Jahangir Bader calls on Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
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PPP Secretary General Jahangir Bader calls on Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
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Secretary General of Pakistan People’s Party, Jahangir Bader, called on the Chairman of Pakistan
Awmai Tehreek (PAT) Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri at his residence yesterday. Nazim-e-Ala
Dr Raheeq Ahmad Abbasi, Sheikh Zahid Fayyaz, Zahid Islam, Jawad Hamid and Sohail
Raza were also present in the meeting. Speaking to the media after the meeting,
Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri said that he was ready to play his role for grand reconciliation
if efforts being made for reconciliation could not bear fruit. He said that Pakistan
was faced with serious crises at both internal and external fronts that had graver
implications for the country if good sense did not prevail. He said that there were
virtually no institutions in the country and experiment in democratic order was
exposed to yet another failure. Terrorism was the order of the day. The present
wrangling was not in the interest of the nation. He said that supremacy of parliament,
independent judiciary and de-politicisation of executive could save the system from
destruction. He urged the leaderships both PPP and PML-N to show flexibility in
their respective positions for amicable and negotiated settlement of the controversial
issues. He said greater responsibility lay at the shoulders of the government that
it led from the front by creating space for dialogue and engagement. If the present
confrontation continued, it would prove to be very lethal in the long-tem.
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Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri talking to Jahangir Bader, Dr Raheeq Abbasi and Sheikh Zahid Fayyaz are also present
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said regional and international powers wanted to turn Pakistan into Afghanistan
and Somalia by exploiting our instability and internal power wrangling. Dr Muhammad
Tahir-ul-Qadri said that in these circumstances those whom people voted out of power
would take pride in saying that their tenure was better than the present one. Therefore,
an end to the politics of confrontation was urgently needed for continuity of democratic
process. He also asked media to recognize its role in this volatile and critical
situation and help put the country back on track.
Talking at the occasion, PPP’s Secretary General, Jahangir Bader, said that both
PPP and Pakistan Awami Tehreek had been coalition partners in the past and the purpose
of the meeting was to strengthen mutual relationship of both parties. He said Shaheed
Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto was life member of Minhaj-ul-Quran International and appreciated
the services and contributions of MQI in social, welfare, educational and religious
domains. The leadership of PPP holds Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri in high esteem.

Dr Muhammad Tahilr-ul-Qadri speaking to media
after the meeting with PPP Secretary General
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