PAT chief Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri has said that if corrupt people are shunted out of corridors of power, Pakistan has the potential to become Dubai and Singapore. He said that all hullaballoo being made by the rulers and their cronies in the name of saving democracy was actually aimed at protecting their business empires and patronage network which had eaten into vitals of the state and society. read more...
Islamabad: Islamabad is under siege as calls for Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to step down grow louder. Thousands of protesters led by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan and cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri have reached Pakistan's Parliament in the heavily fortified 'Red Zone', which is Islamabad's diplomatic enclave. read more...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri on Thursday was delivering a speech to his supporters in Islamabad's Red Zone area. Qadri said that the residence central vice president of the PAT, Sajid Parvez, was looted by robbers. He added that the party's postbearer was subjected to torture. read more...
ISLAMABAD: Dr Tahir ul Qadri has said that the current rulers are worse than Hitler and Mussolini, the constitution is ruined and there is no democracy, while the ones having fake mandate are crying to safeguard democracy in state, ARY News reported. Addressing his workers and supporters here on Thursday, Dr Tahir ul Qadri said the government is using cheap tactics against us, while our 25000 workers are still missing. He said that atrocities of the rulers have reached their peak and warned them not to try the patience of the people anymore. read more...
Pakistan opposition leader Imran Khan has threatened to storm Prime Minister House if Nawaz Sharif refuses to step down by this evening, as thousands of anti-government protesters entered the heavily fortified 'Red Zone' and set up camp in front of the Parliament House. "If Nawaz Sharif does not resign then we will enter into the PM House," Khan said last night while addressing to protesters, outside the parliament. read more...
An opposition politician leading protesters trying to bring down Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said talks with the government were suspended on Thursday, as the continuing impasse raised fears for the nuclear-armed country's stability. Former cricketer Imran Khan and cleric Tahir ul-Qadri, who controls a network of Islamic schools and hospitals, have been leading protests in the capital, Islamabad, since last Friday. read more...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) Chief Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri said he wanted not only the resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif but also the termination of the incumbent government, adding the national government of democratic reforms would be formed after the present government is dissolved. Addressing the thoroughly charged participants of Inqilab March, who are staging a sit-in in front of the Parliament House, he asserted the state institutions had turned into the political serfdom of the rulers. read more...
Addressing the marchers at D-chowk in front of Parliament House, Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri said that Allah Almighty helped the poor, the downtrodden and less advantageous sections of society today who had been at the receiving end of the exploitative and cruel government and whose near and dear ones were martyred on June 17 in Model Town. He said that Shahbaz Sharif ordered the mass killing of people after approval of his elder brother Nawaz Sharif, for he could not even think of taking such a step without his brother’s consent. read more...
ISLAMABAD: Chief of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri has denied refusing to hold dialogues with the government, though, he questioned whether the shedding blood of innocent people is justified, ARY News reported. On Wednesday evening, Dr. Qadri initiated his speech asking participants of ‘Inqilab March’ to pray for the Muslims of Gaza. Denying the reports that he has rejected to hold talks with anyone, PAT Chief said that no government official has visited them yet. read more...
(CNN) -- Anti-government protesters have managed to breach a high-security zone in Pakistan's capital, despite the presence of thousands of security personnel. A blackout had been enforced overnight Tuesday in Islamabad's "red zone," a heavily guarded area of the city containing key government buildings, as the marchers drew close. In the darkness policemen thumped their shields with batons in anticipation of a possible confrontation. read more...
