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  Anti-government marches enter Pakistan's capital

  World | August 16, 2014 7:51 IST

  Islamabad: Thousands of participants in two anti-government marches arrived in Pakistani capital Islamabad late on Friday to stage a sit-in and demand the resignation of the country's Prime Minister.Cricketer-turned-politician and opposition leader Imran Khan, and

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  Imran Khan launches his "Azadi March' from Lahore

  World | August 14, 2014 16:58 IST

  Islamabad/Lahore:  Thousands of anti-government protesters, ecouraged by a last-minute court verdict allowing peaceful demonstrations, began their march today from Lahore to Islamabad as the fear of violence gripped Pakistan's capital which has been turned into

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  Pakistan braces for anti-government rallies on Independence Day

  World | August 13, 2014 13:06 IST

  Islamabad/Lahore: Pakistan is bracing for two massive anti-government rallies by Canada-based Pakistani cleric Tahirul Qadri and cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan on August 14, the day Pakistan celebrates its 68th Independence Day.Qadri had said that his 'Inqlab

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  Nawaz Sharif speaks tough, says 'might is right' law will not be accepted

  World | August 13, 2014 18:04 IST

  Islamabad: Highlighting the supremacy of democracy, freedom of speech and independence of judiciary ahead of the two-mega anti-government rallies on August 14, the day Pakistan celebrates its 68th Independence Day, its Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif

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  8 killed as Pak cleric's supporters clash with police

  World | August 09, 2014 23:43 IST

  Lahore: Eight people were killed in continuing clashes today between supporters of influential Pakistani cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri and security forces with over 1,000 injured across Punjab province, the Canada-based religious leader's party claimed.Qadri's Pakistan Awami Tahreek

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  Qadri slams Sharif brothers for 'worst propaganda' against him

  World | January 20, 2013 15:18 IST

  Lahore,Jan 20: Fiery cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri, who led a massive protest against Pakistan government, has claimed that PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz Sharif, who had once “carried him on their shoulders” to show

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  Qadri, Pak govt strike deal, new caretaker PM to take over

  World | January 18, 2013 8:39 IST

  Islamabad, Jan 18:  Islamabad, Jan 18 : Pakistan government on Thursday night agreed to appoint a caretaker Prime Minister by consensus ahead of the next general election as part of adeal struck with fiery cleric

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  Tahirul Qadri has deep Lucknow roots

  India | January 18, 2013 6:32 IST

  Lucknow, Jan 17: The Uttar Pradesh capital may be hundreds of miles away from Islamabad but the two cities have a connect of sorts in the fiery cleric Tahirul Qadri.The 61-year-old former professor of international

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  Know more about Tahir-ul-Qadri , the cleric who has stormed Pakistan

  World | January 16, 2013 14:57 IST

  New Delhi: Head of the Tehrik Minhaj-ul-Quran organisation, Tahir-ul-Qadri, has hit headlines since he returned to Pakistan after living in Canada for nearly seven years.As the head of a populist Barelvi group, Qadri has the

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  Pakistan in political turmoil, as Tahirul Qadri gives call for revolution

  World | January 15, 2013 16:56 IST

  Islamabad, Jan 15: Pakistan was throwing into political turmoil today as the Supreme Court ordered the arrest of Prime Minister Raja Parvez Ashraf, even as Muslim cleric Maulana Tahirul Qadri led a huge demonstration to