Dr Tahirul Qadri. PHOTO: ONLINE
Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) Chairman and Minhajul Quran patron-in-chief Dr Tahirul Qadri will visit India on the invitation of various Muslim organisations in February, where he will address religious gatherings in several cities.
According to the Minhajul Quran foreign affairs department, Dr Qadri will visit India in the first week of February and address religious congregations in New Delhi, Lucknow, Kolkata, Ahmedabad and Kanpur and attend ceremonies to present the Quran encyclopedia compiled by him.
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According to sources, the Indian interior ministry has given full security assurance to Qadri.
He will also attend an event on Pakistan-India relations where he would be deliberating on Pakistan’s principled stance on Kashmir.
Dr Qadri last toured India in 2016 when he addressed gatherings of thousands of people about edicts issued against terrorism.
According to his organisation, Qadri is not visiting India for any political reason but for the propagation of Islam.
He will also pay respects at the shrine of Hazrat Moinuddin Chishti.
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