KARACHI: Chief of Pakistan democratic Movement (PDM) Maulana Fazlur Rehman Saturday said that the survival of the country was at stake owing to incompetence of the PTI-led government and vowed to not let any stone unturned in efforts to remove it from power.
“If we do not push the ‘illegitimate’ rulers in the Arabian Sea anytime soon, then the survival of country will be in danger,” he said while addressing a rally in here.
The rally was organised under the umbrella of the joint opposition alliance, against the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan for its “anti-people policies” and the rising inflation.
PDM leaders including Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Mehmood Khan Ackakzai and several others also addressed the hundreds of workers gathered at the Regal Chowk, a busy intersection in the metropolis.
Fazl, who also heads PDM, said all segments of society including businessmen, traders, salaried class, labourers and others are disappointed with the incumbent government.
“Politicians are the hope of the nation. If we do not play our role today, the nation will not forgive us,” he said adding that PDM is fighting for the survival of the country.
The PDM chief asked state intuitions to review their mistakes and seek apology from the nation.
He said PDM movement will soon restore the rule of genuine representatives of the nation.
Addressing the participants of the rally, PML-N Senior Vice President Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said snap and transparent elections were only forward to resolve the prevailing issues of the country.
He said the ruling PTI came into power through rigged elections and PDM’s struggle was aimed at ensuring supremacy of the Constitution in the country.
Abbasi said people were not ready to accept the “incompetent and illegitimate government”.
Pashtun leader Mahmood Khan Achakzai concurring with other PDM leaders said no nation or country can prosper without the rule of law.
Last week, the PDM announced that it would stage a series of rallies in the provincial capitals and finally a long march from Lahore to Islamabad to overthrow PTI-led government for its “anti-people policies”.
The decision was made at a meeting of the alliance in Islamabad held on November 6.
PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif participated in the meeting via video link from London while party President Shehbaz Sharif and Vice President Maryam Nawaz joined the huddle from Lahore.
Other opposition leaders including Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) Chairman Mahmood Khan Achakzai, Jamiat Ahl-e-Hadith chief Allama Sajid Mir, PML-N leader and the alliance’s general secretary Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan’s Awais Noorani, Qaumi Watan Party’s Aftab Sherpao, National Party’s Mir Kabeer Ahmed and Balochistan National Party-Mengal’s (BNP-M) Dr Jehanzeb Jamaldini were among those in attendance on the occasion.
The meeting mulled the overall political situation, rising inflation, the amended National Accountability Ordinance (NAO) as well as other issues.
The participants deliberated upon the PDM’s future course of action against the incumbent government over the ever-rising inflation.
