LAHORE: Chief of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) has agreed to leave the plane and move to his residence, but with his personal security, SAMAA reported Monday. Refusing provincial government’s security, Qadri said he is ready to leave the plane only if he is allowed to use his personal security convoy, consisting of guards and bulletproof vehicles, under media coverage. read more...
Qadri said peaceful workers were being arrested and tortured under an ‘undemocratic’ PML-N government. “If I am killed upon my arrival, my workers should remain calm,” he added. As Rawalpindi prepares for Qadri, Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure has been imposed in the city and public gatherings have been banned until 12pm June 24, Express News reported on Sunday. read more...
ISLAMABAD: A prominent Pakistani cleric, who is due to return to his homeland today, 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...
(Reuters) - A plane carrying a prominent Pakistani cleric, en route to the to the capital Islamabad to lead what he describes as a revolution against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, was diverted to another Pakistani city on Monday, an airport official said. About 2,000 supporters of Tahirul Qadri clashed with police outside the main airport serving Islamabad on Monday where they had gathered to greet their leader. Qadri is usually based in Canada. read more...
A plane carrying anti-government Pakistani leader Tahir-ul-Qadri has been diverted from the capital Islamabad as hundreds of his supporters clashed with police outside an airport. Qadri, who has been calling for a revolution against a government he accuses of corruption and incompetence, was due to arrive in the city from London, via Dubai, early on Monday morning. read more...
Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri said on Saturday that the rulers are panicking after hearing about his arrival adding that his party workers have already begun ‘revolution’ by giving blood, Dunya News reported. Addressing press conference in London, Qadri said that his agenda is democratic and legal, adding that the government is panicking about his return. He said if anyone wants to stop him from entering the country, they will have to provide legal justification. read more...
ISLAMABAD: Emirates Airline flight EK-612 carrying Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri has landed at the main terminal of Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore on Monday morning after being diverted from Islamabad. According to media reports, Dr Qadri has refused to leave the plane as the authorities took him to Lahore instead of Islamabad. read more...
Saturday, June 21, 2014 - If the SP incharge of operation against Minhaj ul Quran Secretariat brought along characters like Gullu Butt - whose performance people saw on the television - and embraced and patted him for a job well done. It is not very difficult to imagine how he would have organized and conducted the rest of the operation. And then we have PML-N’s clowns, who try to make up for the lack of performance in their Ministries by launching verbal assaults, bordering on nonsense, trying to justify government’s misdeeds and hitting hard at those who criticize government’s conduct claiming, among other things, that the police reacts only when attacked. read more...
London: Tehreek-E-Minhaj-Ul-Quran chief Dr. Tahir-Ul-Qadri said PML-N’s Sharif brothers had joined hands with world’s most corrupt rulers making a global partnership to prolong their unjust and shady rule. Addressing a news conference in London, Tahir-Ul-Qadri said PML-N leadership committed crimes, killings and lootings so skillfully without leaving traces to be apprehended. read more...
Lahore: PML-Q leader and former Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi Saturday demanded resignation from both federal and provincial governments over June 17 deadly police raid at Minhaj ul Quran Secretariat in Model Town. Addressing a press conference here, Elahi said that 30 workers of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) were still missing and 12 people were buried in a mass grave. read more...
