ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Saturday formed a three-judge bench to hear a plea moved by Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri, seeking reconstitution of the Election Commission of Pakistan, Geo News reported. The bench will be headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and comprising Justice Gulzar Ahmed and Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed. read more...
Pakistan’s top court on Friday accepted for hearing a petition seeking immediate reconstitution of the election commission, just weeks before dissolution of assemblies in the run-up to the general elections. The petition, filed Thursday by Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri, who heads the Pakistan Awami Tehrik (PAT), also calls for the appointment of a new chief elections commissioner and the four members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). read more...
Dr Tahirul Qadri on Thursday filed an application with the Supreme Court wherein he prayed to the court that till the restructuring of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), its chief, the chief election commissioner (ECP), and its four members should be restrained from working. He filed the application under Order 20 Rule 1, Supreme Court Rules 1980. read more...
ISLAMABAD: Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri has filed a petition in Supreme Court (SC), seeking restructuring of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). Talking to media outside the apex court building, Dr Tahirul Qadri said article 218 of the constitution deals with the matters relating ECP, which he said, stated that the ECP would be reconstituted under article 213. read more...
ISLAMABAD: Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri filed a petition in the Supreme Court on Thursday for the reconstitution of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). Qadri said that he will contest the petition himself. “I prayed to the court that the composition and constitution of the current Election Commission of Pakistan was unconstitutional. Therefore, it is void according to the law,” Qadri told the media, calling for the court to order the reconstitution of the commission. read more...
The anti-status quo forces, which stand for change in the country, should forge unity with each other and launch a collective struggle. Parliament failed to deliver and it is democracy, which has earned a bad name. We want supremacy of Constitution and law in the electoral process for which reconstitution of an independent and powerful Election Commission is need of the hour. Change is a shared objective of PAT and PTI. Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri expressed these views while talking to media men after meeting a high-powered delegation of PTI that held extensive discussions with him in the central secretariat of PAT. read more...
Top leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) met Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri in Lahore on Wednesday to discuss their reservations over the current Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). Dr Qadri said that he was going to the Supreme Court because there was no winning or losing there. “Only the law wins there… Our right is to go the court, taking a decision is their job. We will implement whatever decision the court takes.” read more...
Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri has declared that the struggle he launched on December 23 and January 14 will continue unabated and ‘revolution marches’ will be held across the country. He said that the governments that had been formed for last 65 years manifestly violated Articles 3 and 38 of the Constitution. He said that implementation of both Articles would also be part of agenda in addition to electoral reforms. He said that he was convinced that the military did not want to impose martial in the country. read more...
Addressing the participants, Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri said that the Long March was a seminal point of revolution. He said that the fight against looters and plunderers was not over after the Long March, adding that it had just started. He said that the ruling elite was busy in protecting their corruption at the time of Long March in the federal capital, while he was waging a struggle for restoration of people’s rights. He said that he saved Constitution and democracy on January 17, adding had he not taken immediate decision, the martial would have been imposed in the country. read more...
LAHORE: Tehreek-e-Minhajul Quran Chief Tahirul Qadri said Sunday that if he had not ended the sit-in, martial law would have been imposed in the country in the next five minutes. Addressing the central executive committee of the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT), Qadri said he would not allow thieves to come into power in the name of democracy. “Corrupt politicians had been robbing the country for the last 65 years.” read more...
