Karachi: Leaders of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), at a rally here, said that Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan (Imran khan) is “unworthy and ignorant” and his government is also bereft of dictatorial rule. The PDM is a coalition of 11 opposition parties. He said this at his second rally here. The opposition parties formed the PDM on 20 September and announced a three-phase anti-government campaign.
Under this, public meetings, demonstrations and rallies will be held across the country to oust the Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government and a long march to Islamabad will be taken out in January 2021. The first rally was held in Gujranwala near Lahore on Friday. Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said in Bagh-e-Jinnah, “The unworthy and ignorant Prime Minister must now go home.” “Zardari said,” History is witness that the greatest dictators could not survive. “So how will this puppet survive?” Taking a dig at Prime Minister Imran Khan, he said, “This is not a new fight but it will be a decisive battle.” The march was taken out on the completion of 13 years of the double bomb blast.
Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was targeted in these 2007 bomb blasts, which killed around 200 people and injured many more. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice-president Maryam Nawaz and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, President of Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party, Mahmood Achakzai and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazal (JUI-F) leader Maulana Fazlur Rahman also attended the rally Happened. The PPP also invited Mohsin Davar, who heads the Pashtun Tehfuz Movement (PTM). ‘
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Mariam Nawaz, daughter of former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, targeted the PTI government for calling opposition leaders a “traitor”. The PML-N vice-president said, “When answers are asked, you are saying we are traitors.” Maryam Nawaz said that Fatima Jinnah, sister of Pakistan’s founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah, was also called a traitor. He said, “Don’t scare us as traitors, when you (Khan) are questioned, you hide behind the army.” Maryam said, “You are using them (army) to hide your failure.” PDM’s next rally is in Quetta on 25 October.
