Pakistan Today (Lahore)

Dharna will be historical, says Sheikh Rasheed

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Pakistan Awami Muslim League Chief Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad said that November 2 sit-in of PTI will be historical and prove to be a revolution­ary day in the history of Pakistan. He said this while talking to a private TV channel here on Tuesday. He said that Balochista­n was the Leningrad of future. Sheikh said the silence of the government over the arrest of Kalbhoshan was against country’s interest. Replying to a query, he said the arrival of Tahir ul Qadri in dharna would be decided on Oct 27 or 28. He further said ’We have invited People’s Party (PPP) leader Aitzaz Ahsan to join PTI Dharna. He criticized Bilawal saying that he has remembered the martyrs of Karachi after nine years. He said that Bilawal’s rally was not so vigorous and its end was meaningles­s. He said that Sami-ul-Haq was a respectabl­e man and Hafiz Saeed was a patriotic Pakistani. However, no decision has been taken as yet to participat­e in Dharna of Difa-e-Pakistan conference. AML leader said that Siraj-ul-Haq was playing fifty-fifty Later, Awami Muslim League Chief Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad held a meeting with Pakistan Muslim League-Q senior central leader Ch Parvez Elahi in the Parliament House and exchanged views about contacting other opposition parties for participat­ion in November 2 sit-in.

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