PDM all set for Mardan rally today despite district administration s restrictions
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Wednesday Dec 23, 2020
The district administration has not given permission to Opposition leaders to hold the rally due to coronavirus fears. Photo: Geo. tv/File
Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam s Maulana Fazlur Rehman, PML-N vice-president Maryam Nawaz, and senior PPP leader Yousuf Raza Gilani will lead the rally
Strict security arrangements have been made
The district administration has not given permission to Opposition leaders to hold the rally due to coronavirus fears.
MARDAN: The anti-government coalition Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) will hold a rally in Mardan today (Wednesday) despite the ban imposed by the district administration.
December 13, 2020
LAHORE/KARACHI, Pakistan
Tens of thousands of opposition supporters rallied in Pakistan’s northeastern city of Lahore on Sunday, despite a government ban on public gatherings due to coronavirus.
The rally held at the historic Minar-e Pakistan monument was part of an ongoing campaign by an 11-party opposition alliance, the Pakistan Democratic Movement, to oust the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan. They accuse him of coming into power through a rigged election two years ago.
Khan’s government has also been under pressure over his handling of the economy characterized by rising inflation and energy shortages.
“You [Imran Khan] will have to go,” Maryam Nawaz, the daughter and political heir of the former three-time premier Nawaz Sharif told the charged crowd, accusing the prime minister of making the lives of Pakistanis miserable.