Sharif family’s regime is only to empower their business, says Dr Qadri

• August 31, 2014

ISLAMABAD: Chief of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri said on Sunday that motive of Sharif brothers behind politics is to empower their own business empire, ARY News reported. Addressing to his supporters in the evening, Dr. Qadri said Sharif family has the investment all over the world adding that they have created a global business empire by looting public’s money. PAT Chief said that Sharif brothers don’t even know anything about democracy as they are businessman, not democrats. read more...

Anti-government protests continue in Pakistan

• August 31, 2014

Islamabad - At least three people have killed and more than 300 others have been injured as police clashed with thousands of anti-government protesters in the Pakistani capital, as the country’s political crisis turned violent outside the Prime Minister’s official residence. By Sunday morning sporadic clashes were continuing between police in riot gear and a few hundred protesters, as thousands more lay on the grass and slept. read more...

Qadri trades one-month time for PM’s resignation

• August 31, 2014

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri on Saturday gave a one-month time to the assemblies in case of Nawaz Sharif’s resignation. He said, “We will remain peaceful and all participants of revolution march must remain peaceful. I am a peaceful man and also believe in peace. All marchers must observe peace as peaceful protest is our constitutional right…no one can stop us from staging peaceful protest demonstrations.” read more...

Dr Qadri undeterred by govt offensive, vows not to pull out

• August 31, 2014

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Awami Tehreek chief Dr. Tahirul Qadri said on Sunday that cases will be filed against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and other ministers concerned for murder charges, ARY News reported. No force can now save them [rulers] from hanging, he told his supporters here. The PAT chief said the administration had sent Punjab police for launching offensive against the peaceful protesters. “It is a joint battle of me and Imran.” He made it clear that no talks would be held with the government and calls for resignations of the PM and other ministers were now irrevocable. read more...

Anti-PM Sharif clashes continue in Pakistan

• August 31, 2014

Clashes are continuing in Pakistan between police and protesters demanding the resignation of PM Nawaz Sharif. Police again fired tear gas as the demonstrators tried to regroup after a night of violence near Mr Sharif's residence in the capital, Islamabad. Two people died during the clashes and at least 300 were injured. Demonstrators loyal to opposition politician Imran Khan and cleric Tahirul Qadri have been taking part in a sit-in for two weeks. read more...

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...