by Zulfiqar Ali in Dawn, November 22nd, 2020
PESHAWAR: As the Pakistan Democratic Movement will hold its power show here today (Sunday), chief of the opposition’s alliance Maulana Fazlur Rehman has asked the military establishment to ‘withdraw its support to the puppet’ PTI government.
“Americans have sent Donald Trump home and our Trump, too, will be shown the door soon,” Mr Fazl told reporters here on Saturday without naming Prime Minister Imran Khan.
The PDM chief claimed that the opposition enjoyed the support of civil bureaucracy.
He said the anti-government movement had reached its peak and the PDM had finalised its organisational structure and manifesto.
“I ask the establishment to stop supporting this illegitimate and incapable puppet government and if that happens, the government will collapse immediately,” he said.
Mr Fazl said the PDM considered the PTI government to be a threat to the very existence of the country and if something bad happened to the state, then the military establishment would be equally responsible.
He said the PDM would announce its future course of action in the Peshawar public meeting.
The PMD chief said the government made desperate attempts to foil the Peshawar rally under the garb of Covid-19 pandemic but they failed to sway the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
He said the PDM would hold its next rally in Larkana on Nov 26 with the JUI-F being the host, while Multan would host a public meeting on Nov 30.
“The country is witnessing its worst economic crisis with the State Bank of Pakistan reporting the plunging of the Gross Domestic Product to 0.4 per cent.
“Our GDP has reached an all-time low since 1951-52,” he said.
On the occasion, former MNA and senior leader of JUI-Sami Maulana Shah Abdul Aziz and his supporters announced the joining of the JUI-F.
Maulana Abdul Aziz, who belongs to Karak district, was elected MNA in the 2002 elections. He also contested the 2018 elections and secured more than 16,000 votes.
Though the district administration has rejected the PDM request for rally permission citing the spike in Covid-19 incidence as a reason, the conglomerate of 11 national and regional political parties claims it will hold a massive rally on Ring Road today.
Workers of political parties put up a stage with the help of shipping containers……….
https://www.dawn.com/news/1591725/fazl-asks-establishment-to-withdraw-government-support
