LAHORE: Allama Tahirul Qadri, head of Minhajul Qur'an International (MQI), said the government should improve the current setup by January 10 or else he will lead a protest march to Islamabad on January 14.
Qadri was addressing a gathering named “Siyasat nahi, Riyasat bachao” at Minar-e-Pakistan, Lahore.
Criticising those in power, Qadri said in order to save the country, the people of Pakistan must decide if they will let corrupt people represent them.
Referring to the recent investigative report on country’s lawmakers who don’t pay taxes, Qadri said such people should not be allowed to become a part of the parliament.
“How can people who themselves break laws be allowed to sit in the parliament,” he said.
He also said that the parliament formulates laws that are in favour of the lawmakers rather than the people of Pakistan.
Speaking about his political plans, Qadri said his entire agenda is in accordance with the Constitution of Pakistan.
He further added that the much-anticipated election should take place but the concerned authorities should ensure it is conducted according to the Constitution.
The leader of MQI had earlier said that he wanted revolutionary changes in political and electoral system of the country.
Qadri had said that he successfully defended the true image of Islam in the West, claiming that now they are convinced the true image of Islam is not that the one adopted by terrorists.
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Yo give man a chance.
Mr.Quadri did not specify in his speech what changes he wishes to be made in the elections. His speech and demands are vague and incomplete. It appears he is himself confused in this matter. It appears he is simply blackmailing the government. He has proved a complete failure in politics in the past. No concrete results are expected from him. However he has succeeded in gathering the people in his address at Minar-i-Pakistan.
I would request all please listen to his speech attentively and let us leave this childish behaviour, evaluate what he has said and then agree or disagree on merit. If somebody becomes muslim after 40 yrs will u ask why has he decided now, if somone quits smoking after 20 yrs will u ask why not before. He has given all us a thought provoking case and it is true can any decent hard working honest individual become an MNA or MPA. Why should there not be reforms so that the other 99.9% of people can control the destiny of Pakistan. I think we have all had enough of this corrupt political system. Why do we not want Pakistan to grow like Malaysia and other countries PLEASE WAKE UP AND REFORM. The only way u can win in this system is if you have bucket loads of money and gangsters which a middle class doctor/engineer/teacher/lawyer/journalist etc does not have. People keep asking about where he has got the money. I live in London and attend the centre we common people have all contributed as members of Minhaj ul Quran for our leader and inshallah if he asks we will even sell our assets on his call. We have organised so many big events this is just one and on his call we will inshallah do many more. He has not asked to postpone elections he is for democracy all he has said is reform first. Please all again I request you not to just post silly comments and argue your case on merit and with respect.
Whatever is being said in opposition to Dr. Tahir ul Qadri is meritless. You guys should criticized on the basis of some solid research rather than talking rubbish aimlessly. A Leader is measured in terms of his contributions to the society and Dr. Tahir ul Qadri is far more competent and able leader than any one existing in this system.
Tahirul Qadri has spent millions of rupees on publicity for holding this rally. From where he has got this huge amount? His adress was completely vague and he did not indicate what changes in the election laws should be made and how? It appears he has no clear concept of changes which are needed in the election rules. He has come to Pakistan from Canada on vacations and will return there very shortly. He appears to be a confused person. He was once elected MNA but resigned afterwards. AFTER THAT HE LEFT pAKISTAN.
Dr Qadri's struggle involves the improvement of the political system and not the finishing of politics and elections in the country.
Dr Qadri's struggle involves the improvement and not the finishing of politics and elections in the country.
We have short memories. Qadri was imam of the Sharif's Itefaq masjid in model town. Then the Establishment got to him and he created a firing incident, supposedly a failed assasination attempt, to gain cheap publicity and blame his former benefactors. The court called him a liar and a fraud. He has now returned to Pakistan after 5 years to perform a specific mission on behalf of his paymasters.
