Pakistan Awami Tehreek

The People's Movement of Pakistan ( Urdu پاکستان عوامي تحريک, English Pakistan People's Movement) is a political party in Pakistan. It was founded in 1989. The founding chairman of the movement is the Islamic preacher Muhammad Tahir al - Qadri.

The main objective of the popular movement is to promote the return to the Islam world and to form a unity among the Muslims of the world, the Ummah is called. Therefore, the party also has offices in many countries, are under the influence of Tahir al- Qadri and his organization Minhaj ul-Quran.

The party turns further against the " Israeli aggression " and " global dominance of the United States ". She advocates on the issue of the conflict with India for the recapture and inclusion whole of Kashmir in Pakistan.

In the elections on 20 October 2002 al - Qadri was elected Member of Parliament for his constituency Lahore. However, the People's Movement of Pakistan boycotted the last parliamentary elections of 2008.

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