LONDON (Dunya News) – Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri left for Dubai on Sunday evening. Qadri is due to arrive in Islamabad on Monday morning, Dunya News reported. Talking to newsmen outside Heathrow airport, Tahirul Qadri said he wants to arrive in Pakistan and proceed to Lahore in a peaceful manner. He said the PML-N government was digging grave of its rule as it was harassing PAT workers. read more...
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Farooq Sattar on Sunday deplored PML-N government for resorting to undemocratic tactics to arrest PAT’s workers ahead of Dr. Tahir ul Qadri’s arrival in Islamabad tomorrow. Addressing a press conference here, Dr. Farooq Sattar said that there seems to be no government in the country. “It is not a democratic approach to arrest workers of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT),” he said. read more...
LAHORE (Dunya News) – The unknown plainclothes man along with other policemen besides Gullu Butt was identified as Police Constable Riaz Babar. The Gullu Butt type character, carrying pistols in both hands, also opened firing on the Awami Tehreek workers (PAT). According to Dunya News sources, Riaz Babar is serving as Police Constable at Model Town Division. read more...
LONDON (Dunya News) – Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri is on his way to Pakistan via Dubai from London. Talking to newsmen outside Heathrow airport, Tahirul Qadri said he wants to arrive in Pakistan and proceed to Lahore in a peaceful manner. He said the PML-N government was digging grave of its rule as it was harassing PAT workers. read more...
ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of workers of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) were barred across Punjab on Sunday from leaving for Islamabad to welcome Dr. Tahir ul Qadri, who is due to reach Benazir International Airport early Monday morning. In Faisalabad, hundreds of PATs’ workers staged a token sit-in after they were stopped from proceeding to Islamabad. read more...
LONDON: Muttahida Qaumi Movement head Altaf Hussain on Sunday strongly condemned police raids on offices of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) on the eve of Dr. Tahir ul Qadri’s arrival in Pakistan. “It is a dictatorial act and highly condemnable. It should be stopped and Pakistan Awami Tehreek’s leaders and workers should be released,” said Hussain in a statement from London. read more...
LONDON: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief and leader of Minhaj-ul-Quran Dr Tahirul Qadri claimed on Sunday that his anti-corruption campaign would not harm the government. Speaking to media here, the PAT chief urged the judiciary to take notice of the government’s action against his party workers. “There is no threat to constitution, democracy and the PML-N government by the campaign”, he told media. read more...
LONDON: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr. Tahirul Qadri Sunday said that if the government takes recourse to violence on his arrival in Islamabad, it would only hasten revolution, however, he assured there was no threat to democracy, Geo News reported. read more...
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Tahirul Qadri on Sunday said he would stage protests outside the PM house in Islamabad and hold Nawaz Sharif responsible if any of his workers are killed during protests, Express News reported on Sunday. Qadri said peaceful workers were being arrested and tortured under an ‘undemocratic’ PML-N government. “If I am killed upon my arrival, my workers should remain calm,” he added. read more...
