[DAWN] The federal government is reported to have decided to declare the Pakistain Awami Tehrik (PAT) as a proscribed organization.Police sources privy to the development told Dawn on Tuesday that the decision had been taken at a high-level meeting held in Lahore and Dr Tahirul Qadri
...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...
's party was likely be included in the official list — First Schedule of the Ministry of Interior.
They said Dr Qadri's speeches had incited his followers and other people against the government, waging war against the state and indulging in incidents of ransacking, arson and terrorism.
The sources said the procedure to be adopted in declaring PAT as a banned
...the word
bannedseems to have a different meaning in Pakistain than it does in most other places. Or maybe it simply lacks any meaning at all...
organization would be in the light of the Anti-Terrorism Act, meaning that its fund-raising campaigns would also come under scrutiny.