Pakistan Democratic Movement chief Fazlur Rehman has given all Opposition parliamentarians till December 31 to submit their resignations to their party heads.
Fazlur Rehman said that this includes provincial as well as national assembly lawmakers.
The chief of the 11-party Opposition alliance, in a press conference, said that the heads of all parties participated in a meeting today in Islamabad, with PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif, PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and BNP-M chief Sardar Akhtar Mengal in attendance via video link.
“Everyone agreed with utmost resolve that the December 13 rally will be held at Minar-e-Pakistan and if the government tries to create any hurdles the consequences will be far more grave than what transpired in Multan,” said Fazlur Rehman.
He was referring to the PDM rally in Multan which was held at a makeshift venue at Ghanta Ghar Chowk, after the authorities dislodged Opposition workers who had broken into the original venue, the Qila Kohna Qasim Bagh Stadium a night earlier.
Despite arrests, cases and barricades, the PDM defiantly held the gathering, where Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and former president Asif Zardari’s younger daughter, Asifa Bhutto-Zardari marked her nascent rise in politics.
“Today the fake prime minister has again said some things which appear to be an offer to the Opposition for a dialogue. It is not a dialogue, however, that he seeks. It is an NRO (concession under National Reconciliation Ordinance),” Fazlur Rehman went on to say.
The PDM chief said that the Opposition has “rejected this offer” and that Prime Minister Imran Khan “is not worthy enough to hold talks with”.
He said that in a steering committee meeting tomorrow, a schedule for nationwide rallies and protests will be finalised, as well as the decision as to when the long march to Islamabad shall begin.
More to follow.
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