The hundreds of PAT workers gathered in front of the Punjab Assembly today and lodged a strong protest over the fake JIT report on the Model Town killings. The demonstration was led by PAT Secretary General Khurram Nawaz Gandapur. The workers chanted slogans decrying JIT for producing a fake and highly questionable report. read more...
Announcing the countrywide protests against the report of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) established by the government, PAT President Dr Raheeq Abbasi has said that our apprehensions and fears have turned out to be correct that justice will not be delivered as long as the present rulers are in power. He said that the JIT gave a safe passage to the killers instead of helping the cause of justice for the oppressed. He said that we would contact and present our case before every forum of justice including diplomats, international human rights organizations, and the European Union. read more...
Reacting to the alleged report of the government’s JIT in the strongest possible words, PAT President Dr Raheeq Abbasi has said that the JIT was established to give a clean chit to the killers. He said that the report was already scripted in advance. He said that the allegation of firing by the PAT workers is both unabashed as well as highly condemnable. He said that the footage of all TV channels has shown that the police action on the MQI secretariat was one-sided, and unprovoked. read more...
PAT President Dr Raheeq Ahmad Abbasi has said that people of Rawalpindi have made it clear to the rulers by taking part in the demonstration held to protest the lack of justice in Model Town case that they do not need bridges, metro buses and roads. He said that people actually want dignified life and socio-economic justice for themselves and their children. read more...
On the completion of two years since the present assemblies were inaugurated, Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) organized a seminar on the title of ‘rigged and unconstitutional elections’ here at the party secretariat. The event attracted a broad-based participation from the leading political parties and a cross-section of political and intellectual opinion. read more...
PAT leader Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri has said that sit-in was just one chapter of our revolutionary struggle whereas the whole book is still left. He said that political leadership has kept the country and its people hostage on the basis of looted wealth. He asked what democracy and justice system it is in which over one thousand armed police officials raid MQI secretariat at night and fire directly at the workers including the women 14 people are martyred while 85 of them sustain critical injuries but not even a single constable is arrested. read more...
The emergency meeting of PAT Central Working Council was held here at the party’s central secretariat with PAT President Dr Raheeq Ahmad Abbasi in the chair. Strongly condemning the anti-army statements, the meeting prayed for the success of ongoing military operation against terrorists and paid rich tributes to the officers and jawans of the armed forces who are taking part in the operation. read more...
Addressing a seminar held at the PAT central secretariat in connection International Labour Day, PAT President Dr Raheeq Ahmad Abbasi has said that those who came into power on the vote bank of the labourers are busy in filling the banks with national wealth. He said that those entrusted with the task of formulating policies for the workers are their biggest enemy. The ten-point agenda of Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri will bring about economic revolution in the lives of the labourers and the poorest of the poor, he added. read more...
In his special message on the international day of workers being celebrated across the world including Pakistan on May 1, PAT chief Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri has attributed the day to 20 labourers who got killed in Turbat last month while earning bread and butter for their families. He said that Allah Almighty has termed the worker as His friend, adding that the rulers should end their enmity with them. read more...
Addressing an emergency press conference along with team of lawyers, PAT President Dr Raheeq Ahmad Abbasi and Secretary General Khurram Nawaz Gandapur have said that if the rulers have no relation with the Model Town incident, then why are they not releasing the report of the judicial commission that probed Model Town tragedy and why are they afraid of constituting neutral and independent Joint Investigation Team (JIT)? They said that the Punjab government is bringing its influence to bear on anti-terrorism courts. read more...
