A seminar on the thought of Iqbal was organized under the banner of PAT to pay tributes to the poet of East Allama Muhammad Iqbal on his 140th birth anniversary. Those who spoke on the occasion were PAT Secretary General Khurram Nawaz Gandapur, Jamaat-e-Islami leader Dr Farid Ahmad Piracha, Iqbal’s grandson Waleed Iqbal, Dr Tahir Hameed Tanoli, Sajid Mahmood Bhatti, and Hafiz Ghulam Farid. read more...
Addressing a hurriedly called press conference, PAT Chairman Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri has said whether the institutions know or not but the fact is that far more dangerous Altaf Hussain remains hidden in the person of Nawaz Sharif. He said that it is so-called accountability of the political elite that is being conducted, adding that what to speak of six months, accountability under the current law will not be possible in 20 years. He said that the elite does not accept the SC as SC and the Constitution as the Constitution. read more...
PAT leader Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri has said that Balochistan and KPK provinces are the gateway of progress and peace respectively. He said that we do not want the kind of progress whose fruits do not reach the common man. He said that the people of both provinces are fighting the war for Pakistan’s solidarity. He said that he has directed Minhaj Welfare Foundation to give preference to Balochistan when it comes to educational and health welfare projects. read more...
PAT leaders, workers and the family members of the martyrs of Model Town staged a sit-in in front of the Civil Secretariat Lahore over the Home Secretary’s refusal to hand over the Najfi Judicial Commission report following the LHC judgment. They demanded the handing over of the report in line with the clear judgment of the LHC. Women and children were also part of the sit-in. read more...
Addressing an emergency press conference soon after the Lahore High Court’s judgment to make the Baqir Najfi Commission report public, PAT Chairman Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri asked the Punjab Chief Minister to hand over the report to the families of the martyrs before being apprehended. He said that we would spend all resources for justice, adding that we would die of hunger but would continue to chase the perpetrators of the Model Town tragedy. He said that the Sharif family is faced with the Divine wrath and is on the run. read more...
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday ordered the Punjab government to make Model Town enquiry report public. The LHC issued these directives, while hearing the petition filed by families of victims killed in Model Town massacre in which 14 people were killed and 100 others were injured during the police action. read more...
PAT and MQI Greece took out a protest rally in front of Burmese consulate on September 7 against the atrocities being committed against the Burmese Muslims. The people from across the political spectrum participated in the protest rally. Throwing light on the current situation in Burma, the speakers said that the Muslims are being subjected to ethnic cleansing under planning and the criminal silence of the international powers is the proof of this fact. The countries which raise hue and cry even for animal rights have become silent spectators now. read more...
Qazi Muhammad Zahid Hussain and Khurram Nawaz Gandapur belonging to Sindh and KP provinces respectively were elected the President and Secretary General of PAT in an intra-party election. Basharat Jaspal, Fayyaz Warraich and Brig (r) Muhammad Mushtaq were elected to the positions of President of PAT Central, South and North chapters respectively; whereas Rehman Maqbool, Saifullah Saddozai, and Mahmood Ahmad Hasnain were elected General Secretary of PAT Central, South and North chapters. Chaudhry Muhammad Sharif was the runner-up for the position of the central PAT President. read more...
PTI Chairman Imran Khan along with three senior party leaders called on PAT Chairman Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri at the central secretariat in Model Town on September 14 and thanked him for announcement of support in NA-120 election. Both leaders spoke to the media after the meeting. Imran Khan asked whether there will be a greater cruelty than what the people saw live on their TV screens when carnage was perpetrated in Model Town. read more...
