During the recent Australian lecture tour of Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, he spoke at the New South Wales Parliament, University and community events on subjects related to Islam and peace, and Islamic view on terrorism. He also had various meetings with dignitaries and politicians and was interviewed by the national flagship news program News Line with Jim Middleton. read more...
Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri has said that the conduct of elections to be held either now or later, under the incumbent electoral system, will be a joke with the nation. He said that it was the outcome of the present flawed system that the institutions had been pitted against one another. The establishment of a national government composed of honest and capable people with character for at least three years was the only way out of the complex problems the country was caught up in, he added. read more...
Speaking on the occasion, Syed Sarwar Chishty said that interfaith dialogue was the practice of the Sufis. Khawaja Ghareeb Nawaz went to India to spread the light of Islam. He said that these were the conservatives who opposed the idea of engagement and dialogue among civilizations and religions. He said that MQI had played historic role for promotion of interfaith harmony in the world. He said that Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri had presented the case of Islam in the foreign world in accordance with the demands of the modern time. His multi-dimensional services are beacon of light for all of us, he added. read more...
Hundreds of people participated in a rally held under the banner of Pakistan Awami Tehreek Lahore today. The rally was organized to protest against the government’s practice of hiking gas and power prices as well as worst energy shortages in the country. It started from Garhi Shahu and concluded at Lahore Press Club. The demonstration was led by Irshad Ahmad Tahir and PAT Lahore President Afzal Gujjar. read more...
The Christian community around the world is celebrating the festive and auspicious occasion of Christmas today. I, on my own behalf and on behalf of Minhaj-ul-Quran International, take this opportunity to felicitate the entire community on this happy occasion. read more...
The 25th of December is the birthday of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founding father of Pakistan and a great statesman of his times. I congratulate the entire Pakistani nation and the members of the Pakistani community living abroad on this festive occasion. The establishment of Pakistan owes its existence to the dedicated and untiring struggle of the Quaid-e-Azam he waged for the Muslims of the sub-continent. Pitted against the combined opposition of the ruling British and the Indian National Congress, the great Quaid risked his personal comfort nay his health in his struggle to attain Pakistan on the basis of universal right to self-determination. read more...
Shaykh-ul-Islam said that he was urging people to rise against electoral system out of his national and religious duty and not at the behest of someone else. He said that the current system had snatched people’s livelihood, their sovereignty, their integrity and paralysed them. He categorically stated that real change was not possible through current electoral system. He said that the system was geared towards protecting the interests of the ruling elite with nothing to offer to the poor masses. He said that the system had kept 180 million people shackled. read more...
Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, Chairman of Pakistan Awami Tehreek, has announced to launch countrywide public campaign to bring about change in the electoral system. Different public gatherings and rallies would be held in different parts of the country for protection of democracy, state and the country. read more...
The Centre for World Religions, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution (CRDC) at George Mason University, Washington D.C. along with Institute for Middle East Studies at the Marmara University, Istanbul organized and hosted the international 3-day conference in Istanbul, Turkey. The conference started on 30 November 2011 and concluded on 2 December 2011. read more...
Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri said that the Parliament was and has been a rubber stamp, unable to play any role in the national affairs. He said that the country was rendered into a colony of the foreign powers by the vested interests. Politics on certain issues is played because the present system supports it, he added. read more...
