Thursday, 13 February 2020 We are demanding impartial investigation for five years: Khurram Nawaz Gandapur PAT Secretary General Khurram Nawaz Gandapur has said it has been our uniform and consistent demand and appeal for the last five years that a fair and neutral investigation should be carried out into the Model Town tragedy. To date, this demand has not been accepted. He said it is with an impartial investigation that the process of justice will be put back on track. He asked as to why the impartial probe is not being allowed.... Read more
Tuesday, 14 January 2020 Rana Sanaullah misleading nation about Model Town tragedy: PAT PAT Secretary General Khurram Nawaz Gandapur has said that Rana Sanaullah misled the National Assembly in connection with the Model Town case because the FIR for killing 14 innocent civilians had been registered on the court orders. He questioned if Rana Sana and his leaders were innocent in the case then why they disallowed an impartial investigation into it, notwithstanding numerous protests and demands by the heirs of those martyred and injured in the incident.... Read more
Thursday, 2 January 2020 Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri strongly reacts to handcuffing of Muhammad Sultan on hospital bed In a strong reaction to Muhammad Sultan being handcuffed & tied to the hospital bed, MQI leader Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri 'congratulated' Prime Minister Imran Khan, for, in his Naya Pakistan, the law has become 'equal' for all. He said, on the one hand, those convicted by the courts are free to go abroad, on the other, the innocent and poor Pakistanis, sentenced to jail terms on self-concocted and false cases, get operated upon and treated in handcuffs even on hospital beds.... Read more
Tuesday, 31 December 2019 Handcuffed Muhammad Sultan suffering from a brain tumor Central PAT President Qazi Zahid Hussain has said Muhammad Sultan, who was sentenced to five years in jail by an anti-terrorism court for protesting the oppression in Model Town has a brain tumor. He said after efforts of many months, he was brought to Multan hospital and what is more oppressive is that his handcuffs were not removed even on the hospital bed. On the other hand, those who looted the country and killed innocent people were allowed to go abroad on an air ambulance.... Read more
Saturday, 16 November 2019 Jawad Hamid submits his complete statement to the anti-terrorism court Jawad Hamid, the complainant in the Model Town tragedy case, has completed his statement before the anti-terrorism court. In his statement, he said Nawaz Sharif, Shahbaz Sharif, Rana Sanaullah and their accomplices undertook the planning of Model Town tragedy and the project was executed under the supervision of IG Punjab Mushtaq Sukhera. He said former DIG Rana Abdul Jabbar, SP Tariq Aziz, SP Suleman, SP Umar Virk, and police officials were at the forefront of the police operation. He said Police registered FIR No. 510.... Read more
Tuesday, 29 October 2019 No bail for late Hamayon Bashir till he died: Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri MQI leader Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri has said Hamayon Bashir was one of 107 prisoners handed down jail term for protesting the oppression that the PMLN government perpetrated in Model Town. He said Hamayon Bashir passed away in a state of severe illness. He said Bashir had applied for bail on health grounds. He said what to speak of the grant of bail, even his plea could not be fixed for hearing despite best efforts and appeals till the day of his death.... Read more
Friday, 25 October 2019 Wish 14 lives were privileged the same way as one man: Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri MQI leader Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri has said the kind of care and attention Pakistan's judicial, legal and state system has showered on one individual, he wished it may have meted out the same treatment to 14 innocent lives and four people martyred in Model Town and Sahiwal. 'Would that this system would have applied the same yardstick of equality to the poor as it did in case of the rich and powerful', he said.... Read more
Friday, 4 October 2019 Model Town Case: Jawad Hamid records important statement in anti-terrorism court In connection with the private complaint in Model Town case being heard by an anti-terrorism court, complainant Jawad Hamid recorded an important statement in the courtroom yesterday. He said Rana Sanaullah admitted before an inquiry tribunal that a sub-committee had been formed in connection with the planned arrival of Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri, which was meeting on a daily basis.... Read more
Wednesday, 25 September 2019 Funeral prayer for Hamayun Bashir offered Hamayun Bashir, who was in prison in connection the protest over Model Town tragedy, breathed his last due to kidney failure. His funeral prayer was offered in Lahore. He was one of the 107 PAT workers arrested by police and handed down a punishment of five-year jail term by the anti-terrorism court.... Read more
Wednesday, 25 September 2019 Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri saddened by death of Hamayun Bashir in captivity MQI leader Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri has expressed his deep sense of grief and sorrow on the death of Hamayun Bashir during imprisonment. He said that Hamayun Bashir along with 106 other PAT workers was implicated in a false case by the police at the behest of former rulers and during the jail term, he developed the kidney problem.... Read more