PAT chief calls meeting of like-minded parties on June 26

Sources say representatives of PML-Q, MQM, MWM and SIC will be attending the meeting.

LAHORE: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri has called a meeting of like-minded parties on June 26, Express News reported on Wednesday.

According to sources, Pakistan Muslim League - Quaid (PML-Q), Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Majlis-i-Wahdatul Muslimeen (MWM) and Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) will be attending the meeting. A ten-point agenda will be discussed during the meeting.

On June 23, Dr Qadri landed in Pakistan from Canada. Clashes in the twin cities ensued right before the PAT chief’s arrival.

The clashes  - in which 120 people including 45 policemen were injured - had broken out between police and PAT workers early on June 23 after the supporters asked law enforcers to remove barriers blocking Airport Road near Koral Chowk.