ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan and Tahirul Qadri have demanded that the government resign and that their ‘long marches’ will stay in the capital till their demands are met. While PTI chief Imran Khan warned that unless their demands are not met within a certain time period, his ‘tsunami’ would cross into the Red Zone and protest in front of Parliament and Prime Minister Houses. read more...
ISLAMABAD - Dr Tahirul Qadri has given a deadline of 48 hours to meet his demands including dissolution of federal and provincial governments, issuing a veiled threat that he will not be able to control his supporters if PM Nawaz Sharif does not surrender after resigning from his post by the end of the deadline. read more...
Despite having differences over their charters of demand from the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri on Saturday separately reiterated their demand for immediate resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, with the PAT chief giving the government 48 hours to accept his demands. The PAT chief made the announcement while addressing his supporters at Khayaban-e-Suharwardy at midnight. read more...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) Chief Tahirul Qadri has formally demanded of the prime minister, the Punjab chief minister and their cabinets to step down immediately. Addressing the participants of ‘Inqilab March,’ Qadri said that federal and provincial government’s top-notch should be arrested as he added that session court in Lahore ordered police to register a case “against the prime minister and the chief minister” over Model Town tragedy. read more...
ISLAMABAD (AP) - Thousands of Pakistani opposition supporters were on the road for a second day Friday, heading in two separate convoys to the capital, Islamabad, for a massive rally meant to pressure the country's prime minister to resign over allegations of rigging last year's parliamentary elections. read more...
Just hours before thousands of Pakistani protesters reached Islamabad Saturday, fierce clashes erupted after an attack on a convoy led by opposition politician Imran Khan and fiery Canadian imam Tahir-ul-Qadri. Clashes erupt as Pakistan opposition leader’s rally heads to capital read more...
ISLAMABAD — A fiery anti-government cleric on Saturday led a massive rally of thousands of protesters in Pakistan’s capital who defied pouring rain to demand the prime minister step down over alleged fraud in last year’s election. Cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri, along with famous cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan, have drawn tens of thousands of demonstrators to dual protests that have disrupted life across Islamabad. read more...
In his keynote address to the hundreds of thousands of participants of the revolution march at Khayaban-e-Suharwardi on August 16, PAT leader Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri put forward his charter of demands and reforms. Before formally starting his speech, he made two important announcements. One, he said that an Additional District and Session Judge in Lahore ordered the registration of FIR against the 21 accused of Model Town incident including the Sharif brothers. He asked the police to implement the court order immediately, failing which police will be held responsible. read more...
Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri said in his address to the ‘revolution march’ participants that the justice and revenge of martyrs of Model Town tragedy warrants ‘revolution’, Dunya News reported. Presenting his ‘charter of demands/revolution’, he demanded Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif to step down immediately. He demanded law enforcement to take them into custody and try them as per the law and charges. He demanded Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to put Sharif brothers on Exit Control List (ECL). read more...
