LAHORE: 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.
LAHORE: The long-march spearheaded by Tehreek-e-Minhajul Quran leader Dr Tahirul Qadri has entered Kamoki.
LAHORE: The Tehreek-e-Minhajul Quran long march, led by THQ Chief Dr Tahirul Qadri, left for Islamabad from Model Town on Sunday afternoon. Talking to the media before departure, the TMQ Chief said the long march was being staged for ensuring the rule of in the country.
Islamabad - Thousands of supporters of a fiery Pakistani cleric 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.
LAHORE / ISLAMABAD / KARACHI: Cellular services have been suspended in parts of Pakistan on Sunday owing to reports of attacks on Tahirul Qadri and the long march participants. Services were suspended at 5pm and will remain off until further notice by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA).
LAHORE: Dr Tahirul Qadri’s “million-man march” began from Lahore Sunday afternoon towards its destination Islamabad – around five hours later than its scheduled time, reported Express News.
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.
As the Islamabad administration has placed containers and other barriers to stop the long march of Tahir-ul-Qadri, chief of Tehrik Minhaj-ul-Quran, from entering the capital, the city district government of Rawalpindi on its part on Saturday removed all kind of party banners and pamphlets of TMQ pasted on walls from all parts of the city.
LAHORE: The long march led by chief of the Tehrik-i-Minhajul Quran (TMQ), Allama Dr Tahirul Qadri, which began a day earlier from Lahore, was nearing Islamabad, reports said.
LAHORE: 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 Pakistan.
ISLAMABAD - President Tehreek Minhajul Quran (TMQ) Islamabad, Abrar Advocate, Friday said no body could dare arrest Dr Tahirul Qadri and in case it happened, second in command will lead the mammoth gathering of long march.
LAHORE: Tehrik-i-Minhajul Quran (TMQ) chief Tahirul Qadri on Sunday led thousands of supporters at the start of his long march on the capital Islamabad, demanding key reforms before the upcoming elections.
Lahore: After a delay of couple of hours, Tehrik-i-Minhajul Quran (TMQ) long march began at 1:30pm from the residence of the movement’s Chief Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri.
A large number of people started gathering in the ground in front of central secretariat of MQI since 7 a.m. on January 13. The proceedings were initiated with the recitation of the Holy Quran through loud speakers installed on the float trucks at 7:45 a.m, which were particularly decorated for the Long March. There was a festive look all around with the arrival of people in the ground. Waqas Ali Qadri, Haroon Abbasi and other speakers continued to give directions to the participants of the Long March. Tehreeki songs, anthems and ‘kalam’ particularly prepared for the March continued to be played to increase people’s passion.
LAHORE: Leader of Tehrik-e-Minhaj ul Quran (TMQ) Tahir ul Qadri has confirmed to continue with the long march on January 14 come what may and has presented a charter of demands, Geo News reported on Saturday. While addressing a press conference here today, TMQ leader said that his charter of demand consists of seven points out of which one will be revealed in Lahore while the rest will be revealed in Islamabad.
Chief of Minhajul Quran Allama Tahirul Qadri giving his seven point Charter of Demand for his Long March said his March would be for the supremacy of constitution and the law. Addressing a news conference in Lahore on Saturday he said these seven points include electoral reforms‚ and about the caretaker government. Qadri said that the historical march will start at 9 am Sunday.
The bold pronouncement thrust Qadri into headlines worldwide and led to an invitation to speak at the prestigious World Economic Forum and United States Institute for Peace. Two years on, the religious cleric has resurfaced in Pakistan, demanding free and fair elections, after spending the last six years living in Canada. Qadri has come a long way since his time as a parliamentarian during General Pervez Musharraf's regime in the early 2000s.
A cleric has burst on to the political stage in Pakistan vowing to “get rid of electoral dictatorship” in a move that could scupper elections this spring. On Monday, Tahir ul-Qadri aims to lead four million people on a march into the capital, Islamabad. He and his supporters will demand political reforms take place before any election goes ahead to ensure that “criminals” cannot serve in the next parliament.
He earned praise in the West when he came out with a 600-page fatwa in 2010 condemning terrorism, using the same language in the Quran and Islam that militants often use to justify their actions. He’s spoken at such institutions as Georgetown University and the United States Institute for Peace, and held rallies in Britain against extremism.
The obfuscated environment in the country has led to sheer despondency amongst people. The responsibility for this pathetic and precarious situation rests squarely with the so-called democratic dispensation, which has remained overly busy in plundering every asset of this country and turned a deaf ear to public grousing throughout its five years of independent, uninterrupted and unprecedented rule.
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