Addressing Minhaj-ul-Quran International Conference in London in 1988, former Prime Minister, Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif said, "Being a personal devotee of Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, I have come to attend the conference in my personal capacity. The levels of progress achieved by MQI could not be possible without firm commitment and devotion. The founder of MQI, Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, never got even a single penny from government of Pakistan or from any other government for that matter. Whatever progress it has made is not less than a miracle."