Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri to address press conference - today at 12:30 pm
Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri's Press Conference 22-01-2013
People from different walks of life congratulated chief of Tehrik Minhajul Quran (TMQ) Dr. Tahirul Qadri, and his determined and committed supporters. They termed the long march and sit-in a grand success. Dr. Tahirul Qadri proved that demands could be met even through peaceful way instead of adopting the path of violence. By holding historical long march and making sit-ins, Tahirul Qadri along with his lovers achieved what opposition leaders failed to do. In this context, the people specifically mentioned the name of Imran Khan, chief of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf.
ISLAMABAD: The Tehreek-e-Minhaj-ul-Quran chief Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadrilate Thursday called off his mass protest in Islamabad, averting a major political crisis and reaching a deal with the government that paves the way for elections within months.
A large number of people gathered at Jinnah Avenue to welcome the Tahirul Qadri-led march. A large number of youth are present in the participating crowd while many women have also turned up at the sit-in, some of them with their children.
I first met Tahir-ul Qadri last year at the Indian launch of his book Fatwa on Terrorism at the Islamic Cultural Centre in Delhi. I helped organise the event, giving the introductory speech. In his 600-page judgment, Qadri completely dismantles the ideology of Muslim extremists. The comprehensive fatwa demolishes all the theological arguments used by terrorists.
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Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has said that the demands put forward by the Minhajul Quran International (MQI) head, Dr Tahirul Qadri, were the collective voice of the people of Pakistan. In a press release issued on Monday, Altaf said that the demands of Dr Qadri should be accepted immediately, and no hurdles should be created in the way of the long march.
ISLAMABAD, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- An Islamic religious scholar leading Pakistanis on his human rights and anti-corruption campaign reached Islamabad Tuesday, calling on the government to quit. The convoy of supporters, which set out from Lahore Sunday, arrived in the Pakistani capital early Tuesday, led by Tahirul Qadri, a Pakistani-Canadian cleric, who heads the Tehrik-i-Minhajul Quran international movement, Dawn newspaper reported.
As the street cleaners descended on Jinnah Avenue to clear up the final remnants of the three-and-a-half-day ‘revolution’, another enigma remains: How does a man who has lived in Canada for seven years get thousands of Pakistanis to spend four nights on cold and wet streets?
NEW DELHI: An elderly, messianic leader agitates against corruption and rot in governance, leads large demonstrations in the Capital, seeks solutions outside the parliamentary system and tears into the 'corrupt' elite. Public intellectuals and media are divided about the movement, and speculation is rife about its funding, backers and motivation. The movement turns into a challenge for the establishment.
(Sufi cleric and leader of the Minhaj-ul-Quran Muhammad Tahirul Qadri addresses his supporters from behind the window of an armoured vehicle after his meeting with members of Pakistan’s coalition government on the fourth day of protests in Islamabad January 17, 2013. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro )
OTTAWA: Canadian authorities summoned Tehrik e Minhajul Quran (TMQ) Chief Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri on February 5 to explain a violation of the oath he had taken while seeking asylum there.
Islamabad: The Pakistan government on Thursday agreed to appoint a caretaker Prime Minister by consensus ahead of the next general election as part of a deal struck with fiery cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri to end his protest near Parliament that had put intense pressure on the country's fragile coalition.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan-born Canadian cleric Tahirul Qadri said on Friday he reserves the right to take extreme measures if the agreement signed with the government was not implemented. Qadri, who shook the Pakistan government with his three-day siege of the capital demanding dissolution of parliament, had left for Lahore on Friday morning after signing an agreement with the government on the timing of the general elections.
ISLAMABAD: Tehrik-i-Minhajul Quran (TMQ) chief Dr Muhammad Tahirul Qadri staged an unprecedented sit-in on the Jinnah Avenue. Majority of those who attended the march belonged to poor and middle classes; they came here in hope of a better life through a real change. How much their leader achieved for them is to be seen in the coming weeks and months, and may be years.
Considered the usual month for political madness in Pakistan, March came early this year, the turmoil complicated by election-year factors. The obstacles of the federal and Punjab governments notwithstanding, the Tehreek-e-Minhajul Quran’s (TMQ) ‘long march’ came nowhere near the “million” mark claimed by Dr Tahirul Qadri. People in small numbers continued to join those assembled in the kilometre-plus D Square space in front of parliament in Islamabad. By late afternoon Tuesday the calculation was close to about 100,000.
Islamabad—The sit-in of the Tehreek Minhajul Quran ended after the agreement with federal government on the fulfillment of demands. The agreement has been given the name of “Islamabad Long March Declaration”. According to the agreement the assemblies would definitely be dissolved prior to the 16th March and elections would be held within 90 days. One month time would be given for the scrutiny of the nomination papers by Election Commission under Articles 62, 63 of the constitution.
ISLAMABAD: Tehrik-e-Minhjul Quran (TMQ) chief Tahirul Qadri has set another ultimatum to the government to accept his demands, Geo News reported. Addressing the participants of sit-in at D-Chowk, Qadri issued one-and-a-half-hour ultimatum to the government, saying he will issue future line of action at 3:00PM. He said he is giving last chance to the peace and democracy. He said today is the last day of sit-in, adding he want to end this battle before this evening.
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