This guy apparently adopted Canadian citizenship with his family after running away abroad and now he is worried about the state. The state is better off without his type of person and concern. He should go back to Canada and live on welfare like a lot of the people there! If he is serious about politics, give up your foreign citizenship and just work instead o putting on funny hats! Maulvi Nawaz Sharif did the same last time. He and his brother was merrily spending lavish life in the Saudi Palaces and British Mansions. And just before the elections, they landed as if they were the divine saviors. Why can’t Tahirul Qadri do the same?
One word opportunist
@Shahid Butt: Prophet Muhammad (saw) was political or religious leader? or both?
If he took Canadian nationality, why he is indulging in Pakistani politics?
This proves that Imran Khan was right about everything....Every one is following him now. "Change" has become the slogan of the year! One of the things which I didn't like about his jalsa is the presence of MQM.....To me, just because of MQM, all of his good words gone in vain.
He talked complete sense everybody knows that a good doctor/engineer/teacher or any normal person in Pakistan can not stand in an election. My understanding was all he said is let's make this system according to the constitution and let there be real democracy, please all sensible people of Pakistan let us wake up and realise somebody has said something progressive for the entire nation therefore let us not criticise just for the sake of it and let us evaluate what he has actually said. I cannot understand why people cannot take things for what they are. I am somebody who lives in the UK and graduated as a chemical Eng here here and to be honest I am so proud we have intellectuals like Dr Qadri. I personally witnessed a session at Warwick University where there were many Professors and others who were questioning him very strongly on Islam and he is the only one that could give extremely good answers and defended Islam. I think we people are really blind not to realise when we have someone special amongst us. I speak as someone who loves Pakistan all my Pakistani brothers and sisters wake up this is the Pakistan we were proud of at one stage and we were compared to the Indians in the same bracket however these corrupt leaders and system have now taken us to a stage where even indians and Bengalis laugh at us.
Current set up of Pakistan is corrupt.I support Mr Quari views that the any person who do not pay tax should not be allowed to stand in election. If we want to save Pakistan from corrupt politicians and officials we must make certain that only honest and educated person be allowed to take part in the election. To do that the present system must be modified and election must be held under caretaker government supervised the judiciary. All pakistanis should vote for honest and sincere person thogh it is very hard ti find one but still it is possible. We must learn from our neighbour India's great achievement in achieving great progress in all sector and now is the third largest economy in Asia. India created more provinces due to social,cultural and geopolitical reasons. This mde a tremendous change in the mind of Indians as they feel oneness and more participitation in the government. Pakistan must mke at least 1 province in KPK,1 in Baluchistan,1 in Sindh and 2 in Punjab. Even Bangladesh has created 6 more divisions. Had Pakistan created 4 provinces in East Pakistan in 1947 then Bangladesh would never been on the map.
Nothing is going to happen in this country. After a decade of war on terror, and all its implications, the mind set of this nation has changed. Perhaps, I shouldn't be calling it a Nation, its a crowd, an audience watching a theater, waiting for another entertainer. People will come and go, governments will change but the fact remains that we are not a Nation anymore. We don't care what happens in our country or our neighborhood for that matter. Only a French Revolution or Egyptian Revolution will bring about any change. Otherwise, I don't see this country going anywhere.
Another puppet of establishment has got into action after the failure of imran khan.
Thanks to the youtube.. we certainly dont believe in his lies anymore.
Another infidel coming out of nowhere...
@Jibran:
People of Punjab are also not going to vote for a person who is presenting himself to be a cross between a Moulvi and an enlightened moderate. Oh did I also mention that this moulvi's latest "Home Made" video is about to hit a computer near you? ;)
Who says that a Canadian citizen cannot be a good Pakistani? Did our Prophet of Islam ceased to be a Meccan (his place of birth) after he migrated to Madinah? Wake up you bigoted Pakistani who think you have to be a Pakistani to love Pakistan, go and educate yourself, learn,(Iqra) and broaden your minds. Pakistan is still a long way off to mature as long as you are out there spreading hatred. As for Mol Tahir ul Quadri, he has to be given lots of credit for speaking the truth and bringing various groups together, people should not take his statements out of context, he has some good ideas which needs to be seriously looked at. He is a good and intelligent brave individual.
