PDM announces to start countrywide protests from October 20
Maulana Fazlur Rehman rejected the proposed amendment of electoral reforms
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) has announced to start countrywide protests against inflation.
Speaking to the journalists after the meeting of PDM, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said that the nation was groaning under the mountain of inflation, adding that the PDM stand with the public shoulder to shoulder.
Continuing his speech, the JUI-F chief said that demonstrations would be started all over the country from October 20, the meeting had ratified the decisions, while the rallies and demonstrations would start from October 20. “All provincial leaders will hold their own public gatherings,” he added.
He said that the electronic voting machine (EVM) is another name of RTS and rejected the proposed amendment of electoral reforms. “Our demand is for general elections, there is no justification for local bodies’ elections. The government itself, as a result of fraud, has no right to amend.”
Maulana Fazlur Rehman further said that the new amendment ordinance has been rejected in today’s meeting, adding that NAB has always used it as political revenge against the opponents as well as no justice is expected from the NAB.
