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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri has said that the joint investigation team (JIT) in its report has declared Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and the provincial government responsible for massacre of 14 workers including two women in Model Town. In an inflammatory speech in front of the Parliament House, he said that now the issue would not be simply resolved with the resignations of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and the chief minister, but only with their hangings. read more...
ISLAMABAD - The Lahore High Court’s decision of vetting the Sessions Court ruling in the case of Model Town tragedy proved to be an energy drink for Pakistan Awami Tehreek chief Dr Tahirul Qadri who on Tuesday announced that now it was not just about sending the government to packing but they were not going anywhere till Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif are hanged to death. read more...
PAT leader Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri has said that people's court will pass its verdict before killer-rulers go to Supreme Court for reversal of Lahore High Court’s order regarding registration of FIR against 21 accused. He said that Shahbaz Sharif kept sitting on report for 17 days in violation of people's Right to Information. He said that one-sided, one-man Judicial Tribunal established by Shahbaz Sharif himself held him responsible for Model Town killings. read more...
Giving 48-hour ultimatum to the government, PAT leader Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri has demanded that assemblies should be dissolved before expiry of his deadline, adding otherwise people will be free to make their own decisions. He said that there was only one shroud in which either he would be wrapped or rule of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif would go. Addressing participants of revolution march on the Constitution Avenue in front of Parliament House on August 25, Dr Qadri paid rich tributes to marchers for displaying extreme amount of forbearance, patience, resolve and courage in their 12-day long sit-in. read more...
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has upheld the order of a lower court regarding registration of an FIR against prime minister, Punjab chief minister and other federal and provincial ministers on a complaint of Minhajul Quran in Model Town shooting case. The sessions court in Lahore had issued a verdict on the petition filed by MuQ, ordering the provincial government to have the case registered on the complaint of Minhajul Quran against 21 persons. read more...
