Opposition shows power in Quetta rally
TOUGH MEASURES BY BALOCHISTAN GOVERNMENT FAILS TO DETER BLOC
The 11- party anti- government bloc Pakistan Democratic Movement ( PDM) yesterday put up an impressive show of power in its third public meeting in Quetta after Gujranwala and Karachi and drew quite a large number of protesters, mostly workers of the Balochistan’s nationalist and Jamiat Ulema Islam- Fazl ( JUI- F), Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz ( PML- N) and the Pakistan People’s Party ( PPP).
PDM’s President and JUI- F leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman and Vice- President of the PMLN and daughter of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz are among the leading speakers who criticised Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government for failing on its promises with the masses.
Popularity on the rise
Earlier, on her arrival at the Quetta airport, Maryam Nawaz said the PML- N supremo Nawaz Sharif’s popularity was on the rise as is seen by the overwhelming public reaction to his speeches via video link. “The reality is that despite silencing him on mainstream media, Nawaz Sharif has become the sole voice that is echoing in Pakistan.
He is the only political personality, who despite not being in this country, being sick and in London, is shining in the country. There is only one face that the public can see, in which they are trying to find the solution for their problems and considering their messiah after Allah,” she said.
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari who is currently in GilgitBaltistan for an election campaign was scheduled to address the PD M rally via video link.
Meanwhile, Balochistan government took a number of strict measures ensuring fool proof security in and around the PDM’s public meeting venue at Ayub Stadium.