three-member panel of SC judges had been formed to investigate the attack on TV anchor Hamid Mir. “Why can’t a similar investigation be launched into Tuesday’s police attack that killed 12 people and injured at least 80?” Qadri said. read more...
