Tahir ul Qadri asked Pakistan’s assembly to dissolve itself by 11 AM on Tuesday (1 A.M. EST), saying that the protesters would wait at their current position until then, awaiting others to join them. After that time, the protesters will march on the country’s general assembly, according to the statement.
Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri’s ‘long march’ remained hot topic among the residents of Rawalpindi as they remained busy in discussing its ramifications.
Lahore—The long march of Allama Dr Tahirul Qadri Sunday kicked off en route to Islamabad from his Lahore’s Model Town residence, about five hours late of schedule time amid threats, allegations and counter allegations.
ISLAMABAD: Dr Tahirul Qadri whose march was rolling towards the capital has conveyed a few demands to the government, with sacking of election commission featuring as the first and foremost.
KHARIAN: The leader of Tehreek e Minhaj ul Quran (TMQ) has encouraged the masses to participate in the long march for the sake of country's sovereignty, security and prosperity, Geo News reported Monday.
ISLAMABAD: The long march led by Tehrik Minhaj ul Quran (TMQ) leader Dr. Tahirul Qadri has entered Federal Capital on Monday evening with large number of people with them.
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.
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Quide Chauhdry Shujat Hussain and his brother, Deputy Prime Minister Chauhdry Parvez Ilahi, failed to convince Tahir-ul-Qadri for cancellation of long march, CNBC Pakistan reports.
A prime-time ad on the electronic media in Pakistan these days shows Dr Tahirul Qadri, a Canada-based Islamic scholar of Pakistani origin, goading the public into joining his "long march" on the capital Islamabad on Monday.
The politicians of Pakistan are incapable of saying anything without indulging in coloured phrases of rhetorical exaggeration. The pathetic grandiloquence of their speeches is invariably laced with barbs against their rivals, and the discerning listener is left with the impression that each one of them fancies himself as a Christ among the Pharisees. Opponents are projected as self-seeking ravenous parasites whose motives are summed up in the Biblical reprimand: “Woe unto you Pharisees, for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets!” Yet they all dwell in glass houses and cannot afford to throw stones.
“It is a march for democracy, it is a march against looters and plunders ruling in Islamabad and Lahore, it is a march against the evil forces, it is a march against those exploiting poor people, it is a march against the oppressors, the corrupts and the persecutors of the weak and poor would Insha Allah be wiped out forever,” said Dr Qadri prior to departing for the march.
The police put containers on the city’s entrances and around the red zone to deny motorists access to the areas. “If people try to move these containers, they can easily do so,” a police officer said, adding that the government had not told the police, as yet, whether they ought to stop the marchers by force, or that they should provide them security.
Now he is mobilizing a “million man” march that he says will reach the capital, Islamabad, on Monday, where he promises to lead a lengthy sit-in that will kick off a “moral revolution” similar to the one in Tahrir Square in Cairo that overthrew the Egyptian ruling order. “There will be no defeat,” Mr. Qadri, 61, said in a phone interview on Saturday. “This is for a spiritual and moral revolution. We will not surrender before corruption.”
Talking to media before leaving for march, TMQ chief said that the administration had impounded a large number of vehicles hired by his party for marchers. Long-march would be staged for the rule of law and the Constitution, he added.
Lahore: Influential cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri on Sunday began a "long march" from Lahore to Islamabad with thousands of his followers to pressure the Pakistan government to carry out wide-ranging reforms ahead of the upcoming general election.
LAHORE: The long-march spearheaded by Tehreek-e-Minhajul Quran leader Dr Tahirul Qadri enters Kamoki. The caravan, comprising all sorts of vehicles including cars, buses and motorcycles, began its journey from Model Town, Lahore and reached Kamoke after moving through Faisal Town, Kenal road, Railway Station, Minar-e-Pakistan, Shahdarra and Muridke.
Tehreek-i-Minhajul Quran (TMQ) long march led by Dr Tahirul Qadri has reached Gujranwala. A large number of people coming from Sialkot, Hafizabad, Sargodha and Gujrat joing the long march on GT Road, while mobile phone service en route to the long march has been blocked.
(Reuters) - A month ago, Muhammad Tahirul Qadri was living quietly in Canada, immersed in the affairs of his Islamic charity and seemingly far removed from the pre-election power games shaping the fate of politicians in his native Pakistan.
Islamabad: The government, using all resources has finalised plan to keep Dr. Tahirul Qadri's long-march rally away from the sensitive areas of the federal capital.
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