Govt urges PDM chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman to shift sit-in from outside the Supreme Court to D-Chowk. The government urged the chief of the Pakistan Democratic Movement Maulana Fazlur Rehman to shift the venue of his planned sit-in from outside the Supreme Court to D-Chowk.
Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah and Finance Minister Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar met the PDM chief in Islamabad today and tried to convince him to change the venue of the sit-in.
PDM, the ruling alliance of about 13 political parties, is launching its ‘dharna’ from Monday for an indefinite period, seeking the resignation of chief justice Umar Ata Bandial.
PDM announced the sit-in as a protest against the chief justice for “facilitating” and giving “VIP protocol” to the former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan and a spree of bail in multiple criminal cases.
Many analysts believe that the meeting between the two federal ministers and the PDM chief about the venue of the sit-in was a formality only because they all are on the same page in achieving their political ambitions.
“The government wants the PDM to hold the protest at the D-Chowk,” Dar said, adding that law and order situation was already created a few days ago.
PDM convoys leave for Islamabad
The convoys of thousands of supporters and activists of the political parties in the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) today departed for Islamabad from various cities for a planned sit-in outside the Supreme Court on Monday. The sit-in of the PDM will be for an indefinite period and till the resignation of chief justice Bandial, according to JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman.
The caravans which departed from various cities today are expected to reach Islamabad on Monday.
A file photo of PDM leaders who are ready for a sit-in in Islamabad.
Meanwhile, the chief organizer of PML-N Maryam Nawaz reached Islamabad on Saturday night to represent her party in the sit-in of the PDM. She will also address the participants of ‘dharna’ along with other PDM leaders.
As per available details, the PPP convoy is leaving for Islamabad from Lahore. The party’s information secretary Faiza Malik said the activists and workers left the PPP’s Model Town Secretariat in Lahore at 3 pm today. Ms Malik said that PPP leader Aslam Gill is leading the party’s convoy from Lahore.
PDM sit-in to target resignation of chief justice Bandial
The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) is starting its sit-in in Islamabad outside the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday (May 15).
The target of the JUI-F ‘dharna’ will be the resignation of the chief justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial. The JUI-F sit-in is coinciding with the hearing of the election case by the Supreme Court on Monday.
JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said on Saturday that one lakh people will participate in the sit-in in Islamabad, outside the apex court. The ‘dharna’ will continue in collaboration with the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) till the resignation of chief justice Bandia, he added.