Who are u to comment on our matters, we have put ourselves, our children, our family members, our leaders and our lives on risk for the future of Pakistan & we sacrificed more then 30,000 lives for this nation and you came from CANADA 2 days earlier and mentioning all we are wrong and u r right ....!
Establishment! dont play these kind of dirty games anymore...! We know how to arise and let us to choose our future distiny.
Mr. Tahir-ul-Qadri has won the hearts and minds of peopl of Pakistan.
I have listen to him from the very beginning until the end and I am of the opinion that whatever he spoke in his two hours speech, he was speaking on behalf of a common man of Pakistan.
I am seriously thinking to join his political party, as he was in true sense speaking what a common man speaks on the streets, against the ongoing system in Pakistan.
I have also noticed that his delivery of speech was altogether different and good from many political speakers in Pakistan.
May Al-Mighty Allah be with him and always protect him from the evil forces working in Pakistan. Amateen.
A person who is canadian national why interfering in pakistan's internal issues. Qadri saab have u slept almost 5 years when same system was going on? Everyday new drama by new party. Inshallah our real lion ik will bring the revolution
wonder what his economic platform is. It is usually a dead give-away.
How much money did isi/army give him to make this statement?
It seems destiney is draging every stake holder into the sinking ship.Let us hope ship sink with all acrobate except people of pakistan and their true representatives.
A genuine demagogue whose empty rhetoric is childishly, transparently, unworkable . It is a certainty that he or some one of his ilk will win big in Pakistani elections. Another ZAB, this time from the religious Right, in the making?
@Pakistani Please review some facts of Asghar Khan case. Then yu'll know who was helped by the establishment.
@Ch. Allah Daad: do you feel he is a stronger threat to PML N future-so rather have IK !
Did Qadri get a "background clearance certificate" from the apex court of Pakistan? Is he going to give up Canadian citizenship to run for the office?
A good show today by the establishment
@Pakistani:
Sorry to burst your bubble, but dual nationals - at least the loaded ones - are actually doing this hellhole of a country a huge favour by investing their energy and money into it. Even if it's for show, it does more for the benefit of this nation's economy than the likes of you "patriots" and the jahil masses (yes, I said jahil masses, now please spare me the ranting, I'm stating things as they are) will ever do.
I could not decide whether it was oration or oratory.MQM must have been disappointed.If not then they should
@Muhammad:
I think that is already in the books. If it is not, then "Why Not?" will be a valid question to ask since, according to http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Constitution-Medina-constitutional-ebook/dp/B00851PM18
Establishment sponsored Production "Soonami Reloaded" has hit the theatres near you :D
As if the forthcoming elections are being held outside the ambit of the constitution. For God sake TQ sahib leave poor people alone.
..........or else I'll go back to Canada.
Thair ul Qadri a Canadian National should not interfere in our politice. At the end of 5 years now he came to enjoys last going moments of PPP and PML-N government.
I support the idea that anyone taking the initiative (not just talking) to get Pakistan back on track of 21st century demands should be supported to the end. NO more corruption or dishonesty. No more killings. TQ & IK should work together for a future which matters to the people of Pakistan.
He and Imran Khan should work together to bring the Constitution of Medina to Pakistan. Whoever thinks I'm an over-religious zealot, please google the Constitution of Medina.
He seemed very grateful to MQM ... Strange?!?!!
4 and half years of the same system have passed, and now he remembers to warn the government to change it, just few days before the election. Bravo, that is true politics. Dishonesty at its best.
oh God, our politics is getting more and more noisy. ones who cant bring change with ballet are looking for shortcuts. btw... how someone gets big titles like sheikh ul islam? which institution grants the title? ok his ban in saudi arabia is debatable as its a kingdom but any other recognised muslim body? may be Al Azhar or any other??
Who can disagree with that?
Any way this is the guy who is on record for saying that Imam Abu Haneefa came to his dreams for 15 years and taught him religion. and LHC declared him fraud, greedy and liar in 1990 when he registered a fake case.
