PDM leaders vow to hold Multan rally

Lahore, 29th November: President of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that the opposition’s rally in Multan will go ahead as planned on Monday.

Baaghi TV: Maulana Fazlur  Rehman condemned the government’s move to arrest PPP workers and other opposition parties.

Addressing the media alongside PML-N Punjab President Rana Sanaullah and former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Sunday, Rehman said that the PDM had initially decided to organise a long march to Islamabad in Jan 2021. “However, it seems like the government wants us to march to Islamabad earlier than our schedule,” he said.

“The rally will be held at Qila Kohna Qasim Bagh stadium and all workers will be there,” he stressed.

Responding to a question about PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz’s attendance at tomorrow’s rally, Sanaullah said, “She will attend the rally tomorrow and will break all barriers. Imran Khan has been saying for three years that he won’t spare anyone. Now we won’t spare him,” he said.

It was reported earlier that Aseefa Bhutto Zardari, daughter of former president Asif Ali Zardari and Bilawal’s sister would address the rally as both leaders were unwell. “I am thankful to the government that they have ensured the rally’s success before it even happened. Prime Minister Imran promised on the floor of the house that he will provide containers and food to the opposition if they want to hold rallies. Half that promise has been fulfilled, the containers have arrived.”

He also condemned the arrest of PDM workers by police earlier in the day, saying that the alliance has mobilised the People’s Lawyers Forum over the arrests.

As per reports, Multan police arrested more than 20 workers of the PPP and other parties aligned with the PDM, including Kasim Gilani, the son of the former premier Yousaf Raza Gilani, after they attempted to remove containers and roadblocks in front of the stadium.

Meanwhile, leaders from PPP, PML-N and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) reached the city to decide on a final course of action for tomorrow’s rally.

On the other hand, Prime Minister Imran Khan lashed out at political leaders whose sole and desperate goal is to save their families’ looted wealth and corruption and once again declared that the government will not grant an NRO even if pressurised.

PM Khan said in a series of tweets said, “due to the increase in COVID-19 cases in the country, the government needs to impose smart lockdowns but the opposition wants jalsas not caring for the lives and safety of people”.

“In fact not only do these ‘leaders’ lack any empathy with the masses, their families looted national wealth to further impoverish our masses. These entitled ‘leaders’ living like royalty in their secluded mansions, have simply inherited their positions because of their families,” the prime minister tweeted.

In fact not only do these "leaders" lack any empathy with the masses, their families looted national wealth to further impoverish our masses. These entitled "leaders" living like royalty in their secluded mansions, have simply inherited their positions because of their families.

— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) November 29, 2020

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