PDM meeting fine-tunes strategy for Lahore rally

 PDM meeting fine-tunes strategy for Lahore rally

PDM meeting fine-tunes strategy for Lahore rally

LAHORE: The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) leadership Saturday said today’s (Sunday) public meeting at Minar-e-Pakistan would convey a loud and clear message to the govt that folks didn't want it anymore.

They discussed and fine-tuned the strategy to form the rally at Minar-e-Pakistan an enormous success. They also discussed an idea to handle things if the govt went for arresting the opposition workers.

The meeting decided that the PDM leadership would enter the meeting venue together. they're going to gather at the residence of Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, former speaker National Assembly, and leave for Minar-e-Pakistan within the afternoon.

The PPP and PML-N, the 2 major component parties of the PDM, directed their respective organisations to make sure that good number of individuals happen at the venue.

Talking to the media after a gathering of his party’s delegation with the PPP leadership at Bilawal House here, Ahsan Iqbal said: “An error can't be corrected through another error. The country cannot afford any test-tube system; this government will need to go, and therefore the people of Pakistan should tend an opportunity to elect a government of their own choice.”

He termed the Imran Khan government the foremost corrupt, flopped and inefficient within the country's history. He said the minister for aviation deprived Pakistani flights of the landing rights in Europe to profit foreign airlines, which caused huge loss to the country.

Ahsan said the PTI government had caused colossal loss to the state within the LNG scam and it went for importing the furnace oil to profit its mafias. He said the corrupt ministers might shake the country and involved putting their names on the exit control list (ECL).

He urged the judiciary to require notice of the corrupt practices of the govt . He said that under Imran Khan, the lives of individuals had become miserable. He said the govt had become a security threat for the country and therefore the only option left to guard Pakistan was to send it packing.

He said any joint struggle for the supremacy of parliament and therefore the refore the rule of law didn't mean that the PML-N and the PPP had made an electoral alliance. However, he added, such an alliance couldn't be ruled out.

Raja Pervaiz Ashraf said every segment of society, whether it had been farmers, businesspeople, doctors, etc., had seriously been suffering from the incumbent government. He said the PDM had been accused of violating the coronavirus standard operating procedures (SOPs). But, he added, actually , it had been the govt which wasn't acting seriously. He said the PDM activists would follow all the SOPs and meet requirements, needed to guard themselves from coronavirus.

The PML-N delegation that visited Bilawal House included Senator Pervaiz Rasheed, former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Ahsan Iqbal, Khawaja Saad Rafique and Rana Sanaullah Khan. The PPP side included former prime minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, former chairman Senate Syed Nayyer Hussain Bokhari, Sherry Rehman, Qamar Zaman Kaira, Sardar Latif Khosa et al. .

Meanwhile, the PML-N spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb claimed that the Lahore rally are going to be held at any cost regardless of what percentage cases are filed against the party leadership.

The PML-N spokesperson said that effects of Lahore rally can already be seen as government is conducting raids on houses of PML-N leaders.

Meanwhile, an outsized number of workers of various political parties in PDM forced their way into Minar-e-Pakistan ground and began arrangements for the PDM’s last show of power.

Sources in Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) said that political workers of PDM especially from PML-N and JUI-F started converging outside the bottom near gate number 5 early Saturday morning.

Sources said early Saturday, the political activists broke the locks of the gate but staff managed to prevent them and placed new locks. However, the political activists again broke the locks and tried to enter the park but staff again managed to prevent them. Finally the political workers succeeded in breaking the locks and entered the park with vehicles carrying chairs, tables, lights, generators and equipments for stage.

Security supervisor of the park said that police were present on the location but didn’t intervene. He said an application has been submitted in concerned police headquarters regarding forceful entry of the PDM leaders and workers into the park.

Meanwhile, smart lockdown was been imposed in areas adjacent to the Minar-e-Pakistan because the administration banned all gatherings besides closing all businesses and offices on Saturday.

According to a notification issued by Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department (P&SHD), Punjab, the localities in Rang Mahal, Sheranwala Gate, Mochi Gate, Shah Alam Market, Bhaati Gate, Islamia Park, Qasoor Pura, Badami Bagh and Ravi Road came under the smart lockdown. Coincidentally, these localities surround Minar-e-Pakistan situated within the Greater Iqbal Park, which happens to be the venue selected by the opposition alliance for its rally.