Opposition MNAs, MPAs to hand in resignations to party chiefs by December 31

ISLAMABAD: PDM head Maulana Fazlur Rehman has directed opposition members of federal and provincial as assemblies to  parliamentarians to submit their resignations to party’s heads by December 31.

The move comes as PDM gears up to hold its final rally in Lahore on Sunday.

The PDM president said that a standing committee of the Opposition’s alliance will be held which will decide the schedule of strikes, protests and jalsas in various divisional headquarters of the country.

“It will also be decided when to hold the long march [against the government] and its date will also be decided,” he said.

Fazl said that the PDM’s upcoming Lahore jalsa will be a “historic” one, and will prove to be the “last nail” for the government.

When asked whether the PDM was afraid of a crackdown by the government, Fazl said that the alliance hadn’t even thought about it.

“The government has been affected, the legs of its chair are shaking,” he said. “All that is needed now is one push.”

The JUI-F chief stated categorically that if the Opposition lawmakers decide to resign from the assemblies, they will not backtrack from the decision later.

“We will not end up licking our resignations,” he said, when asked whether the PDM lawmakers will take a U-turn after resigning. “Once we give them [resignations], we will not lick them like they did,” he said, referring to various lawmakers of the PTI who had resigned during the 2014 dharna but then returned to the Parliament a few months later.

When asked to comment on the “selectors” and their role, the JUI-F chief said, “Whether they stand with them or not, the movement is against this entire system and rigging,” he said, warning those who had rigged the elections to “think about their fate”.