Azadi March: Shehbaz Sharif expected to meet Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Oct 15
Last updated on: 14 October,2019 12:19 pm
Shehbaz Sharif expected to meet Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Oct 15
LAHORE (Duunya News) – Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) General Secretary Ahsan Iqbal on Monday has said that Opposition Leader in National Assembly (NA) Shehbaz Sharif is expected to meet Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on October 15. In a statement, the PML-N leader told that Maulana Fazlur Rehman has welcomed ex-prime minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif’s suggestions regarding Azadi March however, JUI-F will review the recommendations during its policy committee meeting tomorrow. Earlier, senior PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal said that former PM Nawaz Sharif had called on all opposition parties to participate in the march. He further said that there is no rift in the ranks of PML-N on the issue of Azadi March.. On Sunday, a delegation of PML-N had held meeting with JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman and handed him a letter of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. Nawaz Sharif in the letter had reiterated his support to the JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman for anti-government movement called Azadi March.
JUI-F chief decides to lead Azadi March from Sukkur on Oct 27
JUI-F Chief Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman had decided to lead Azadi March from Sukkur on October 27.
The campaign will be started from Sindh as Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman can be arrested from Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan due to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) provincial governments which might affect the march at the beginning.
It was further learnt the Sindh government will help Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman’s Azadi March by providing facilities and the protest will gain momentum by the time it enters Punjab.
The sources have informed that the JUI-F chief does not intend for a prolonged sit-in in the federal capital. Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman said he does not want 126-day long protest like Prime Minister Imran Khan did.
Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman said he will announce the next plan of action himself after reaching Islamabad. The protests will be staged nationwide if Azadi March is stopped, he stressed.