Tag: Pat

The FIR [First Information Report] against Qadri was registered by the Naseerabad Police in Lahore on the complaint of the deceased constable's father, who alleged that his son was returning home after dispensing his official duty at Faisal Town when followers of Dr Qadri attacked him with batons, resulting in fatal head injuries and subsequent death at the hospital.

  LAHORE STAFF REPORT Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Tahirul Qadri on Saturday claimed that at least eight of his workers have been killed in "straight firing"...

Unruly followers of Qadri set eight police vehicles on fire at Bhera in Sargodha while a police station was set on fire in Quaidabad in Khushab as 130 police officers were injured and 25 others made hostages in different parts of the province.

Sources told Pakistan Today that the chief minister had issued orders for Qadri’s arrest after his baton-wielding followers clashed with policemen in Model Town in which several policemen and PAT workers were seriously injured, and police had to resort to firing tear-gas shells at the protesters.

Large contingents of police were deployed in the Barkat Market and Akbar Chowk areas and all roads leading towards the Minhaj Secretariat at around 2.30am on Thursday, hours after the Lower Mall Police were told to seal the FIR [First Information Report} registered against Qadri on Wednesday evening. A citizen has charged Qadri with inciting violence by ordering his followers to attack the homes of law enforcement personnel if the Punjab government tried to thwart his “revolution”.

Large contingents of police have been deployed in the Barkat Market and Akbar Chowk areas of Garden Town and Model Town while raids are being carried out in several cities to arrest maximum number of PAT and TMQ supporters.

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has voiced concerns over electronic media reports that Punjab police are constituting raid parties for large-scale arrests of activists and...

Law Minister Rana Mashhood says action against PAT chief likely in three days   LAHORE STAFF REPORT The government is building a case against Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT)...

Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) Chairman Dr Tahirul Qadri on Friday challenged Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to hold a public debate with him on national...

The one-person judicial commission investigating the Model Town incident on Wednesday rejected a petition to keep its investigation under wraps, as it handed over the call records of senior Punjab government officials, including the chief minister, to the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) for analysis

Information minister says govt will invite Imran Khan, other political bigwigs for D-Chowk’s Independence Day function “which was decided a year ago” Pervaiz Rashid says...

LAHORE ONLINE   Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri has criticised the recent calls from various factions of political parties in favour of holding talks...

LAHORE STAFF REPORT   Sessions Court on Tuesday adjourned hearing the plea of the administration of Minhajul Quran and summoned the record of the Joint Investigation Team...

The session court on Friday admitted a plea by Tehreek-e-Minhajul Quran, nominating Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and five others...

Qadri announces civil disobedience movement, asks police, civil servants not to obey high-ups’ orders, says he will announce date for revolution soon   LAHORE INP   Swinging his hands...

LAHORE ONLINE   Punjab Law Minister Rana Mashhood said Thursday that Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri was spreading “anarchy on the orders of foreign...

Information minister assures fair enquiry in Model Town incident, says PAT doing ‘politics on dead bodies’   ISLAMABAD APP   Federal Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Senator...