No JIT acceptable till Shahbaz Sharif's resignation: Dr Tahir ul Qadri

• November 14, 2014

Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahir ul Qadri has said that no Joint Investigation Team (JIT) would be acceptable to PAT unless Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif resigns from his office. “Where does the question of a deal or retribution money arise from when the JIT has been rejected?” questioned PAT chief. Addressing a press conference in Lahore on Friday via video link, Tahirul Qadri said that making a JIT on Model Town tragedy was a shameful act. read more...

Dr Raheeq Abbasi asks workers to start preparations for local government polls

• November 12, 2014

PAT President Dr Raheeq Ahmad Abbasi visited Chiniot, Jhang, Bhawana, Shor Kot and Ahmadpur Sial in the first phase of his countrywide visits aimed at reorganizing local chapters of Pakistan Awami Tehreek. He visited the families of those martyred and injured in Model Town on June 17, August 10 and during revolution march on August 30-31 to pay his respects to the families who rendered the sacrifices of their near and dear ones for the lofty ideals of revolution and change in the system. read more...

Daily Times: Unlawful ECP mother of all ills, says Qadri

• November 12, 2014

NEW YORK - Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) Chairman Dr Tahirul Qadri has said that the mother of all the ills is the unlawful Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). He said that the ‘London Plan’ formulated between Pakistan Muslim League-N and the Pakistan People’s Party was to enforce the election reforms of their own choice, now stands exposed before the people of Pakistan. Talking to different groups of overseas Pakistanis who called on him in New York on Tuesday, Dr Qadri said that the enforcement of Article 213 of the constitution, formation of election commission, hearing of election petitions and under Article 218 the holding of free and fair elections is inevitable for the future of true democracy. read more...

Pakistan Tribune: Illegally Constituted ECP Mother of All Evils: Tahir-ul-Qadri

• November 12, 2014

NEW YORK - Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) Chairman Dr Tahirul Qadri has said that illegally constituted Election Commissions of Pakistan (ECP) is mother of all evils and problems in Pakistan, Pakistan tribune reported. Talking to different groups of expatriates in New York on Tuesday, Qadri said that “London Plan” orchestrated by ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples to enforce selective reforms in ECP now stands exposed before the nation. read more...

Imran Khan should trust cunning rulers only after thinking deep and hard: Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri

• November 9, 2014

PAT chairman Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri has said that Imran Khan should trust the shrewd, cunning and deceptive rulers only after thinking deep and hard. He said that it is a matter of routine for these rulers to set up judicial commissions and then refuse to accept their recommendations. He said that these rulers do not have any credibility, adding it was for this reason that PAT decided to wrap up Islamabad sit-on on its own and convert it into a countrywide movement instead of trusting the rulers. read more...

State directly responsible for Model Town killings: Qadri

• November 10, 2014

NEW YORK/ISLAMABAD: Chairman of Pakistan Awami Tehreek Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri has said that the Taliban or the Al-Qaeda were not involved in the killings of PAT workers in the Model Town incident but rather the state machinery is directly responsible of the murders. Addressing Pakistani community at a huge convention in Houston, he said Constitiution is being desecrated and this is the time for new socio political contract. read more...

Corruption has destroyed institutions

• November 9, 2014

LAHORE: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Tahirul Qadri asked the United States of America (USA) on Saturday to stop supporting corrupt elements in Pakistan as individual corruption had wreaked havoc on national institutions. He was addressing overseas Pakistanis at a convention in New York according to a statement issued on Saturday. read more...

Qadri asks US not to support ‘corrupt system’ in Pakistan

• November 9, 2014

LAHORE: PAT chief Dr Tahirul Qadri asked the United States to withdraw its support to the corrupt system in Pakistan, saying the rulers’ corruption had destroyed the institutions of the country. Those who promised to bring back plundered public wealth of opponents from abroad during election campaigns, joined hands with opponents after polls to commit more corruption, he said while addressing Pakistani community at a convention in New York, says a press release issued on Saturday. read more...

The way forward: ‘PAT had consulted PTI before ending sit-in’

• November 9, 2014

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) called off its Islamabad sit-in on October 21 in consultation with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the party’s central leader said on Saturday. “After analysing the situation that the sit-in had become stagnant, static, irrelevant and failed to achieve its main objective —toppling the PML-N led government — PAT chief allowed his workers to leave the venue,” the party’s central president , Dr Raheeq Ahmad Abbasi, said. read more...

Only rulers responsible for people’s killing: Qadri

• November 9, 2014

NEW YORK: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri has said that no militant organisation but sitting leadership is responsible for the Model Town tragedy in which at least 11 people were killed and many others injured during a clash with police on June 17. Addressing a convention in Houston, he said that the constitution was being desecrated and this was the time for new socio-political contract. read more...