Blood & tears as riots roar in 'Red Zone'

• August 30, 2014

ISLAMABAD: At least two protestors including a woman were reportedly killed and hundreds others were injured in a violent riot control operation to disperse the marchers of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf outside Prime Minister House, Samaa reported. “Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets on the protesters attempting to stage a sit-in in front of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's official residence”, an official said. read more...

'Peaceful' sit-in to move outside PM House: Tahirul Qadri

• August 30, 2014

ISLAMABAD: (Dunya News) – Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr. Tahirul Qadri has said that the ‘peaceful’ sit-in by PAT will now be shifted now to PM House. PAT chief said that the protesters will now demonstrate great patience for seventeen days and now, showing their exemplary peace, they will move forward and will stage the sit-in outside Prime Minister’s House. read more...

Model Town FIR lodged by police allows wriggle room for Nawaz, Shahbaz

• August 30, 2014

LAHORE: The Lahore police on Thursday, utilising its ‘discretionary powers’ filed First Information Report (FIR) in such a way that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif have been spared from either joining the investigation or being immediately arrested, The Express Tribune has learnt. Citing court orders in the six-page FIR, which was rejected by Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief, the police maintained that “the registration of FIR against the petitioners (federal ministers) shall not prove their guilt till a decision by court of competent jurisdiction. read more...

Qadri thanks ISPR for clarification on army chief’s role

• August 29, 2014

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) head Allama Tahir-ul-Qadri today thanked ISPR for telling the truth to nation about army’s mediation. Speaking to SAMAA’s anchorperson Ali Mumtaz, Qadri said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif should have moral courage to accept the truth. “I was shocked to hear Prime Minister Sharif’s denial in the National Assembly,” he stated. “We had not requested army to act as a mediator,” he maintained. read more...

COAS was asked by the Govt to play facilitative role: DG ISPR

• August 29, 2014

ISLAMABAD: (Dunya News, Web Desk) – Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Asim Bajwa has clarified in his tweet that government had asked Army Chief General Raheel Sharif to play his role as a facilitator in the current turmoil. In a tweet by Major General Asim Bajwa, he said read more...

Fiery Qadri denies PM Nawaz, Nisar’s claims on army intervention

• August 29, 2014

Shortly after the National Assembly session ended where Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar claimed that the army was called in to mediate in talks with the protesting parties in the Red Zone on the demands of the parties, Pakistan Awami Tehreek Chief Dr. Tahirul Qadri rubbished the claim and said that the PM and his minister have ‘lied to the nation’. read more...

Qadri warns Dama Dam Mast Qalandar if Sharifs do not resign

• August 29, 2014

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) Chief Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri warned Dama Dam Mast Qalandar to follow if a fresh FIR is not lodged during the next 24-hour time against the killers. Addressing the charged participants of Inqilab March at D-Chowk opposite Parliament House after his meeting with Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif around 4am, he said he does not want Nawaz Sharif as Prime Minister and Shahbaz Sharif as Punjab Chief Minister during the next 24 hours. read more...

Pakistan cleric calls for day of revolution

• August 28, 2014

Anti-government cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri who with cricketer turned politician Imran Khan has been calling for Pakistan’s prime minister to quit, has announced a day of revolution. Qadri told supporters who have been taking part in daily rallies in Islamabad that negotiations with the government had completely failed. Both men accuse Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of vote rigging and corruption and are demanding reforms in Pakistan’s electoral system to prevent any future vote fraud. read more...

Govt negotiators ‘non-serious’: Qadri

• August 28, 2014

Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) shut the doors on negotiations with the government after last-minute attempt for a compromise deal failed and said it would observe “Yaum-i-Inqilab” on Thursday. The government on Wednesday evening restarted talks with PAT leadership when Finance Minister Ishaq Dar leading a three-member delegation reached Dr Qadri’s container at the protest site in front of the Parliament House as cleric’s “48-hour ultimatum” for acceptance of demands ended at about 6pm. read more...

Govt- PAT talks fail, revolution today: Qadri

• August 28, 2014

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) and government delegation have failed and the revolution will come on Thursday (today), ARY News reported. The PAT chief while talking to his party’s protestors categorically denied any prospects of any future dialogue with government. A defiant Qadri thanked Punjab Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar and Governor Sindh Ishrat-ul-Ibad Khan while announcing that the Prime Minister and federal government have failed. read more...