CANADA: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) leader, Dr. Tahir ul Qadri, has announced to support Pakistan Army’s operation in North Waziristan, SAMAA reported Monday.

Addressing a press conference through video link, the anti-Taliban religious scholar said that military offensive in the tribal area is an “important war for Pakistan’s integrity.”

“Army has always been Pakistan’s guardian on internal and external fronts. It’s a great jihad for country’s defence which we fully support. I assure the armed forces that this nation is ready to render any sacrifice,” said Qadri.

“Complete cooperation with army is every citizen’s duty, he said and went on saying that the PAT workers should form defence committees on union council level,” he said.

Qadri was of the view that negotiations with banned Tehreek-e-Tailban Pakistan (TTP) were a ‘cover’ for terrorism and a ‘conspiracy’ against Pakistan army.

Qadri, who has been living in Canada, announced to arrive in Pakistan on June 23 at all cost. “I will return home as per my program,” he reiterated, and warned the government over any attempt to expel him.

The PAT chief had announced to arrive in Pakistan to kick off his ‘movement against corruption and not against democracy’. He seeks army security upon his homecoming.

“I’m a Pakistani citizen and coming back to my Pakistani passport. The revolution will come the moment government attempted to expel me and bar my way,” said Qadri who held a five-day sit-in at Islamabad’s D-Chowk in January last year and called for electoral reforms in Pakistan.

However, he boycotted the general elections. – SAMAA

Source: http://www.samaa.tv