LAHORE (Daily Dunya) – Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) central president Dr Raheeq Abbasi on Friday said that the taxi schemes won’t end the prevailing unemployment in Punjab. He said the unemployment will be curbed by strengthening the agriculture and industrial sectors. Abbasi said Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif should resume hiring on vacated seats in the government sectors if he is serious in curbing the unemployment. read more...
Pakistan Awami Tehrik (PAT) did not end its sit-in at Islamabad but rather it temporarily suspended it, a spokesman for Dr Tahirul Qadri said in a press release on Friday. The spokesman accused federal and Punjab governments for harassing the PAT leadership, including Dr Qadri by forcing police to register false FIR against Qadri and other leaders. He said the PAT would welcome if the Model Town incident case was forwarded to military courts. read more...
Minhaj-ul-Quran International, the largest EU wide leading Muslim organisation has strongly condemned the worst massacre in modern times that took place in Paris today. The founder of the organisation and leading authority on Islam who authored Fatwa on Terrorism & Suicide Bombings, Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, has strongly condemned the terrorist attack and killings in strongest terms. Dr Qadri said "This is a barbaric attack and an a brutal act of terrorism by misguided criminals." read more...
PAKISTAN Awami Tehreek (PAT) President Dr Raheeq Abbasi welcomed the 21st constitutional amendment for establishing the military courts for speedy trial of terrorists and reminded that Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri was the first proponent of military courts in his 14-point agenda for eradication of extremism. Talking to the media on Tuesday, he said military courts were the need of the hour, adding if anti-terrorism courts had performed judiciously and without any political vendetta, the military courts would have not been required. read more...
Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri said that the terrorists massacred schoolchildren in Peshawar and innocent people were killed in Model Town through state terrorism. He said that the holy Prophet (PBUH) forbade killing of women, asking with what face will those who killed women in Model Town present themselves before the Prophet (PBUH)? He said that had present political system not protected terrorists, there would not have been any need of military courts. read more...
PAT Women Wing President Ms. Razia Naveed has said that celebrating the birth anniversary of the Holy Prophet (SAW) should be the topmost priority of his every follower because it is this love which provides an impetus to act upon his teachings. She said that our personal and collective happiness is nothing before the happiness of the holy Prophet’s birth anniversary. She said that the Muslims should hold the Milad ceremonies throughout the world and give a message of hope, peace, love, tolerance, moderation and harmony. read more...
In his message to the people of Pakistan and PAT workers on the advent of year 2015, PAT chief Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri has prayed that may 2015 prove to be a year of 100 per cent success of Operation Zarb-e-Azb, safe return of IDPs to their homes, and peace, prosperity and progress for every segment of society. He said that real dividends of Operations Zarb-e-Azb will be reaped only when terrorism and militancy will be uprooted from the country. read more...
Minhaj Welfare Foundation’s initiated a community ‘Food Bank’ on Wednesday 24th December 2014 (Christmas Eve) in London. The main aim of the event was to highlight the ever growing concern of extreme poverty in the UK. Dawood Mash’hadi, Managing Director of MWF said: “we hope that this could be the stepping stone of many more food banks to come.” read more...
Islamabad - Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) has constituted a committee that has started preparing syllabus on anti-terrorism subject. PAT Chairman Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri has constituted a 5-member committee under Rahiq Abbasi which will work out recommendations on syllabus for the general public, students of colleges and universities, armed forces, teachers, religious scholars and media within 15 days. read more...
LAHORE: The Pakistan Awami Tehreek has once again refused to join proceedings of the joint investigation team (JIT) formed to probe the June 17 Model Town tragedy in which 14 party workers had died and around 100 injured in a police raid on Minhaj ul Quran secretariat and residence of PAT Chairman Dr Tahirul Qadri. read more...