When is he coming to Karachi?
@gujranwala789: Tahir ul qadri is of no electoral importance in punjab, he is a molvi and no one gives votes to molvis in punjab.
What about Maulvi Nawaz Sharif aka Amirul Momineen?
He comes as a new strong FORCE. give him a chance.vote him to power. This is your chance pakistiani people. Here is a man with Ilam amal knowledge integerity and intelligence He isnot perfec biut better than politicians you have.
We need to get rid of corrupt PMLn and PPP for sure.
@xyx: Dont know how much seats PML N is expected to win and not too much interested in them. But I am sure PTI's tally will hardly cross double figures.....
The question really is, why is it shock...................only for PML N......why not PPP, MQM, PMLQ, ANP or even PTI for that matter. Is it that all parties and establishment, especially are afraid of PML N and thats why they are trying as hard as they can. Why nobody goes to sindh and baluchistan.
IK has done a good thing to tour interior sindh. why people of sindh are being left with no option but to vote for PPP. all parties including PML N should work hard in sindh and baluchistan as well........only in this way the voter can be educated .............and after two or three cycle of elections, some form of better leadership might start to appear.
We the people of Pakistan are very busy these days.In rural areas, the grain and crushing season (sugar cane) is on, local politics are at its peak, in cities, young generation is busy in their studies and above all India/Pakistan cricket is about to start and now this gentleman. Couldn't he come another time.
Is he a politician or religious leader? You can not be both.
"Qadri had said that he successfully defended the true image of Islam in the West, claiming that now they are convinced the true image of Islam is not that the one adopted by terrorists." no wonder there is increase in drone attacks.
Before criticizing listen to him fully and be attentive what he was trying to say. We need political reforms. Why there is always a critic. Be neutral guys. Be pakistani. Dont u see whats happening out there. PMLN saying that he wants to delay elections so that PPP may remain in power for some more time. What crap? Actually PMLN is in hurry as they dont want any delays in their turn. PTI should however supported him as he is also in the favor of pakistan and talking aby a positive change. All who are against him wants power. So my Dera and RespectedTahir saab we are with u and all ur points were logical and true. Allah bless U
i hope he is in pakistan when 4th jan come, because chances are that most probably he will be in his home country CANADA by that time.
go to your country canada, Qadri, we don't need your change in pakistan, why don't u bring the same change in country, you are citizen of, i.e. Canada.
Few points to ponder for Qadri Faithful. 1. One of his speeches he proposed Chinese Model for Pakistan. As a Sheikh ul Islam and Quran Scholar why he could not find any model from Islam? 2. If Chinese Model is so good, then why he did not migrate to China, instead he made Canada his home? Why he did not propose Canadian Model for Pakistan.? The only reason I could see is that Canadian model proposes equal rights for women, minorities and gays. He is no different than Imran and others. He and his family deserves blessings of Western Civilization and we poor people deserve "Chinese Danda."
@xyx: forget about PML(N), you should worry about PTI. PTI is already cleaned up from Lahore. Doom day is coming for all anti PML(N) forces. Inshallah.
another BUBBLE of revolution by establishment in collusion with foreign masters a CANADIAN to the rescue of miserable Pakistanis one more BALLOON after IK
Tahir ul Qadri should form an alliance with PTI to remove the criminals from center as well as Punjab.
@xyx: PML N phobia , you need to se a doc
Tahir ul qadri is of no electoral importance in punjab, he is a molvi and no one gives votes to molvis in punjab.
Whose footing his bill?
So he's talking about a technocratic setup, the same thing establishment mouthpieces have been saying for several months now. There is no doubt who sent him here.
I am for all those who sincerely believes to bring CHANGE to the present system......we are sick & tired of the present lot.
utter lunacy
@Pakistani: after IK another shock to PMLN. How many seats PMLN will win now from central punjab 100 seats elsewhere in Pakistan they are zero
Where were you before? Coming at the end of government.
Well done Qadri sahab People of Pakistan are with you
After failure of Imran Khan...........establishment brings out a new card.