Posts tagged as: Tahirul Qadri

President Zardari assures elections will be on time

President Asif Ali Zardari has said elections would be held on time per the constitution and no delay in polls would be allowed even for a day.   “Those seeking to postpone elections have been frustrated. No one will be allowed to derail the election process on any pretext,” the president said.   He said […]

Presidency assures of no action against Tahirul Qadri’s long marchers

The Presidency clarified that potential crackdown would be taken against the sit-in being staged by supporters of Tehreek-e-Minhajul Quran chief Dr Tahirul Qadri in Islamabad for the past three days.   It issued a clarification, making it clear that the issue would be settled through dialogue. Later, Interior Minister Rehman Malik also extended an offer […]

Imran Khan refuses to join Tahirul Qadri

Thanking Tahirul Qadri for inviting Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) to join his long march, PTI Chairman Imran Khan reiterated his stance of putting protests on hold until the caretaker setup was formed.   Imran said this while presiding over a party meeting on Wednesday held to review the offer made by Qadri. “Protests will only help […]

Prime Minister Ashraf welcomes declaration of opposition parties

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has welcomed the declaration of the opposition parties at a conference held in Lahore on Wednesday regarding upholding of constitution and holding of free and fair elections in the country.   The heads of opposition parties including Pakistan Muslim League-N Chief Nawaz Sharif, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) Chief Fazlur Rehman, Jamat-e-Islami […]

Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira ridicules Tahirul Qadri

Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira scoffed at Dr Tahirul Qadri and the demands he had put forward during his long march in Islamabad on Wednesday.   Speaking on behalf of the government, Kaira responded to each of the four demands put forward by Qadri and questioned their credibility. “He wants the government, assemblies, parliament and […]

The boots are coming; claims Asma Jahangir

Former Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president Asma Jahangir has claimed the apex court’s judgment into the Rental Power Plants case ordering arrest of Premier Raja Pervaiz Ashraf has exposed the real face of the establishment’s organs, including the judges.   She was addressing a press conference at the Karachi Press Club. Sindh High Court […]

PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif rejects Tahirul Qadri’s demands

The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has rejected demands put forth by Dr Tahirul Qadri, chief of Tehreek-e-Minhajul Quran (TMQ), terming them unconstitutional.   A consultative meeting of the PML-N was held at Raiwand on Tuesday with the party chief, Nawaz Sharif in the chair. The meeting discussed the situation after the long march and the […]

Political parties reject Tahirul Qadri’s demands

Leaders of different political parties have rejected the demands of Chief of Minhajul Quran Tahirul Qadri as unconstitutional and undemocratic.   Begum Naseem Akhtar of Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) while speaking to Radio Pakistan said that assemblies cannot be dissolved on the dictation one person. 180 million people have given mandate to the present government […]

Supreme Court’s decision: Karachi Stock Exchange crashes

The stocks at Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) took a nosedive Tuesday and fell by three percent after the Supreme Court ordered the arrest of the prime minister over possible corruption charges.   The Karachi Stock Exchange’s (KSE) benchmark100-share index ended 3.16 percent, or 525.29 points, lower at 16,107.89.   Investors, who were already trading cautiously […]

Imran Khan demands resignation of President Zardari

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan demanded an immediate resignation of President Asif Ali Zardari, ruling out the possibility of free and fair elections under the former.   The above is one of the seven demands that the PTI Chairman Imran Khan made while talking to media persons here. He also demanded immediate announcement of general […]

Parliament has no right to rule more; says charged Tahirul Qadri

Minhajul Quran International (MQI) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri has said that parliament has no right to rule in the country.   Addressing the long march participants at D-Chowk on Islamabad’s Jinnah Avenue in front of the Parliament House, he termed his address as Islamabad declaration saying the declaration has seven points. He says this parliament […]

Govt allows Tahirul Qadri’s march to stage sit-in at D-Chowk

In a bid to avoid a possible smackdown, the government has surrendered to Tehrik Minhaj-ul-Quran leader Allama Tahir-ul-Qadri’s demand of allowing his long marchers to stage a sit-in at D-Chowk.   On the face of it a showdown was in the making as the chanting protesters responded by pushing aside barricades made of shipping containers […]

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