PAT Women Wing lighted candles at Liberty Square in Lahore in the memory of Shaheed Tanzila Amjad and Shazia Murtaza. The women leaders gave the gift of bangles to the Punjab Chief Minister, Rana Sanaullah, IG Punjab, DIG Operations, and police personnel who took part in Model town operation and martyred the women by firing bullets at their faces. read more...
Rejecting the JIT report on Model Town tragedy, PAT (France chapter) has started a protest campaign against it by launching a signature drive. Allama Hassan Mir Qadri put his first signature to mark the formal launch of the campaign on the night of Shab-e-Barat. read more...
PAT President Dr Raheeq Ahmad Abbasi has issued a fact sheet on the completion of two years’ time by the PML-N government. He said that the PML-N made four big promises with the nation during the election campaign, which included end of load-shedding, retrieval of looted wealth from foreign banks, revival of economy, and provision of immediate and affordable justice. read more...
A seminar against terrorism and suicide bombings was held under the banner of Pakistan Awami Tehreek Midlands on 28 March 2015. Prominent members of society attended this programme to show their support. These included the Lord Mayor of Birmingham, councillors , MPs, members of the the lawyers association, head of BTM sumaira Farrakh and the general public. The Lord mayor in his keynote speech appreciated Dr Tahir ul Qadri’s efforts and contributions for peace and harmony. read more...
Addressing the demonstrators in Layyah, Ch Qamar Abbas said that the humanity and law were made fun of by appointing the principal accused in case of Model Town killings as the provincial minister. He said that the reality of the so-called democratic chief minister’s slogans of adherence to rule of law and democracy got exposed badly. He said that the conduct of oath-taking ceremony before the report’s completion is reflective of law of the jungle and a joke with the blood of 14 innocent citizens. read more...
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Raheeq Abbasi said that Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri is taking care of the family of Shaheed Iqbal like his own family. He said that the promise of maintenance for the family we made is being fulfilled. He said that we are proud of the families of martyrs who rejected the offers of millions of rupees by the government, adding that the family members of martyrs are as determined as their martyrs. read more...
Speaking to the media on the occasion, Khurram Nawaz Gandapur said that the humanity and law were made fun of by appointing the principal accused in case of Model Town killings as the provincial minister. He said that the reality of the so-called democratic chief minister’s slogans of adherence to rule of law and democracy got exposed badly. He said that the conduct of oath-taking ceremony before the report’s completion is reflective of law of the jungle and a joke with the blood of 14 innocent citizens. read more...
PAT chief Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri said that the JIT report is ludicrous and murder of justice to say the least. He said that we do not have even a grain of doubt regarding the involvement of Nawaz Sharif, Shahbaz Sharif, Rana Sanaullah, IG Police and Dr Toquir Shah in the Model Town tragedy. He said that we strongly reject this ludicrous report, adding that we were left with no option but to take to streets to get justice and we would continue to use this democratic right till justice is dispensed. read more...
Addressing the demonstration, Bisma, the daughter of Shaheed Tanzeela Amjad, asked the rulers as to what her mother and aunt had done that they became deserving of their bullets. She stated emphatically that it is justice she is seeking for her Shaheed mother and Shaheed aunt. She said that if the people did not come out against oppression and brutality, they would also continue to be deprived of their mothers. Her address to the demonstration brought tears in the eyes of the participants. read more...
Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri has said that the blood of martyrs is not so cheap that the JIT of killers will be able to push the issue under the carpet. He said that the JIT distorted facts with abandon and tore the very idea of justice into shreds. He said that we are grateful to anchorpersons, civil society, the heads of like-minded parties and particularly the opposition in the Punjab Assembly for raising their voice for the martyrs and staging a walk out of the Assembly session in protest against the one-side JIT report respectively. read more...
