PDM leaders to hold Lahore rally despite govt warnings

Lahore, 7th December: PDM leaders have decided to go ahead with the rally in Lahore.

Baaghi TV: Leaders of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) said on Monday that they will go ahead with the Lahore public meeting scheduled for Dec 13 despite the government warning of legal action.

Dawn News reported that the statement comes a day before heads of PDM’s constituent parties meet in Islamabad to review arrangements for the Lahore rally and to finalise a strategy for the next phase of its anti-government campaign.

Despite the government’s warning about the risk of COVID-19 spreading, the opposition alliance has decided to move forward with the Lahore rally.

Addressing today’s press conference in Lahore, PPP leader Qamar Zaman Kaira said the government had changed its tactics to try and stop the opposition from holding the rally.

He said, “The premier doesn’t realise that these things don’t stop rallies. Martial law used much harsher tactics but rallies and movements did not stop.”

He added that the people of Pakistan were fed up with the government and the country’s state of affairs. “The time has come for them to go,” he said, adding that the government was “fascist”.

“There used to be some back and forth in politics, but the mud-slinging and culture of swearing that the government have brought during their tenure has never been seen before,” he said.

PML-N leader Rana Sanaullah said heads of the constituent parties will meet tomorrow and will visit the site of the rally. “Hundreds of thousands of workers will participate in the Lahore rally. This requires complete arrangements. They cannot be addressed without a proper sound system.”

During today’s press conference, Sanaullah stressed that the venue of the PDM rally would not be changed at any cost.

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