Mandi Bahuddin: Motorcycle rally taken out

• March 16, 2013

Speaking to the participants of motor cycle rally, Dr Raheeq Abbasi said that if elections were not held according to Articles 62, 63 and 218 of the Constitution, it would be danger to national security and integrity. He said that if PAT would not take part in elections if they did not appear fair, free and transparent but added in the same breath that PAT would continue to struggle for change and against the corrupt system. He said that steps taken by the ECP so far had rendered its neutrality and independence suspect in the eyes of the people. read more...

ECP playing second fiddle to Govt & Opposition: Dr Raheeq Abbasi

• March 8, 2013

Politics is not our profession and elections are not our business. We are struggling only to strengthen Pakistan. We want to make Pakistan a progressive, moderate and a real democratic country under the dynamic leadership of Dr. Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri. PAT President Dr Raheeq Abbasi expressed these views while addressing a big gathering of members of tehsil and union council executives in Gujrat. Earlier, when he arrived in Gujrat, PAT President was warmly welcomed by a large number of youth, and PAT workers. read more...

PAT not to contest elections: Tahirul Qadri

• March 17, 2013

RAWALPINDI: Dr Tahirul Qadri has announced that the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) will not contest the upcoming general elections. Addressing a rally here at Liaquat Bagh on Sunday, Dr Qadri said that the PAT would rather hold sit-ins at polling stations across the country on election day. read more...

Qadri sees no change without purging present set-up

• March 20, 2013

LAHORE: Pakistan Awami Tehrik (PAT) Chief Dr Muhammad Tahirul Qadri said on Tuesday that present set-up could not be changed without checking the way of ineligible persons to come in power again and again. "We cannot see change in the society without ending the present set-up, he said this while addressing a press conference here at PAT's Secretariat Model Town. read more...

The Healer

• March 16, 2013

Corruption, Al Qaeda, terrorism - all the things that the nuclear-armed Pakistan has made a sick and dangerous country, he wants to sweep away - the preacher Tahir-ul-Qadri. But people puzzle before the election: Who is this man? What it stands for? A visit to his headquarters. read more...

Sit-ins on polling day as per SC’s ruling: Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri

• March 19, 2013

Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri said that the corrupt politicians were not afraid of being disqualified under the present electoral system. He said that Articles 62 and 63 of the Constitution were being put at the backburner and rendered ineffective under the fraudulent system. He said that the Supreme Court ordered the retention of ‘vote for none’ column on the ballot paper but this order was not implemented. read more...

PAT not to take part in elections 2013, vows struggle for change

• March 17, 2013

Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri said that Pakistan Awami Tehreek would not take part in the forthcoming polls that had the potential of breaking the country. He said that we stood for change in the system and would continue to wage unflinching struggle in this regard. He said that sit-ins would be arranged throughout the country as part of struggle aimed at changing the corrupt electoral and political system. read more...

PAT not to contest elections under the illegally-constituted ECP: Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri

• March 17, 2013

Dr Tahirul Qadri has announced that Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) will not contest the upcoming general elections. At the end of his address at a rally in Liaquat Bagh, Rawalpindi, Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri said that the PAT would hold peaceful sit-ins at polling stations across the country on the polling day. Dr Qadri further said that the electoral reforms promised to him were not fulfilled, so he was not willing to become part of the current corrupt political system. read more...

Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri to present national agenda today

• March 17, 2013

Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri would announce PAT’s course of action whether to take part in elections or stay away and struggle for change through other democratic means. He would also present a national agenda encompassing practical solution of the problems facing the country. Media and people are eager to listen to Dr Qadri’s message. read more...

Foreign Policy: Pakistan’s Wildcard

• March 15, 2013

Qadri might play an even more significant and constructive role over the long run by choosing not to contest elections. As an outside voice favoring reform, religious moderation, and better governance, Qadri would offer a glimmer of hope for a future in which Pakistani opposition figures hold their nation's leaders accountable to the nation's constitution and laws. That would represent a genuine, farsighted contribution to the maturation of democracy in Pakistan, the best hope for long-term economic development and stability of the sort that would render Pakistan a far less dangerous and fragile state. read more...