...Pak politician, and would-be dictator, founder and head of Tehreek-e-Minhajul Quran and Pakistain Awami Tehrik. He usually resides in Canada, but returns to Pakistain periodically to foam at the mouth and lead demonstrations. Depending on which way the wind's blowing, Qadri claims to be the author of Pak's blasphemy law. Other times he says it wasn't him...
has said that he will travel abroad to revive his party's overseas offices which have been dysfunctional since he resigned as member of the National Assembly in 2004.
Talking to journalists outside his Model Town residence here on Saturday, he said PAT would field its candidates in all by-elections whether it succeeded in forcing the government to introduce reforms in the electoral set-up or not.
"Our party became dysfunctional after I resigned from the assembly in 2004 in protest against the corrupt and tyrannical system. And since we have decided to take part in politics and in the next elections after calling off the Islamabad sit-in, it is necessary to revive the party in Pakistain and abroad.
"So I will visit Canada or other countries, whether for 100 times, to restore the party's overseas offices and complete other important assignments, such as lectures and events, etc., and will return to the country time to time to address rallies and public meetings," he explained.
He denied striking any deal with the government to end the sit-in. No member of the Sharif family met or even telephoned him before or after the end of sit-in, Dr Qadri said.
He said the decision to wind up the sit-in was exclusively of his party because it wanted to extend its movement to across the country.
"Last month, I had told Imran Khan
... aka
Taliban Khan, who who convinced himself that playing cricket qualified him to lead a nuclear-armed nation with severe personality problems...
that prolonging the sit-in would not be beneficial anymore. Although the sit-in couldn't topple the government, it created a massive awareness among the masses about rigging, injustice, corrupt system, etc. But Mr Khan did not agree to my suggestion," he said.