PAT Punjab gets a new president

• June 18, 2011

A meeting of Pakistan Awami Tehreek, which met earlier in Lahore today with President Faiz-ur-Rehman Durrani in the chair, elected its new executive body. PAT’s office holders from across Punjab attended the meeting. Chaudhry Lehrasib Khan Gondal, vice chairman of Punjab Bar Council, was elected as the President of Pakistan Awami Tehreek Punajb chapter, while Muhammad Hanif Sandhu, Dr Zafar Naz, Talib Hussain, and Dr Muhammad Ilyas were elected as vice presidents. read more...

Shaykh-ul-Islam addresses the concluding session of Majlis-e-Shuraa of MQI

• June 5, 2011

Shaykh-ul-Islam has said that the practice of running national economy with the oxygen of foreign loans has endangered the national security and economic self-reliance does not appear to be in sight given the highly questionable conduct of the ruling elite. He said that the powers that be are obsessed with corruption, concentration of power and are least bothered about people’s welfare and interest. read more...

22nd Foundational Day of PAT celebrated

• May 25, 2011

Newly elected president of Punjab chapter of PAT, Muhammad Lehrasib Khan Gondal, said that the rulers need to awaken their patriotism to break the shackles of economic slavery in order to attain true independence. He said that he had full faith in the leadership of Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri to bring about much needed change in the country. read more...

Pro-people budget not possible in the present elitist structure: PAT’s pre-budget seminar

• May 26, 2011

Distinguished speakers at a pre-budget seminar organized by Pakistan Awami Tehreek have demanded of the government to establish Budget Regulatory Authority, increase budgetary allocations for health, education and jobs creation, bring the wealthy class into the tax net, and take concrete actions to rid the country of the programmes with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). read more...

PAT takes out rally to mark global Labourers' Day

• May 1, 2011

Labour Wing of Pakistan Awami Tehreek brought out a rally, which started from the press club in Lahore and concluded on the Muslim League House to mark the immense sacrifices rendered by the labourers of Chicago on May 1. The hundreds of labourers', who attended the rally, paid a glowing tribute to the Chicago men for their exemplary courage and relentless struggle for their rights. read more...

OIC Leaders, Qatari Foreign Minister & other dignitaries meet Shaykh-ul-Islam at U.S.-Islamic World Forum in Washington DC

• April 12, 2011

At the U.S.-Islamic World Forum in Washington D.C., which was jointly organized by the Brookings Institution, the Qatar Government and the OIC, Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri met with the Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC), Prof Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu. They spoke about various issues of mutual interest and exchanged views on a host of issues. read more...

Shaykh-ul-Islam calls for change in the system - Workers Convention 2011

• April 9, 2011

Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri has directed the workers of Minhaj-ul-Quran International and Pakistan Awami Tehreek to launch mass contact campaign to bring about change in the system and make ten million people members of MQI. He said that the present system, which has been geared to protect the interests of the 3% of the elite to the detriment of 97% people, is exploitative, anti-democratic and anti-people. read more...

MQI leaders participate in the Hindu festival

• March 19, 2011

The Hindu community living in Pakistan celebrated the festival of Holi with religious zeal and zest on March 19, 2011 in Krishna Mandir Ravi Road Lahore. A prestigious ceremony in this regard was held at 4 p.m. The leaders of Directorate of Interfaith Relations of MQI attended the festival as a demonstration of solidarity with the Hindu community and in a spirit of interfaith harmony. read more...

Leaders of Different faiths stress need for interfaith harmony & sustained engagement to defeat vested interests

• March 28, 2011

Muslim, Christian, Hindu and Sikh leaders forged unity and condemned the desecration of the Holy Quran in the strongest possible words in “Ihtiram-e-Mazahib Conference” organized under the banner of Directorate of Interfaith Relations of Minhaj-ul-Quran International and Muslim-Christian Dialogue Forum in the MQI’s Secretariat in Lahore yesterday. read more...

MQI protests against desecration of the Holy Quran

• March 25, 2011

Directorate of Interfaith Relations, MQI and National Council for Interfaith Dialogue jointly organized a demonstration outside the Lahore Press Club to protest against the desecration of the Holy Quran at the hands of Pastor Terry Jones. The demonstration was led by G.M. Malik, coordinator of DIR, Father Nadeem, Hafiz Ghulam Farid, Ch Muhammad Afzal Gujjra, and Tayab Ziyya. read more...