ISLAMABAD: Dr Muhammad Tahirul Qadri has presented four demands for the next general elections and gave an ultimatum to the government to decide till tonight, Geo News reported. Speaking to the participants of sit-in at D-Chowk, Dr. Qadri presented his four demands, saying that elections should be held under article 62, 63 and 218 of the constitution.
New Delhi: Head of the Tehrik Minhaj-ul-Quran organisation, Tahir-ul-Qadri, has hit headlines since he returned to Pakistan after living in Canada for nearly seven years.
ISLAMABAD: The Tehrik-e-Minhajul Quran (TMQ) leader Dr Tahir ul Qadri on Tuesday said he had delivered half of his speech and half of the job was done as the Supreme Court had orderedthe arrest of the prime minister, and on Wednesday (today), God willing, the remaining job would be done.
Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri’s dramatic entry into Pakistani politics has raised many eyebrows on suspicion that he is seeking to derail elections expected to be held by May at the behest of the army. On 15 January, Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered the arrest of premier Raja Pervez Ashraf and 15 others over corruption charges, raising fears of a political crisis just months ahead of the polls.
KARACHI - Islamabad virtually turned into another Tahrir Square late on Monday, as tens of thousands of Pakistani protesters, chanting reform slogans swept into Islamabad after a 36-hour long march from the eastern city of Lahore. Their leader, Dr Tahirul Qadri, a cleric who heads the Islamic charity Tehrik-i-Minhajul Quran, demanded that the Pakistani authorities dissolve the national assembly and all four provincial assemblies by the following morning.
ISLAMABAD: Tehrik Minhaj-ul-Quran leader, Allama Tahir-ul-Qadri, after reaching Islamabad, warned the government to dissolve assemblies by tomorrow as he was declaring them null and void from this platform, Geo News reported. “The ones sitting in the offices are erstwhile president and prime minister. Their time is up as our time is now”, said he addressing millions of his devoted cohorts siting under the sky in the foggy cold night.
Islamabad (CNN) -- A Muslim cleric leading a self-proclaimed movement to clean up politics in Pakistan by throwing out the current leaders in favor of a caretaker administration called on thousands of supporters to join his campaign. "It's the beginning of the revolution," Tahir ul Qadri told a rally in Islamabad. "Dissolve federal and provincial governments by tomorrow morning; otherwise, the public will force them to step down!"
JHELUM: Tens of thousands of Pakistanis inched towards Islamabad Monday, in a protest march led by Tehreek-e-Minhajul Quran chief Tahir-ul Qadri calling for revolution but accused by the government of trying to sow political chaos ahead of elections. Tahir-ul Qadri, who returned to Pakistan last month after years in Toronto, accuses the government of being corrupt and incompetent, and says polls cannot be held until reforms are enacted
MQM will continue to extend moral support to Dr Qadri for bringing an end to the obsolete political system in the country. The Founder and Leader of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) Mr Altaf Hussain has said that the demands put forward by the head of Tehreek-i-Minhaj-ul-Quran Dr Tahirul Qadri are the collective voice of the people of Pakistan.
The much-talked about long march to Islamabad by a supporters of a cleric, who is relatively unknown outside the country, started from Lahore on Sunday as the government tried it best to block its path. Two days ago, the government tried to starve the march by shutting down petrol stations in Lahore and Islamabad and also setting up road blocks to check the identities of all those entering the federal capital.
A cleric suddenly emerged on Pakistan’s political landscape recently and vowed to throw away what he says is an electoral dictatorship. Dr. Tahirul Qadri’s long march started Sunday from Punjab’s major city, Lahore, towards the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, a move feared to delay elections this spring.
LAHORE: A surprise appearance by real estate tycoon Malik Riaz in Saturday’s talks between the government and Minhajul-Quran chief Tahirul Qadri threatened to derail the negotiation efforts. Following his appearance, Qadri refused to even sit down with the Chaudhrys and alleged that the government intended to use Riaz to suggest that he had been bought.
Islamabad (CNN) -- A Muslim cleric leading a self-proclaimed movement to clean up politics in Pakistan by throwing out the current leaders in favor of a caretaker administration called on thousands of supporters to join his campaign.
ISLAMABAD: After his demand of dissolving the assemblies was not fulfilled, Minhajul Quran International (MQI) chief Tahirul Qadri said that if he or his followers believed in undemocratic means of bringing about change, then they would have “overthrown the government and would have barged into assemblies.”
Das war sie also, Tahir ul Qadris Bewerbung für den Erlöserposten der pakistanischen Politik. Einen „Marsch der Millionen“ führte er am Ende zwar nicht an, aber Aufsehen hat er reichlich erregt. Zehntausende strömten am Montag in die Hauptstadt Islamabad, um gegen Regierung, Korruption und soziale Ungerechtigkeit zu protestieren. Am Sonntag war der Zug des Predigers in Lahore aufgebrochen. „Wenn ihr nicht herauskommt, wenn ihr es nicht schafft, meine Waffen zu schärfen, dann werden zukünftige Generationen diesen Tag bereuen“, tönte er. Der größte „Tahrir-Platz“ solle entstehen, sagte er in Anspielung auf die Massenproteste in Ägypten.
Thousands of people turned up on Monday to take part in a rally headed from Lahore towards Islamabad led by Maulana Tahirul Qadri, the head of the Minhajul Quran International, despite predictions by the government that the show would be a flop. Some analysts say that the country may see some significant political changes in the coming days as the long march proceeds to Islamabad.
ISLAMABAD - Thousands of supporters of Dr Tahirul Qadri who has been calling for election reforms descended on Monday onto the capital, as security officials girded for mass rallies by a movement that has virtually overnight become a powerful but still mysterious force on the political scene.
Islamabad, Jan 14: Supporters of Tahir-ul-Qadri today inched towards Islamabad demanding sweeping electoral reforms, as authorities put up barricades and deployed riot police turning the Pakistani capital into a virtual fortress.
ISLAMABAD: Tehreek Minhajul Quran leader Dr Tahirul Qadri has arrived at the site of the sit-in. The long march being led by Dr Qadri took over 36 hours to reach its destination.
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