WHO and what is Tahir ul Qadri? And, more importantly, who is behind him? Those are the questions now racing through political Pakistan, with no firm answers. The religious cleric, previously a minor ...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A fiery anti-government cleric on Saturday led a massive rally of thousands of protesters in Pakistan’s capital who defied pouring rain to demand the prime minister step down over ...
Could Pakistan witness a revolution? It seems a far-fetched idea but that is exactly what being called for by Tahir-ul-Qadri, a Sufi preacher and leader of political party Pakistan Awami Tehrik. The ...
Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. ELEANOR HALL: An outspoken Islamic scholar has created a counter-terrorism curriculum that he says ...
He calls himself Sheikh-ul-Islam and gets his supporters to swear allegiance to him on the Koran, but he hates to be called "maulana," a term regularly used to refer to religious scholars in Pakistan.
He returned to Pakistan from self-imposed exile in Canada Critics are skeptical as to Qadri's intentions; he says he wants change He's spent millions on prime time advertising calling on support for ...
Tahir ul-Qadri, Sufi cleric and opposition leader of political party Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT), addresses supporters in Islamabad September 3, 2014. Protesters gathered in the Pakistani capital of ...
Ever since the influential Muslim scholar Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri last month issued a 600-page fatwa, or religious ruling, condemning terror, he has been at the center of international discussions ...
ISLAMABAD—Populist Pakistani cleric Tahir ul Qadri vowed to overthrow the government of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif after an Emirates aircraft that was supposed to take him from Dubai to ...