Qadri says he wants to overthrow government

• June 29, 2014

A joint-declaration issued after the All Parties Conference (APC) convened by Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri on Sunday demanded Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif’s resignation and dismissal of ministers and senior officials over Minhajul Quran tragedy. Condemning the Model Town tragedy which claimed about a dozen lives for police-PAT clashes, the five-point APC resolution stated that the cruel operation on unarmed PAT workers was tantamount to tearing justice into shreds. read more...

Qadri’s APC demands Shahbaz Sharif’s resignation over Model Town incident

• June 29, 2014

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 strongly condemning the Model Town tragedy stated that the cruel operation on unarmed persons was tantamount to tearing justice into shreds. The resolution demanded constitution of a commission comprising of three senior Judges of the Supreme Court, which could summon anyone including the prime minister. read more...

APC holds Punjab CM responsible for Model Town massacre

• June 29, 2014

LAHORE: An all-party conference (APC) hosted by Pakistan Awami Tehreek chief Dr Tahirul Qadri called for the resignation of Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and top police officials over June 17 Model Town tragedy. In a five-point declaration issued on Sunday, participants of the APC said that Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif was actually responsible for the Model Town shootings, which left at least 12 workers of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) killed last week. read more...

National political & religious leadership speaks with one voice against Model Town carnage

• June 29, 2014

Addressing the All-Parties Conference, PAT chief Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri said that the rulers broke all records of savagery and terrorism by killing innocent and unarmed workers and the members of the civil society, which resulted in martyrdom of 14 people besides injuring over 125 workers. He said that police intimidated and coerced the Durood reciters in Gosh-a-Durood and did not even hesitate from desecrating the Holy Quran. He said that the Model Town police got the barriers erected around his residence and the central secretariat on the orders of the High Court after the members of neighbourhood moved a petition before the honourable Court for enhanced security measures. read more...

Rawal Note: Political drama overshadows police failure on Qadri’s return

• June 28, 2014

Much debate has taken place on the political fallout of the June 23 melodrama at the Islamabad airport for the PML-N government and party, but the police performance on the occasion did not receive any attention, either of the analysts or the government. That the Rawalpindi police had orders to play docile was understandable after the bad name the police brutality against the supporters of Dr Tahirul Qadri, and his Pakistan Awami Tehrik (PAT), in Lahore six days earlier had brought to the PML-N. read more...

Grand alliance not the agenda, APC on June 29: Qadri

• June 27, 2014

LAHORE- Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Tahirul Qadri said on Thursday that forming a ‘grand alliance’ against the government has never been his agenda. He further stated that an All Parties Conference (APC) will take place on June 29. Addressing media after meeting leaders from various 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...

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...

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...

Qadri denies military backing

• June 28, 2014

LAHORE - Pakistan Awami Tehrik chief Dr Tahirul Qadri said that he could oust the incumbent government in a blink of an eye but this was not his agenda, rather he wanted to end the corrupt system. He was talking to media after the inauguration of memorial for the martyrs of Model Town tragedy here on Friday. He said the rulers would soon bite the dust. He said had Model Town like tragedy happened in any democratic country, assemblies would have been dissolved there, but the rulers turned a deaf ear. He said he was not scared of any investigative institution. read more...

PAT chief says he will fight against army takeover

• June 28, 2014

“I will fight against the Pakistan Army if it tries to take over,” Mr Qadri said in an interview, but stopped short of giving details of how he would do this. “I am against military rule. My destination is true democracy,” he added. On Thursday, he renewed his calls for a peaceful revolution, but was coy about his strategies, timing and ultimate goals. read more...