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 ...

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.

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 ...

Warrants were issued for the opposition leaders Imran Khan and Muhammad Tahir-ul Qadri for their part in leading a protest movement. By Declan Walsh The cleric, Muhammad Tahir-ul Qadri, announced that ...

The head of the Pakistan Awami Tehreek, Tahir-ul-Qadri, announced on Saturday that he was stepping down as chairman of his party and was retiring from politics. “I am retiring from politics, political ...

Incitement of violence, treason also among charges filed against cleric and his supporters after the death of two policemen. Police on Sunday charged anti-government cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri with murder ...

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 ...

Editor’s Note: Tahir ul Qadri is a Muslim cleric and Chairman of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT), a political party he set up to push for social, economic and political reforms in Pakistan. He is also ...

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 ...

Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri is best known internationally for fatwa that he issued in 2010 condemning terrorism. The influential Islamic scholar declared in that 600-page religious ruling that no Muslim ...

In Pakistan, a controversial Muslim cleric has been shaking up the political scene. Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri returned to his home country late last year, after spending eight years in Canada. Since coming ...