ISLAMABAD: Addressing the participants of Azadi March Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman (who had orchestrated the long walk) said they would make Imran Khan resign within two days. He insinuated that the sea of people could arrest Imran Khan from his residence too. 

He said that the government will have to go as it was the result of rigged election of 2018 and the Opposition never accepted the outcome. He said that Imran Khan has been given two days to resign, if he fails to do so then they will figure out their future strategy. 

Maintaining that all Pakistan converged on a single platform, Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman said that the rally represented all the Opposition Parties of Pakistan and not a single entity.  He noted that instead of providing 1 crore jobs they had rendered 25 lakh people unemployed. Instead of building 5 million houses they have demolished that many houses.

JUI-F President said that the corruption had increased during PTI government’s one year. Fazl-ur-Rehman holding that the economy of Pakistan was destroyed due to the inefficiency of PTI-government, Fazl-ur-Rehman reminded that a superpower like USSR too disintegrated due to deterioration of its economy. 

He noted that poor, after a year of PTI government, were now were not able to buy the rations for their families. People were committing suicides, drivers were burning their rickshaws. 

Commenting on the Kashmir Issue Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman said that PTI government’s campaign was limited to social media. He noted that on one hand they were saying that they were against India on the other hand they were extending hand of friendship towards them. He said the present government was even pondering over recognizing Israel. 

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Azadi March: Chairman PPP-P Bilawal Bhutto Zardari addresses the rally

ISLAMABAD: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari who had addressed the participants of the Azadi March well past midnight, again spoke at 5PM. 

He asked what kind of democracy and liberty was there in the Naya Pakistan where nobody was free? 

He said that despite passage of 70 years Pakistan was not able to hold free and fair elections. He said that during the during the dictatorship of Pervez Musharraf too elections were rigged.

Maintaining that the economic policies of Pakistan were being dictated by IMF, he accused Imran Khan of providing amnesty to his friends while burying the masses under the avalanche of taxes, inflation and rising prices of commodities. 

Insinuating that PTI Government had struck a deal or compromised on the issue of Kashmir, Imran Khan said that no Pakistani would agree to any deal or compromise on the issue of Kashmir. 

He said he was grateful to Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman for organizing the Azadi March providing a platform for Opposition Leaders to address the issues. 

Azadi March: Bilawal Bhutto says Pakistanis want to get rid of selected PM

ISLAMABAD: Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari while addressing the participants of the Azadi March here well past midnight said that he represented the Party that had never bowed down before any tyrant and stood against two dictators.  

Saluting the workers of JUI-F, ANP, PML-N and PPP for marching from all the nooks and corners of Pakistan to Islamabad, he said that people were not ready to accept a selected prime minister who will have to go. He said that the Marchers had delivered the message to PM House as well as Bani Gala that people wanted independence and to get rid of selected. 

He noted that elections were rigged and selected were made to win, peoples democratic rights were being usurped: “Selection is carried out in the elections. Rigging is managed. Polling agents are thrown out of the polling stations. The RTS system is aborted. As a result of the rigging, an inefficient, ineligible and puppet is selected to be the prime minister of this country.”

Bilawal noted  that puppet governments do not come to power by means of popular votes hence they work for their selectors. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said peoples economic assassination was being carried out by means of flood of inflation and tsunami of taxes. He said that due to non-provision of subsidiary farmers’ economic assassination was being carried out similarly by avoiding to increase the pensions economic assassination of elderly was being carried out. 

Azadi March: Rally at Islamabad to be held tomorrow (Friday)

ISLAMABAD: The Azadi March Rally that was supposed to be held today (Thursday 31st of October, 2019) will now be held tomorrow.

According to Ahsan Iqbal, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader, Opposition Parties’ Rahber Committee  had unanimously decided to postpone the today’s event due to the Rahim Yar Khan train tragedy in which 74 passengers lost lives and over 30 got severely burnt. 

The rally will be addressed by senior leaders of the major Opposition Parties. Sources has revealed that Chairman PPP-P Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will be arriving here at 8 PM today to address the Party workers. 

It is pertinent to mention here that earlier Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman has made it clear, while addressing the Azadi Marchers at Gujar Khan (before leaving for the Federal Capital): “Let me make it clear to everyone, that this is march and march includes sit-in and rally both”.

Azadi Marchers to enter Islamabad today

ISLAMABAD: Azadi Marchers are all set to enter the Federal Capital today. 

Meanwhile, during a meeting chaired by interior secretary it was decided that  the government would not create any hurdle in the way of JUI-F’s Azadi March. However, it was decided that goverment would not allow anybody to take law in hands. 

Military, Rangers and representatives of other LEAs along with Islamabad administration participated in the huddle. Concerned authorities were directed to make sure that daily life of citizens were not affected. 

A traffic plan to facilitate has also been figured out. The meeting was also informed that Police will be deployed on the first level for security, rangers at second level while Army for the security of sensitive areas. The meeting was told that in case of any provocation administration will react strongly.

Earlier it was decided that all educational institutions would remain closed until situation gets normal.

President Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman, while addressing the participants of the Azadi March today at Grand Iqbal Park here said they would send the incumbent government home remaining within the confines of Constitution.

Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman said that movement would continue until the end of this government. There is no other way to bring Pakistan back on the democratic path. The JUI-F  insinuating that Imran Khan was brought to power by means of rigging in the last year’s election, held that he needed to be removed from office so that free and fair elections could be held.

Maulana Fazl pointed out that the protesters were peaceful no one was harmed from Karachi to Lahore. The Azadi Marchers are scheduled to stay put at Gujar Khan tonight in camps before their journey towards Federal Capital where they will converge tomorrow (Thursday 31st of October, 2019) at H-9 Park. 

Imran Khan said that the purpose of the Azadi March was to create political instability. Meanwhile, PTI stalwart Jehangir Tareen said that the Azadi March organizers had received a large amount of money as such ventures could not be carried out without huge funding. He said the goverment knew who was financing the Azadi March.

Azadi March: On 2nd day protesters resume journey from Sukkur

SUKKUR: The anti-government Azadi March that commenced from Karachi on Sunday (27th day of October) resumed its journey from Sukkur today.

President of Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman joined the caravan from Larkana. Speaking on the occasion Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman stated that the aim of the March was to strengthen democracy in Pakistan: “The war has begun,” he said. Maulana further asserted that they would not deter. 

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Imran Khan, on the occasion of the foundation laying ceremony for Baba Guru Nanak University here today said that the purpose of (JUI-F orchestrated Azadi) March was to create hindrance in the implementation of government’s policies which had started delivering positive results. 

He claimed that organizers of March were scared of the successes of the government on the economic front. He said that the protest March was a blackmailing tactic. He said that no NRO would be given to the corrupt elements no matter they hold the march or resort to any other blackmailing.

Islamabad is also bracing for a showdown. All the five central routes leading to the Red Zone here are being sealed by means of freight containers in order to stop participants of the JUI-F orchestrated Azadi March from penetrating into the Red Zone.