SAMAA: Govt has no intention to hold peace talks, Dr. Qadri

• January 20, 2014

LAHORE: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) leader Dr. Tahir ul Qadri on Monday denounced the federal government, saying it has neither any intention to negotiate with Taliban nor it can restore peace in the country. Addressing a press conference via video link from Canada, Dr. Qadri said the government has failed to protect people. “People are getting killed in terrorist attacks while government is befooling them in the name of talks,” he opined. read more...

Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri questions government’s privatization policy, prescribes 15-point formula for privatization

• January 20, 2014

PAT leader Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri has said that Pakistan is entering an important phase in terms of its existence. He said that the rulers were buying big public sector enterprises in the name of privatization from behind the scene, adding that the PML-N government, in its first tenure in 1991, distributed ten state-owned, profit-making enterprises among its supporters, relatives and business partners of its leadership. He said that true to pattern, the government, in its second stint in power from 1997 to 1999, gifted six public sector enterprises among its political cronies through their privatization. He said that the country got a benefit of Rs. 800 billion due to honesty of Hussain Laghari, the president of Muslim Commercial Bank, during the first government of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto. read more...

France- MWL celebrates Quaid-e-Azam birth anniversary

• December 22, 2013

On the 22nd of December 2013, Minhaj Women League (France) celebrated the Quaid Day on the occasion of the birth of the father of our Nation, Muhammad Ali Jinnah. It was especially a day to honour and remember Quaid-e-Azam, his message and struggle for the creation of Pakistan. read more...

Summary Report: PAT’s protest rally against inflation, price-hike, unemployment & corruption

• December 29, 2013

Pakistan Awami Tehreek leader Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri has said that authoritarianism of the political elite holds sway in Pakistan. He said that there is no democracy in the country and what is often described as democracy by the vested interests is ‘majbooriyat’ to put it mildly. He said that this oppressive system is taking away from people their right to life. He said that his peaceful and democratic revolution would be guided by Article 38 of the Constitution, following which the government of the people, by the people and for the people would be established. read more...

SAMAA: Dr. Tahirul Qadri says regimes patronize terrorists to terrify world

• January 1, 2014

ISLAMABAD: Minhaj-ul-Quran Chief Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri has said that the regimes of country provide funds and patronize the terrorists to terrify the world and he knows few parties that had been funded by different governments, SAMAA reports. Dr. Tahirul Qadri expressed views over different issues including the revolution, cases on former president Pervez Musharraf, corruption, and public issues of the country in SAMAA current affairs show Nadeem Malik Live on Wednesday. read more...

Green revolution to be peaceful from start to end: Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri

• December 30, 2013

Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, the leader of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT), has said that there is a strong possibility that PAT and PTI may enter into an alliance on a shared agenda. He said that both parties and their respective leadership have unanimity of views on the challenges afflicting the country and believed that no improvement could come about without changing the corrupt and obsolete system. He said that PAT’s struggle for green revolution would be peaceful and democratic in its entirety. read more...

Business Recorder: Letter to editor in Business recorder

• January 1, 2014

Apropos ‘Qadri seeks to sow new doubts about system’, Business Recorder needs to be reminded that whatever Dr Tahirul Qadri said at the Lahore rally was nothing but truth. His analysis of country’s economy and the suggestions that he proffered need to be examined by the government with an open mind. Every area of economy seems to be under severe stress. Though Dr Qadri does not go really deep into the ramifications of a bad economy, his concerns are legitimate. read more...

The Nation: Harmony of thought may bring PAT, PTI closer

• January 1, 2014

LAHORE - While his efforts to bring about a revolution for the establishment of what he called an egalitarian society in Pakistan is less likely to bear fruit any time soon, the demands that Pakistan Awami Tehrik Chairman Dr Tahirul Qadri made in his address to the participants of a well-attended rally in the provincial metropolis on Sunday will certainly touch many a heart. read more...

Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri greets Pakistanis and world community on New Year

• January 1, 2014

Founding leader of MQI and PAT, Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri has greeted the people of Pakistan including the overseas Pakistanis in particular and the world community in general at the advent of 2014. In his felicitation message on the eve of New Year, he said that it is an occasion to review our past conduct both individually as well as collectively and make fresh resolve to make amends for our behaviors. He said that it is time to set some specific goals before us and chart out a workable strategy to translate those goals into reality. read more...

The Frontier Post: Qadri says time ripe for revolution

• December 30, 2013

LAHORE: Pledging Pakistan transformation in compliance with the vision of the Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Awami Tehreek chief Allama Dr Tahirul Qadri has disclosed agenda of revolution seeking implementation of the country's constitution in the letter and spirit under which the state should administer reforms in area of taxation and agricultural land, coupled with provision of employment opportunities, residence to homeless and health facilities. read more...