Pakistan's notable reformist cleric Tahir Ul Qadri, while reiterating his demand of making Justice Syed Ali Baqir Najafi’s report public, blamed ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif for their direct involvement in the incident.
This is notable that intra-party elections of the Pakistan Awami Tehrik (PAT) were held on September 17, Qazi Muhammad Zahid from Sindh was elected as Central President (CP) and Khurram Nawaz Gandapur was elected and Secretary General (SG). Basharat Jaspal, Fayyaz Warraich and Muhammad Mushtaq were elected Presidents of Central Punjab, South Punjab and North Punjab respectively. Renowned Tahir Ul Qadri is the patron of Pakistan Awami Tehrik (PAT).
Qadri stated that the PAT does not believe in the status quo and that the party's goal was a "revolution" which would ensure education, healthcare, employment, security and justice to each citizen of Pakistan. He stated that the PAT had struggled against oppression and faced incidents like the 2014 clash with the police at Model Town. Qadri commended PAT party workers, saying they had always made sacrifices for Pakistan and Islam.
The Pakistan Awami Tehreek commonly known as PAT is a political party in Pakistan, founded by Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, (Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri announced the establishment of PAT on 25 May 1989 in a public meeting at Mochi Gate, Lahore.)took part in general elections in 1990 and 2002.
PAT chief Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri led historic long march from Lahore to Islamabad on 14 August 2014 to seek justice for the martyrs of Model Town tragedy and send the government home which came into being in violation of Articles 62, 63 and 218 of the Constitution. The sit-in continued for 70 days in front of Parliament House. On the intervention of Pakistan Army Chief General Raheel Sharif, FIR of Model Town tragedy was registered against nine key figures of the present government including the Prime Minister and the Chief Minister. The revolution march sit-in came to an end on 21 October 2014.