APC demands Punjab CM's resignation over model Town tragedy

• June 29, 2014

LAHORE (Dunya News) – Five-point declaration of All Parties Conference Hosted by Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) has been finalised, Dunya News reported. The five points of the declaration included, first Information Report (FIR) of the incident should be registered on the complaint filed by Minhaj-ul-Quran. The APC demanded that the Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif should resign and if he does not tender resignation the President should seek Punjab CM’s resignation. read more...

PAT's APC underway in Lahore to discuss Model Town tragedy

• June 29, 2014

LAHORE (Dunya News) - An All Parties Conference (APC) hosted by Pakistan Awami Tehreek begins at Minhaj-ul Quran Secretariat in Model Town. Talking to media, Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri said that APC is being held on a single point agenda to discuss Model Town tragedy. read more...

PAT's APC on Model Town tragedy today

• June 29, 2014

LAHORE (Dunya News) - Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) will hold All Parties Conference, (APC) today over the Model Town tragedy. On Saturday, Pakistan Muslim League Quaid (PMLQ), Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) accepted Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT)’s invitation to join its All Parties Conference (APC) over Model Town tragedy. read more...

PTI to attend Qadri’s APC on Model Town tragedy

• June 28, 2014

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) announced Saturday that it would send a three-member team to an all-party conference (APC) convened by Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) head Dr. Tahir ul Qadri on Model Town tragedy. Shah Mahmood Qureshi will lead the PTI’s side comprising Opposition Leader in the Punjab Assembly Mahmood ur Rashid and PTI Punjab chief Ejaz Chaudhry. read more...

PTI will attend Qadri's APC

• June 28, 2014

LAHORE- Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) announced that it would send a three-member team to an All Parties Conference (APC) convened by Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT), today. Shah Mahmood Qureshi will be joined by Opposition Leader in the Punjab Assembly, Mahmood-ur-Rashid and PTI Punjab Chief Ejaz Chaudhry. read more...

JI to attend APC

• June 28, 2014

A THREE-member Jamaat-e-Islami delegation will attend the APC being organised by Pakistan Awami Tehrik (PAT) Chairman Dr Tahirul Qadri on Sunday to discuss the police action and shooting at Minjahul Quran Secretariat, leaving 14 workers dead. This decision was taken at a meeting at Mansoora on the directions of JI Ameer Sirajul Haq after an invitation by phone from the PAT chief. read more...

Dr Tahir ul Qadri to hold an APC on June 29

• June 27, 2014

Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Tahirul Qadri said on Thursday that forming a ‘grand alliance’ against the government has never been his agenda, adding that an All Parties Conference (APC) will take place on June 29, Dunya News reported. Addressing media after meeting leaders from political and religious parties in Lahore, Qadri said that an APC has been called on June 29 on a single agenda of Model Town tragedy. read more...

Countrywide 'Zarb-e-Azb, Zarb-e-Haq' rallies held under PAT

• June 27, 2014

Addressing the participants of the rally, Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri said that Operation Zarb-e-Azb was in fact Zarb-e-Haq and every child of Pakistan stood by their armed forces in this battle. He said that it was duty of every Pakistan to express solidarity with the armed forces. He said that the military was fighting a war for restoration of internal peace. He said that the government failed to eliminate terrorism and extremism in the country. He lauded the military’s decision to launch an operation against the terrorists, saying had it been left to the government, it would still have chosen to engage the terrorists in meaningless talks and thus provided them with space to re-arm and regroup themselves. read more...

Martyrdom’s toll rises to 14 as one more injured succumbs to injuries

• June 26, 2014

With martyrdom of Shahbaz Mustafavi of Muridkay who succumbed to bullet injuries here today, the death toll of Model Town carnage has risen to 14. On June 17, the Punjab Police opened indiscriminate firing at unarmed and innocent workers of Pakistan Awami Tehreek and Minhaj-ul-Quran International during their raid and martyred ten people in the process besides injuring over 100 people including 40 who were critically injured. read more...

Prominent Pakistan cleric threatens to lead 'revolution'

• June 23, 2014

A prominent Pakistani cleric, who is due to return to his homeland on Monday, has threatened to lead mass protests against the government as part of his plan to stage a peaceful "revolution" to oust Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. The preacher, Tahirul Qadri, is a divisive figure in Pakistan where he made headlines last year when he led mass rallies against the government. He is usually based in Canada. read more...